Samantha Pritchard has been appointed Director of Sales at SpringHill Suites Jacksonville Beach Oceanfront
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 12, 2024—Key International, a globallyrecognized real estate investment and development company, and Shaner Hotels, an award winning, international hotel owner, operator and developer, today announced that Samantha Pritchard has been named director of sales of the new 156-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott Jacksonville Beach Oceanfront. Pritchard joins Michael Weihs, who recently joined Shaner as general manager last fall.
Pritchard joined Shaner Hotels as the dual director of sales for the Courtyard by Marriott Jacksonville Beach Oceanfront and the Fairfield Inn Jacksonville Beach in Spring 2023 before assuming her promotion to area director of sales in January 2024. Her background is in hotel renovations and new construction—leading the efforts as director of sales of the Residence Inn Jacksonville, where she led the pre-opening sales efforts for the first extended-stay hotel in the Brooklyn Riverside market. Pritchard's career began at Visit Jacksonville where she was tasked with bringing in convention groups to the city's hotels and attractions. "That is where I got the hospitality bug, I knew that more people needed to experience Jacksonville and all we have to offer, and it was my job to show them the magic of our city.
