Maria Topolskaya
Maria Topolskaya was born in 1976 in Moscow, Russia. In 1998 she graduated from one of the most respectful universities in the Russian Federation – Moscow State Linguistic University – where she studied French, Italian and English languages. Maria started her carrier on the luxury market as a press-attaché of a famous Russian fashion company Atelier in 1995. She worked personally with such exclusive fashion designers as Emmanuel Ungaro, Jean-Louis Scherrer, Olivier Lapidus, Chantal Tomas and others. Furthermore, she collaborated with a luxury jewelry company Arfan, as well as with French and Italian fashion magazines Vogue, Marie Claire, Grazia, ELLE and some others.
In 1997 Maria Topolskaya became the Director of Regional Sales & PR office of an exquisite luxury Parisian palace Plaza Athenee, she has worked there for 12 years. Also, for more than 10 years she has worked as a Sales & PR representative of Societe des Bains de Mer de Monaco and collaborated individually with each of the following fields: Hotel de Paris, Hotel Hermitage, Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel, Les Thermes Marins de Monaco and with the most famous Casino of the world – Les Casinos de Monte-Carlo.
Apart from SBM prestigious hotel’s chain, Maria worked individually with the historical hotels of the Dorchester Collection, such as Principe di Savoia, Milan and Le Meurice Hotel, Paris, later she took over the whole collection as the Regional Director of Sales & PR of Dorchester Collection Company.
In 2008 Maria’s portfolio was enriched by the most beautiful hotel in Seychelles – MAIA Luxury Resort & Spa, in 2009 – Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet’s Paris, Le Majestic and Le Gray d’Albion Cannes, Hôtel & Ryads Barrière Le Naoura in Marrakech, Le Royal and Le Normandy Deauville, Royal Thalasso Barriere in La Baule, Hôtel Barrière Le Grand Hôtel Dinard, and Maradiva Villlas Resort & SPA on Mauritius (ex Taj Exotica).
In the same year Maria Topolskaya founded her own hotel representing company named TOP Signature. The collection continued to grow and in 2011 Maria signed contracts with the General Hotel Management and became representative of the following GHM hotels: The Setai South Beach, The Legian, The Club at The Legian, The Nam Hai, The Strand, The Chedi Club Tanah Gajah, The Chedi Muscat, and The Chedi Chiang Mai. Next contract was signed with Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts – in Milano and Bali, as well as London, Dubai, Beijing and Shanghai, then with LVMH company (Cheval Blanc hotels), Lefay Resorts and others individual hotels.
Hard work and an excellent knowledge of the luxury market allowed Maria Topolskaya to become one of the most famous hotels representatives in Russia. Her creativity and dedication to work reflect in organization of special events for the clients (hotels and hotel chains), which always impress participants by their originality and scope: for example, fashion show of Russian designers in collaboration with Moscow Fashion Week, Gastronomic competition, “Marriage” with Lucien Barriere, Casino party, and a number of others.
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