Visit Newport Beach, the City of Newport Beach’s destination marketing agency, announced the appointment of Kamia Kinchlaw as Vice President of Global Luxury Leisure.
With more than 15 years of expertise in luxury travel, strategic merchandising, and innovative marketing, Mr. Kinchlow will lead Newport Beach’s global luxury strategy and position the destination for affluent travelers. We plan to position it as the first choice.
In his new role, Kinchlaw will oversee Visit Newport Beach’s luxury travel efforts and develop strategic partnerships with leading luxury travel and trade advisors to help attract the attention of discerning travelers. Lead the initiative.
Mr. Kinchlaw joins Visit Newport Beach after most recently serving as director of sales for the temporary operations department at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club in Dana Point, where he led high-end guest sales operations. played a leading role. Mr. Kinchlaw is familiar with the Newport Beach area, having previously served as Director of Sales at the iconic Balboa Bay Resort and Area Sales Director at Fashion Island Hotel, now the Pendry Newport Beach.
Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her strategic vision, innovative sales programs, and ability to generate multi-million dollar increases in luxury real estate and achieve superior revenue growth. Utilizing our extensive knowledge and experience, we work closely with domestic and international executives to guide luxury-oriented customers to their destinations.
“Visit Newport Beach is proud to welcome Newport Beach to Newport Beach,” said Gary Sherwin, President and CEO of Visit Newport Beach. “Her visionary leadership, extensive experience in luxury hospitality, and proven ability to drive growth will be critical to the success of this new role as we move Newport Beach forward in the highly competitive luxury travel industry. Kamia’s outstanding track record and passion for creating elite experiences align perfectly with our goal of positioning Newport Beach as the ultimate destination for affluent travelers around the world.”
Kinchlow brings extensive experience building and managing major industry partnerships, including collaborations with American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts, Virtuoso, Signature Travel Network Internova Travel Group, Associated Luxury Hotels International, Preferred Hotels & Resorts, and more .
Her leadership and creative strategies have resulted in significant revenue increases and improved brand standing for some of Southern California’s top luxury properties.
“I’m very excited to join Visit Newport Beach and bring my passion for luxury hospitality to this iconic destination,” said Kinchlaw. “Newport Beach embodies a luxury destination that offers an unparalleled blend of coastal elegance and special experiences, elevating every moment into an unforgettable escape. The world’s most acclaimed travel destination We look forward to creating an innovative marketing campaign that will captivate our customers, further cement Newport Beach as a leader in luxury travel, and position Visit Newport Beach as the destination marketing organization of the future.”
Founded in January 2013, Newport Beach & Company is a nonprofit organization established as the official marketing agency of the City of Newport Beach.
The agency is designed to bring together all marketing entities associated with the Newport Beach brand and oversee individual business units such as Visit Newport Beach, Celebrate Newport Beach, Enterprise Newport Beach and Newport Beach TV.
For more information, please visit www.VisitNewportBeach.com.
