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JANUARY 5, 2024

She brings over 25 years of hospitality industry experience, most recently serving as vice president of third-party commerce and luxury stales strategy for MGM Resorts International, Americas. At Visit Denver, she will develop, direct and execute convention and meeting sales and destination services strategies.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She will oversee sales, strategy and implementation of the company’s Strategic Meetings Management Program. Wenks holds over 20 years of experience in executive hospitality leadership, most recently serving as vice president of the sales organization for Omni Hotels. Yoshida will serve as director of marketing.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

He brings over 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry, most recently having served as general manager of Resort at Squaw Creek, a Destination by Hyatt property. He began his hospitality career as a sous chef at Hyatt Recently Grand Cayman.

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JULY 28, 2023

Samuel Spurrier Samuel Spurrier Spurrier is appointed as The Westin Maui Resort and Spa Ka’anapali ’s director of sales and marketing. Spurrier looks forward to embracing Hawaii’s unique culture and resources alongside his team to promote The Westin Maui as a phenomenal experiential destination.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

She brings over 10 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing and a specialty in weddings, milestone anniversary celebrations, reunions and more special events. In this new role, she will optimize the resort’s growing wedding market. She brings over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

She previously served as the resort’s manager for small groups & meetings, having begun with the resort in 2011 as a member of the sales & marketing team. She has held numerous roles in sales and operations for the hospitality industry throughout her career.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Applying that same wisdom to your marketing efforts, you can’t push all offerings to all audiences. You need to send the right promotion to the right targets at the right time — all while breaking through the bombardment of other marketing messages. Corporate meeting planners. Relevance Reigns. Harried moms.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

With over 20 years of experience in the industry, and as a local for many years, she will support the tourism board’s multifaceted strategy to drive corporate meetings and event business to hotels and hospitality partners throughout Monterey. She brings over a decade of experience in group sales and hospitality.

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MAY 10, 2024

He has enjoyed a robust hospitality career across various departments, including front office management, catering and remote sales. In 2015, he launched his own full-service event management agency, Sync Meeting Management. Throughout his 30-year career, he has gained extensive experience in group sales and hospitality.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

She will manage a team that promotes sales and services for planners booking meetings and events in Warren County and work to prospect and generate new business relationships to achieve booked business and overnight room goals. Ami DeWille Ami DeWille, One10 DeWille is the vice president of integrated marketing at One10 LLC.

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MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 6) and (No.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Georgina Flores Georgina Flores, Encore Encore has appointed Flores to the role of Chief Marketing Officer. In her efforts to support innovation in the customer’s journey, she will provide strategic guidance to the company’s brand, customer insights, product marketing, communications and industry relations functions.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To do so, she will draw from over 25 years of experience in hospitality and a passion for delivering exceptional guest experiences. Fiona Pinette Fiona Pinette, Wedge Mountain Lodge and Spa Whistler, British Columbia’s newest hospitality debut, Wedge Mountain Lodge and Spa , set to open Nov. 17, 2023, appoints Pinette as Lodge Manager.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

She possesses fine-tuned expertise in strategic event planning, experiential marketing, brand activation and working with the media, lifestyle and entertainment sectors. She will draw on her 16 years of experience in senior hospitality management roles to oversee and manage all of the hotel’s daily operations.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He will help Thompson Hotels to enter the Texas market with a band, and to establish the hotel as a stylish destination. His experience in hospitality spans over two decades, and he brings extensive experience in leading operational excellence. Hudson joins Thompson Houston as director of sales and marketing.

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MAY 3, 2024

He brings 52 years of experience, beginning in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher and moving through the roles of executive chef, food and beverage manager and finally general manager, and has worked with the Marriott brand for 16 years at various locations. He will oversee all operations and business strategy at the resort.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Roland Hamberger Roland Hamberger As the managing director at Rosewood Vienna , the brand’s first hotel in the German-speaking market, opened in August 2022, Hamberger will lead the hotel in engaging guests with Austrian culture, providing exceptional services and amenities and reinforce the Rosewood brand’s sense of place philosophy.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Richard Oshiro Richard Oshiro is the inaugural regional sales manager for MacNaughton, a family-owned hospitality investment, development and management firm based in Honolulu. In this new position, Oshiro focuses on the wholesale, military, groups and travel agent markets for Lotus Honolulu at Diamond Head , Waikiki Malia and Hotel Renew.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Joelle Park Joelle Park Park is appointed to the role of senior vice president and chief marketing officer at BWH Hotels. In this executive role, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy and communications. In this role, Donatelli will oversee the Southeast market.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Over the last 17 years, she has garnered experience in hospitality, event, food and beverage, and business management. Bruggemans was most recently an adjunct faculty member in the Hospitality Management Program at California State University, San Bernardino. Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans promoted Babe to hotel manager.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Segarra joined the destination in 2022 as chief marketing officer and since then accelerated the organization’s widest range of promotional efforts in their history, resulting in record visitation rates and a $10 billion economic impact in the local tourism markets.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Ali Amin Ali Amin, One10 Leading travel, events, incentives and marketing services company One10 has appointed Amin EVP, Product Management and leader in SaaS product. Kate Yordi Kate Yordi, Visit Mesa Visit Mesa , the regional destination marketing organization for Mesa, Arizona, has expanded its team with the promotion of Yordi.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Joining Helderman on the executive team is Michaels, after her promotion from general counsel to chief administrative officer. She joined Fontainebleau Las Vegas in 2022 after over a decade in multiple leadership roles in the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality industries. Stephen Power Stephen Power, The St.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Decker has spent more than 10 years in luxury hospitality sales. He has held sales and marketing directorships at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Maui, The St. Mancuso has been in event, tourism and hospitality sales for over a decade. Regis Princeville Resort and more. Anthony Mancuso, CMP.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Dela Fuente rejoined The Hollywood Roosevelt as director of sales and marketing. She was most recently director of sales and marketing at Kimpton Everly Hotel in Hollywood. Alila Marea Beach Resort, Encinitas of Hyatt Hotels promoted Savastano to resort manager. Visit Seattle has named Johnson director of marketing.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

The post Navigating the Future of HoReCa: Innovation, Sustainability, and Digital Transformation in Southeast Asia’s Hospitality Industry appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. This trend not only meets consumer expectations but also aligns with global movements towards healthier lifestyles.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

PRA , a corporate event planning company in Chicago, has promoted Breining to global sales director. Breining has a long, accomplished history in marketing and management, previously PRA’s director of sales. GHM) in Singapore has appointed Koh executive vice president of sales and marketing. Lindsay Breining. Indy Dodanwala.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Patel is currently president and COO of Ridgemont Hospitality in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he also served as vice president of operations and development. Pillet studied culinary arts in Nantes, France, during his hospitality education and went on to hold multiple leadership positions in the hospitality industry internationally.

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MAY 16, 2022

A 14-year hospitality and events veteran, she has also been event planning manager and executive housekeeper at Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

She holds a master’s degree in congress management and marketing of events, as well as a passion for event planning. She now serves as conference services manager at the Westin Grand Cayman, bringing with her over seven years of experience in the hospitality industry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In his 18 years in the hospitality industry, Siddiqui has worked with several large hotel brands, most recently having worked as hospitality and multifamily consultant for The Shephard Hotel in New York City. Boyett is director of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. Nadeem Siddiqui.

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MAY 12, 2023

Tipota previously worked across Oahu and Maui as director of sales and marketing for event rental company Accel Events & Tents. Her hospitality career began with Turtle Bay Resort, where she worked for more than 15 years, in roles such as conference concierge, conference service manager and director of catering and convention services.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Shaffer has spent over two decades in tourism and hospitality sales. Most recently, she was sales director at Resort Lifestyle Communities in South Carolina, a hospitality company that provides resort-style living options for its retired residents. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years.

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JULY 7, 2023

Andrew Casperson Andrew Casperson Casperson is Executive Vice President of Operations at Coury Hospitality , bringing with him the experience of three decades in the industry. He most recently oversaw twenty-two outstanding properties at Aimbridge Hospitality as Vice President of Operations. Kennedy International Airport.

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JULY 7, 2023

Andrew Casperson Andrew Casperson Casperson is Executive Vice President of Operations at Coury Hospitality , bringing with him the experience of three decades in the industry. He most recently oversaw twenty-two outstanding properties at Aimbridge Hospitality as Vice President of Operations. Kennedy International Airport.

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JULY 21, 2023

With over 25 years of experience in travel, tourism and business events, and in leadership roles with Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Destination Toronto, he brings extensive experience to oversee BestCities operations, focusing on their values of legacy, sustainability and advancement of the global impact of meeting events.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ingrid Chen Ingrid Chen Rosewood Hotel Group appoints Ingrid Chen as vice president of brand strategy and marketing. She will draw on over 20 years of experience in global brand development and marketing to oversee the group’s marketing, social media and partnerships across their four brands. George, Utah.

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