Trudy Cook has been newly appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing of The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai .

Trudy Cook has been newly appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing of The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai .Trudy has over 25 years of hotel experience, specializing in communications, marketing, brand positioning and new business development strategies with Luxury Hotels and Resorts in Australia and overseas. One of many of her accomplishments was to drive the positioning of Palazzo Versace as the premier luxury hotel in Australia and as one of the most luxurious hotels in the world (Palazzo Versace won Best Hotel / Resort in Australia by the AFTA National Travel Awards in July, 2013). She has developed, managed and implemented pre-opening sales, budgets, business and marketing plans, including total resource management and structure for 5 resort openings, including The One & Only Hayman Island, Australia, and The Palace Old Town, Dubai. She also has extensive international and domestic luxury corporate and leisure wholesale contacts as well as high a strong A-list media network.