Marianna Mazzuccato

A native of Italy, Marianna got her start in the travel business while studying in Venice, where she took a Summer job as receptionist at the iconic Hotel Excelsior in Venice Lido. Welcoming movie stars during the famous Venice Film Festival helped develop Marianna’s passion for the travel and hospitality industry.

Her career quickly blossomed, and her curiosity led her to experience several different roles within Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ luxury portfolio in Italy, including roles as an Event Manager, Group Contract Coordinator and Account Manager.  She travelled extensively in these roles, but developed a particular focus and knowledge of the key U.S. and U.K. feeder markets for her hotels.

After several years with Starwood, Marianna moved to the United States with her husband and continued her passion for working with the travel advisor community, developing perfect itineraries to her homeland and starting to work with Waterstone in 2016.

Marianna’s role at Waterstone is Travel Trade Manager where she manages our interaction with travel agency partners for sales missions and VIP booking requests to members around the world.

Marianna speaks fluent Italian, English and French and has a basic knowledge of Spanish and Norwegian. She is passing the love of language to her two boys, Mario & Cesare, while working from her home in Evanston, IL