Ester Servat
International Sales Manager @Grandvalira resorts Andorra
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Martina for the past 15 years, and I can confidently say she is an outstanding professional. She is always focused on providing the best service to her clients and is incredibly helpful whenever needed. She is the type of person you would always want on your team, demonstrating great versatility in her work. I’m truly happy to be a part of her professional journey.
Gina Kroft
Former PR, International Sales and Special Events Director- Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR)
I have had the pleasure of knowing Martina for the past 30+ years. I worked with her directly for five years (1990-1995), during my tenure at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, (CBMR), where I worked from 1987 through 2008. Crested Butte is a ski area in Colorado.
I was first hired to be the Marketing Assistant to John Norton, followed by 16 years as the Public Relations, International Sales and Special Events Director and finishing my career as the Vice President of Marketing and Sales. I stayed on as a consultant/ contractor to acquire resort sponsorships for the final year.
Martina was an integral part of the PR, press guide, sales and marketing and special events team. She assisted me in all aspects of our special events including both the US Extreme FREESKING AND SNOWBOARDING Championships.
She could so easily pull disparate groups of people together to focus on “getting the job done” and adjusting to whatever challenge, problem, weather issue, personality issue or technical difficulty that would so often come up. This type of work is very tense and fast paced and requires a calm person that can think quickly and adjust to what needs to be done next without a lot of drama.
She handled these situations for me like a star. Martina eventually went onto own and operate her own extreme skiing events in both Europe and South America.
CBMR had many special events, including high-profile celebrity ski, music and media events, which required tedious and precise coordination. Martina was involved with all of them and helped to always ensure their successful outcome.
Martina was especially good at hosting the many VIP’s, media and journalists that came to Crested Butte. She would be patient and kind with beginners and “go for it” with the advanced skiers, showing them everywhere possible over our vast extreme limits terrain, but always with safety as her number one priority. She was always willing to give her groups some ski pointers and I was always impressed with her ease and clarity as a teacher.
Martina is quite a tenacious person, which is why she also excels as an athlete and very talented artist. She is an extraordinary wife and mother and juggles her full-time career and her art work seemingly with ease. I’ve never heard her complain! And I must say, she is a beautiful skier.
She always had a positive attitude and great sense of humor, even during hectic times, which are frequent in the ski business!
Martina was quite young when she worked for me but was wise beyond her years, very organized, made good decisions and was confident in her work. Group leaders and conference and meeting planners and staff all loved working with her and appreciated her efforts.
Martina’s character skills are outstanding. Her friendly desire to help guests and fellow associates, her professionalism, honesty, and integrity were an example to all of us.
Needless to say her bilingual skills certainly helped with our Spanish speaking guests, press and VIPs.
You would be hard pressed to find a more effective, conscientious or enthusiastic individual to be on your team as an expert consultant.
I hope you consider Martina for her consulting services
I assure you that you will not be disappointed if you give her the opportunity to work with you.
When I would have a special marketing project for Martina she would listen to our vision for the task we wanted performed and come back with several options, all consistent with CBMR’s brand position. She excels at ensuring cohesive and consistent brand awareness for your company and/or resort.
Her professionalism, communication skills, sales and deal sense are outstanding. She has excellent marketing and sales skills and unique ideas to solve problems and challenges that come up. I was always impressed with her creative and “out of the box” thinking.
Gina Kroft
Former Director of Public Relations, Special Events and International Sales.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
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