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<h2 style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia State Police report that hotel sales director Gemma Duffy Died on Christmas Evening Crash</h2>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Virginia State Police Trooper L. Vajglova is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Fairfax County. The crash occurred Dec. 25, 2017, at 11:55 p.m. in Springfield.</span></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; color: #ff0000;">The vehicle then caught fire and was engulfed when first responders<br />
arrived on scene.</span></h2>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A 2016 Nissan Versa was traveling along the westbound Interstate 495 off-ramp (leading to the Eisenhower Connector Road) when it ran into the Jersey wall, overturned, and came to rest on the other side of the wall. The vehicle then caught fire and was engulfed when first responders arrived on scene.</span></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The driver, Gemma G. Duffy, 24, of Springfield, Va., died at the scene.</span></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">h remains under investigation.</span></p>
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<h3 class="Sans-17px-black-85%-semibold">Catering Sales Manager</h3>
<h4 class="Sans-17px-black-85%"><span class="pv-entity__secondary-title">Hotel Lombardy</span></h4>
<h4 class="pv-entity__date-range inline-block Sans-15px-black-70%"><span class="visually-hidden">Dates Employed</span>Oct 2017 – Present</h4>
<h4 class="inline-block Sans-15px-black-70%"><span class="visually-hidden">Employment Duration </span><span class="pv-entity__bullet-item">3 mos</span></h4>
<h4 class="pv-entity__location Sans-15px-black-70% block">Washington, District Of Columbia</h4>
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<p class="pv-entity__description Sans-15px-black-70% mt4"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Working at the historic Hotel Lombardy blocks from the White House, this boutique hotel boasts 140 guest rooms and suites. Some of my daily responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Responsible for all sales related to meeting space and catered functions on site</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Proactively plan ahead for all groups arrivals, meeting with every department </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Negotiating contracts, room rentals, and all revenue based activities generated from an event</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Creating all banquet event orders and meeting room diagrams</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Accurately posting all charges, ensuring finical accuracy </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Leading both the banquet and set up team as their direct manager</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Responsible for generating weekly schedules, inputting payroll, and all other employee relations</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Responsible for all banquet inventory, equipment, and purchasing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">-Effectively utilizing SalesForce &; Delphi</span></p>
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