The Palm Springs Marquis, one of the most technologically advanced conference resorts in the country, has created a new position, sales manager of information technologies, filled by Greg Purdy. He will be responsible for the development of "high tech" meetings, educating meeting and corporate planners on the conference resort¹s technological capabilities, and assisting with onsite functions. Purdy¹s previous position, manager of leisure and international sales, will shift to Cindy Veale, the conference resort¹s director of sales.

"The technology amenities offered at the conference resort - T1 Internet access in each guestroom and all meeting rooms, a new teleconferencing suite, and by mid-Summer, personal computers in fifty guestrooms -- has lured some of the country¹s most advanced technology companies to host their meetings at the Palm Springs Marquis, creating a new "high tech" meeting niche for the conference resort," states Cindy Veale, director of sales at the Palm Springs Marquis Resort and Conference Center. "This new position is highly specialized to meet the ever changing demands of technology meetings and to service this sophisticated industry," adds Veale.

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