MIAMI– Jill DeMone has been named as Director of Sales and Marketing for Mandarin Oriental here, the luxury AAA Five Diamond city resort set on Brickell Key. DeMone replaces Robert Touzel who relocated to London to Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park. DeMone joins Mandarin Oriental, Miami from The Drake Hotel in Chicago where she served as Director of Sales & Marketing for six years and was responsible for the hotel’s ongoing sales and marketing activities. Prior to joining The Drake, DeMone spent the previous three years in various sales and marketing positions with Hilton Sales Worldwide in Toronto, Canada at the corporate level. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, DeMone obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario. She also completed a Hotel Management Diploma in Switzerland at Le Centre International de Glion. She is a member of Meetings Professional International (MPI).
