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Pamela Shelley Pamela Shelley
Director of Sales & Marketing
Direct: (843) 913-1335
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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A native of the Myrtle Beach area, Pam has over 20 years experience in the hotel sales industry in the Myrtle Beach area and briefly in Texas. She worked her way from the front desk, sales administrator, catering, conference services, sales, sales director and currently sales & marketing director. Prior to joining the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in 2008, Pam was director sales & marketing at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel. Pam & husband Steve have a 5 year old son, Cody.


Chris Sessions Chris Sessions
South Carolina & Midwest Sales Manager
Direct: (843) 913-2834
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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Chris Sessions is a native of the Myrtle Beach area and a graduate of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC. Chris is heavily involved in local community activities. He is also a member of Financial & Insurance Conference Planners, Society of Incentive Travel Executives, Meeting Professionals International and SC Society of Association Executives and a committee member of the Myrtle Beach Young Professionals Organization of the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. Chris has been employed with the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes since the hotel opened in November 2006.


Eddie Chaviano Eddie Chaviano
Charlotte, North Carolina & Northeast Sales Manager
Direct: (843) 913-2841
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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A graduate of Rutgers University, Eddie has over 13 years of hotel sales and marketing experience. Eddie relocated to South Carolina in 2007 and joined the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes sales team that same year. Prior to joining the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in 2007, Eddie was employed by Wyndham Hotels in Miami where his area of expertise was the northeast group market. He also specialized in the pre/post cruise market.


Crystie Leggett Crystie Leggett
North Carolina & Southeast Sales Manager
Direct: (843) 913-1336
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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Crystie brings over 10 years of hotel sales experience to the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes. A Myrtle Beach native, she had previous hotel sales experience in Raleigh, NC and Columbia, SC before returning to Myrtle Beach and the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in January 2008. Crystie is active in several organizations such as Association Executives of North Carolina and Virginia as well as the Society of Incentive Travel Executives. Crystie and her husband Shaw are the parents of 4 year old identical twin girls, Caroline and Jordan. They also have a 2 year old son, Cooper.


Anthony Bottaro Anthony Bottaro
Revenue Manager
Direct: (843) 913-2840
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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Anthony Bottaro began his career in the hospitality industry in Myrtle Beach, SC after graduating from Mt. Saint Mary College in his home state of New York. He then expanded his career in revenue management across the country at Wyndham in Miami, FL, the Peaks Resort in Telluride, CO and the Tides Inn in Irvington, VA. Anthony returned to Myrtle Beach and the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes as revenue manager in 2007.


Merrill Thompson Merrill Thompson
Director of Catering and Conference Services
Direct: (843) 315-6031
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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Merrill’s career in restaurant management and catering/conference services began in New York City at prestigious locales such as The Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station, Tavern on the Green and the Essex House. Following NYC, he worked in catering and conference services at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania and the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, GA. He has been director of catering and conference services at the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes since pre-opening in 2006 and is responsible for the overall direction of catering and conference services for group and local catering.


Kyleen Tamney Kyleen Tamney
Conference Services Coordinator
Direct: (843) 913-2842
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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Kyleen is a native of New York and a graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Kyleen began her career at the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in 2006 in the pre-opening stages of the hotel as group sales coordinator. Kyleen quickly advanced to convention services coordinator in 2008 and manages groups in all market segments as it relates to the planning and detailing of catering services as well as local catering events.


Andrea Childers Andrea Childers
Group Sales Coordinator
Direct: (843) 913-9472
Toll Free: (877) 913-1333
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A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andrea brings 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry. She is a Hotel & Restaurant Management graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She joined the opening team of the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in June 2006 as the training manager and then quickly advanced to sales administrative manager. Andrea and her husband Brian have a beautiful 1 year old daughter, Brianna.