JW MARRIOTT IHILANI RESORT & SPA APPOINTS DAN REID, CMP TO
DIRECTOR OF EVENT MANAGEMENT
KO OLINA, OAHU, HAWAII – October 23, 2007 – The award winning JW Marriott Ihilani
Resort & Spa at Ko Olina has named Dan Reid, CMP, its new director of event management.
Reid is responsible for overseeing all events occurring at the 387-room luxury resort, including
the Pavilion at Ihilani, an open-air venue that offers 18,000 square feet of unobstructed space,
surrounded by lush tropical gardens and striking mountain views.
“We are pleased to have someone with Dan’s knowledge and skill lead our event management
team,” said Steve Glen, general manager of the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa. “He brings
with him 28 years of hospitality service at various four-star, four-diamond resorts, which will
ultimately benefit our guests and the quality of the events held here.”
Reid’s responsibilities include supervising the more than 240 weddings held every year at the
resort, which holds the distinction of being voted Oahu’s “Best of the Best” place to have a
wedding in 2007. “We are striving to provide our guests with the most memorable wedding
experience in Hawaii,” said Reid.
Prior to joining JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina, Reid served as director of event
planning at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was responsible for
overseeing and managing a $30 million catering budget for the 950-room resort. He was
previously director of event planning at Marriott’s Harbor Beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and
assistant director of catering sales at JW Marriott Desert Springs in Palm Desert, California.
The JW MARRIOTT IHILANI RESORT & SPA AT KO OLINA offers 387 guest rooms and 36 suites. The award
winning resort fronts the first of four lagoons on Oahu’s sunny western shore. Part of the 640-acre Ko Olina Resort
& Marina and offering the island's most complete resort experience, the hotel features luxuriously appointed rooms;
relaxed Hawaiian elegance; gracious, warm personalized service; secluded beaches; professional tennis courts; 18
holes of challenging championship play at Ko Olina Golf Club; and a variety of restaurants showcasing unique and
distinctive international cuisine. The world-class Ihilani Spa, voted one of the “Top Spas in the World” by readers of
Conde Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure magazines, is internationally renowned for its full complement of
invigorating body treatments and massages, using products harvested from the honua (earth) and the moana (ocean)
here in the islands. The resort recently ranked as one of the “Top 100 Golf Resorts” by Conde Nast Traveler, as
well as Editor’s Pick in TravelAge West’s 2006 WAVE Awards. Heralded as the "Best Luxury Hotel" and "Best
Place to Get a Massage" in the islands by readers of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort &
Spa is home to NFL's crème de la crème during the annual all-star Pro Bowl game in Hawaii.
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KO OLINA, OAHU, HAWAII – October 23, 2007 – The award winning JW Marriott Ihilani
Resort & Spa at Ko Olina has named Dan Reid, CMP, its new director of event management.
Reid is responsible for overseeing all events occurring at the 387-room luxury resort, including
the Pavilion at Ihilani, an open-air venue that offers 18,000 square feet of unobstructed space,
surrounded by lush tropical gardens and striking mountain views.