Director of Sales - North America
Andrea Riesen
Background
Andrea was born in Switzerland and grew up in Liberia and Zambia. She received her hotel and tourism education in Switzerland, as well as NYU and Cornell in the USA. Andrea has over twelve years’ experience in the luxury hotel market in New York with Mandarin Oriental, Peninsula and The Dorchester Collection. Prior to this, she worked for ten years with several travel firms including Kuoni and managed operations in numerous global destinations including Dubai, Thailand, Italy, Maldives, Mauritius and the UK. This gave Andrea a deep understanding of our travel partners’ operations and the best ways to maximise their potential. Andrea joined Pineapple in 2010.
At Pineapple
As Director of Sales at Pineapple’s New York office, Andrea works hand-in-hand with her hotel clients to understand their financial goals and translates that into a tactical sales strategy with actionable steps. Working across leisure and corporate markets, on a day-to-day basis, Andrea is responsible for delivering top line revenue within the assigned portfolio. Currently this includes Carlisle Bay, Antigua and One Aldwych, London. She has previously designed and delivered US sales strategies for The Upper House, Hong Kong, The Puli, Shanghai, Cobblers Cove, Barbados and Il Salviatino, Florence.
Contributing to Our Clients’ Success
Andrea is incredibly passionate about cultivating, building and strengthening relationships with travel partners, agents and advisors. She is well known for developing solid partnerships, which in turn increases US production for Pineapples’ clients. Recently her work with Valerie Wilson Travel in New York has led to a major law firm booking over 420 room nights for One Aldwych during ‘low season’.