COMO Hotels and Resorts has appointed Birgit Albicker-Rimpel as Senior Global Director of Sales for the Americas, and Cataline Richmond as Director of Global Sales, for the West Coast, working in tandem with Erica Cordon and Linda Linzetto, to manage sales strategies across the Americas.
With more than 30 years of global hotel sales experience, Albicker-Rimpel has helmed sales leadership positions across prestigious hospitality groups including Kempinski Hotels, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and Deutsche Hospitality Group. As the new Chief of Sales for the Americas, she will reinforce sales efforts on driving revenue and strengthening trade partnerships and yield through focused account management.
Over on the West Coast, Richmond will be bringing 24 years of international luxury property experience into her new role at COMO. Since launching her career with the UK regional sales office of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, she has gone on to lead sales and marketing efforts for The Resort at Pedregal, Viceroy Los Cabos and Montage Laguna Beach.
Albicker-Rimpel will be based in NY with Linda Linzetto, Global Director of Sales for the East Coast while Richmond will be working in tandem with Erica Cordon, Global Director of Sales, to oversee the West Coast.