(NAPA VALLEY, CA; January 30, 2017) — Carneros Resort and Spa is pleased to appoint Ty Brassie as Director of Sales and Marketing for the 28-acre luxury property in Napa Valley. Brassie joins the executive team following the property’s recent appointment of Managing Director Edward Costa. Brassie brings more than 26 years of hospitality marketing and sales experience to his new role and will oversee the entire marketing program and sales operations for Carneros Resort and Spa.
“I am thrilled to begin the New Year with my transition to Director of Sales and Marketing for Carneros Resort and Spa,” says Brassie. “I look forward to bringing my sales and marketing background and working with this dynamic team as we continue to enhance this truly unique destination resort.”
Brassie’s impressive background includes managing 10 recognized luxury resort properties in numerous travel destinations, such as Miami, Freeport, Los Angeles, and Boca Raton, among others. His sales and marketing career has taken him near and far since starting with Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa in Maui, Hawaii (1999). Brassie went on to hold prestigious leadership positions at luxury properties, including The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples, Florida, Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, California, and La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to joining Carneros Resort and Spa, Brassie was in Southern California as Director of Sales and Marketing at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel in Woodland Hills (2014-16).
A natural born leader, Brassie is active in numerous industry organizations such as Meeting Professionals International, Society of Incentive and Travel Executives, and American Society of Association Executives, among others.