High profile and very experienced Fijian national takes the S&M reins at luxury Pacific Harbour resort

(TRAVPR.COM) FIJI - June 14th, 2015 - Nanuku Auberge Resort Fiji has appointed high profile Shashita Nand to the role of Director of Marketing with immediate effect. 

Announcing the appointment, GM Karen Taylor said Ms Nand would take immediate responsibility for all aspects of the luxury all-villa boutique resort’s marketing and sales, and that she will be working with World Resorts of Distinctions and Auberge Resorts to build the brand of Nanuku Auberge Resort internationally. 

Ms Nand needs no introduction to the international travel scene and particularly the Asia-Pacific region where she is held in high esteem. 

Her impressive credentials include senior sales and marketing roles with several international hotel chains in Australia, Fiji and Thailand and include Avista Hotels and Resorts (Thailand), Marriott International, Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts. 

She is well known in Fiji, her career having included sales and marketing roles at some of Fiji’s iconic properties, among them the pre-opening of Outrigger on the Lagoon – Fiji and the relaunch and rebrand of  Vomo Island Resort.  

Ms Nand’s accolades include a Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific ‘Director of Sales & Marketing of the Year’ award presented in 2011 in recognition of her efforts while DOMS at the Radisson Blu Resort Fiji Denarau Island. 

More recently Ms Nand was instrumental in the reopening of Treasure Island Resort in late 2013, one year after the iconic resort was forced into closure following the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Evan in December 2012.  

A Fijian national, Shashita will be based in Sydney, and says she will be “proudly representing the ‘Spirit of Nanuku’ and looking forward to “coming home to Fiji as often as possible.”  

“Shashita is regarded as a dynamic leader and very accomplished sales and marketing executive with the ability to develop highly motivated teams and strategies for success,” GM Taylor said. 

“Her extensive background knowledge of the destination coupled with her sales and marketing experience, strong profile and contact base within Australia, New Zealand and other overseas markets made her an ideal candidate for the role and provides us with an excellent fit..

“Having Shashita on the senior management team represents a major development for Nanuku Auberge Resort Fiji as we move to further establish ourselves as a true island experience on the mainland of Fiji and an authentic cultural experience in the ‘Adventure Capital of Fiji’. 

“We are delighted to have her on board.” 

Ms Nand’s appointment further bolsters the resort’s overall management team which in recent months has been augmented with new Front Office Manager, Charlotte Steele, and Director of Operations, Joakim Zetterberg.

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