Palm Beach — A festive gala event in the ballroom of the Marriott Aruba Resort & Stellaris Casino, celebrated achievement in the sales and marketing departments of MVC, Marriott vacation club.
The award ceremony, emceed by the sales and marketing leadership team, with Ron Moser, Ligenne Trimon, Mirna Loefstop and Noanni Cham, was warm and congratulatory, as stars of the department were acknowledged and feted for their accomplishments.
“It gives me great pleasure,” said Trimon, at the opening of the evening, “to congratulate every single one of you for your commitment, dedication and determination, having achieved Sapphire status this year. For the ones that did not quite make it in 2014, the good news is that we are starting anew in just two weeks when we usher in 2015, and we hope to see you on stage next year. For those of you who made it, we appreciate your focus and drive and we are honoring you this evening with recognitions, great food and fantastic dance music with Buleria, wishing you a great time tonight!”
Trimon then proceeded to hand out the handsome Sapphire awards and customary envelopes, together with Mirna Loefstop, to 2014’s top-achievers in order of their accomplishments.
Award recipient included Keila Alcantara, Edwina Gario, Eric Andrews, Jacqueline Marlin, Fernando Chumpitazi , Theadjen Giel Violenes, Maroushka Sanchez, Elly Rustveld, Carolina Corrales, Marry Maduro, Ben Pombo and top performer of the group, Gisela Sa, who was also recognized as Chanel Top Performer inhouse and Marketing Executive of the Year, with a 5 million dollar career to date, in addition to multiple sapphire and super sapphire citations. Gisela also earned the Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award for nine years of outstanding marketing leadership, at MVC.
The top-honor, the Super Sapphire Award for Marketing went to Claudia Simmons who was also recognized as the record breaker in packages sold, and the Channel Top Performer for Encore. Claudia’s outstanding fifteen year career with MVC earned her the Marketing Lifetime Achievement award.
The third Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014, went to Sapphire Award winner Keila Alcantara, for eight years of commitment to the company.
As Trimon and Loefstop concluded their presentation, they also recognized Channel Top Performers Celestino Valdez, Edmond Adonis, Edwin Maduro and Eric Andrews.
The second part of the award ceremony was emceed by Ron Moser and Noanni Cham who recognized top performances in the sales department in the sapphire category, with Nayda Lopez Feliciana in the top position and Roy Lacle, Nazih Hamawi Francis Groenenveldt, Leon Wardenaar, Sigifredo Castano Cardona, Astrid Tromp Boekhoudt, Cherish Becker, Ivick Rasmijn, Rodney Marugg, Moises Vallejo and Victor Guerreo, completing the list of top twelve.
Super Sapphire award winner Charmaine York also won Sales Executive of the Year, 2014, and was joined for a photo opportunity by her colleague, Sidney Flanegin also a Super Sapphire Award winner.
Ruben Pietersz became Sales Team Leader of the Year while Frank Kelly and Douglas Rey were recognized as Rookies of the Year, 2014, Frank in the sales department and Douglas in marketing.
The last four awards for the evening included Roland Navas, singled out as Front Desk Star, Cherish Becker, lauded for Top Customer Satisfaction Scores, Roy “Joey” Lacle, patted on his back for top sales Encore performance and Miriam Maduro, Manager of the Year 2014.
Pictured here, award ceremony highlights!
