Garcia is responsible for overseeing the group sales efforts for LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels’ Fort Lauderdale properties: the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club, and Bahia Mar Beach Resort & Yachting Center. She will be based at the Fort Lauderdale Grande.    

Prior to joining the LXR team, Garcia was Director of Sales & Marketing for Conrad Miami from 2003 to 2008, during which time she successfully opened and launched the 203-room luxury hotel and 116 hotel condos. Before her time with Conrad Miami, she gained over 20 years of hospitality experience through positions including Director of Sales & Marketing for both the Omni Colonnade Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla. and Savoy Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., Director of Sales & Marketing for the Radisson Mart Plaza Hotel in Miami, and Associate Director of Sales for The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration.  

“Mari’s sales experience is second to none, and we are very excited to have her join our Fort Lauderdale team,” says Stanton.

A refreshed classic, the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Resort & Spa (www.Pier66.com) is a 384-room, 22-acre vacation retreat that is home to Spa 66, the resort’s European health & beauty spa; a full-service, 127-slip marina; and the famed Pier Top, the city’s premier special occasion venue. Poised at the edge of Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway, the newly transformed Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club (www.FortLauderdaleGrande.com) offers 579 redesigned guestrooms, 33 slips for vessels up to 300 feet and 21,000 square feet of meeting space. Bahia Mar Beach Resort & Yachting Center (www.BahiaMarHotel.com) is a 296-room, 44-acre waterfront resort and marina set amongst miles of scenic canals and sun-splashed beaches.

LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels is a portfolio of independent properties dedicated to creating an experience of luxury, a sense of ease and endless pleasure, and are distinguished by a style and spirit that captures the unique qualities of their setting. LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels are located throughout the United States and the Caribbean. The LXR collection also includes the renowned Golden Door Spa brand and its four spas in the U.S.