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SENIOR TEAM



















































                     STEPHANIE HERREJON                                            IAN BUSH                                            ASHLEY BARTEK                           TRAVIS DRAKE                            LISA FUENTES

                             Vice President of                                  Area General Manager,                                        Director of                     Director of Web, e-Commerce                    Director of
                            Human Resources                                          Houston                                                   Sales                              & Graphic Design                     Revenue Management


              Stephanie is the Vice President of Human Resources    Ian is in charge of the day to day operations of both Museum   Ashley started her career in the       Travis leads Hotel ZaZa’s creative and   Lisa graduated from the University of
              and  leads  all  facets  of associate  relations  including   District and Memorial City ZaZas and is the main point of contact   reservations  department,  quickly  design efforts while focusing on the   North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in
                                                                                                                                   moved through the sales and catering                                          Hospitality Management.  Out of school,
              recruitment and retention, employee relations, training,   for ZaZa’s third-party owners at Memorial City, MetroNational.                                   growth  and  maintenance  of  a  cohesive
                                                                                                                                   department  of the Museum District     brand. When arriving at Hotel ZaZa in   Lisa dove right into operations at several
              compensation,  regulatory  compliance  and  benefit   Ian joined ZaZa in 2010 as Director of Rooms at the Museum
                                                                                                                                   ZaZa, and to her first leadership position,   2010, He led a hotel wide re-branding   properties under the Marriott and Hilton
                                                                    District  ZaZa  and  quickly  proved  he  could  handle  that
              programs.  Previously,  Stephanie  enjoyed  a  successful  10                                                        Associate Director of Catering.  Ashley   program  and  centralized  ZaZa’s   flags across the DFW Metroplex with
                                                                    responsibility and more.   Ultimately, he rose to General Manager
              year career with Starwood Hotels and Resorts where she                                                               was promoted to Associate Director of   departmental needs for promotional,   Magnolia Lodging. Lisa then ventured
                                                                    of the Museum District hotel and then did yeoman’s work in his   Sales for the pre-opening and opening                                       abroad to Peru where she ran a bed and
              was Director at such great hotels as the Westin LaCantera                                                                                                   e-marketing,  social  media  and
                                                                    next role as GM for the pre-opening and opening of the Memorial   of  Hotel  ZaZa  Memorial  City  where  she   internally-branded collateral. Travis also   breakfast.  Upon her return to the States,
              Resort and the Houston St. Regis as well as a part of the
                                                                    City  ZaZa.     He  came  to ZaZa from  a  private  resort  company   shattered her booking goals.  Ashley   oversees website design and content   she  joined  ZaZa  in  2010  as  Complex
               regional training team across multiple Starwood brands.                                                             now leads the joint sales and catering                                        Reservations Manager. Lisa ascended to
                                                                    on Florida’s gold coast and prior to that he enjoyed progressive                                      management, as well as the hotel’s
                                                                                                                                   efforts  of  both  Houston  ZaZas.  She  is  a                                Director of Revenue where she was a key
                                                                    success in rooms division management roles with both Loews                                            e-marketing platform. Travis has a
                                                                                                                                   graduate of Texas Christian University   bachelor’s degree in Communications   cog in the successful openings of both
                                                                    Hotels and Omni Hotels & Resorts.  Ian has a bachelor’s degree in
                                                                                                                                   where she earned a bachelor’s degree in   Design from Texas State University and   the Memorial City and Austin properties.
                                                                         Accounting from Xavier University of Louisiana.                 Communication Studies.           has been working within the creative   She continues to push all ZaZa’s in
                                                                                                                                                                          field  since  2004  focusing  on  graphic   leading brand.com contribution as well
                                                                                                                                                                           design, brand building and marketing.     overall RevPAR performance.

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