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www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition HotelMotel.com | H&MM November 5, 2007 People on The Move Airport. Munroe was director of sales and marketing at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville. He succeeds Paul Berman, who was promoted to director of business development. 95 MANAGEMENT Matthew Bailey was named managing director of the 780room Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa in Maui, Hawaii. Recently he served as senior v.p. of operations at ResortQuest Hawaii, supervising its 27 properties on the four major Hawaiian islands. Jonathan Baz, former director of operations at the Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club in Sarasota, Fla., joined Denver’s Inverness Hotel and Conference Center as director of F&B. Burkett KIMPTON Caruso BENCHMARK Dombrowski BENCHMARK David GLEN COVE MANSION Donatto HOTEL MONTELEONE Padwa HOTEL MONTELEONE Governor Morris hotel in Morristown, N.J. The Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, promoted Keith B. Donatto Sr. to director of meeting facilities. Succeeding Donatto as senior conference service manager is Janice Padwa, who was assistant director of convention services at the Fairmont Hotel New Orleans. Lynn Ericksen is the new g.m. for the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort. For the past three years, he was g.m. of the Hilton Sedona (Ariz.) Resort & Spa. the C+RA Hospitality Studio. Zjaba previously worked in management positions at Marriott and Renaissance Hotels in Beachwood, Dublin and Cleveland, Ohio. Judson Hawk joined Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colo., as g.m. For the past seven years, he was g.m. of The Ritz-Carlton Club Aspen Highlands. to-roof renovation, the hotel will open this fall to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Phyllis Leslie is the new director of spa and wellness of The Whiteface Lodge Resort & Spa, Lake Placid, N.Y. Most recently, she served as spa manager at The Spa at Whiteﬁsh Lake (Mont.). The Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown named Emily Ouellette director of ﬁnance. Previously, Ouellette was a business analyst for Marriott’s Central Region. The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, San Francisco named Omar Said g.m. Recently, Said was regional director of residences, responsible for corporate oversight and operations support for three condominium properties associated with The RitzCarlton, Sarasota, Fla., and The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. Andrew Stegen was promoted from director of operations to g.m. of the historic Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix. Robert Van Eerde was named managing director of the new 334-room Gansevoort South hotel in Miami’s South Beach. The Hotel Monaco, a Kimpton Hotel, appointed Sandy Burkett g.m. Burkett comes from another Kimpton property, Hotel Vintage Park in Seattle. Benchmark Hospitality International promoted Johnny Caruso from frontofﬁce manager to director of rooms for The Heldrich, New Brunswick, N.J. In addition, Diane Dombrowski joined as the recently opened hotel’s spa manager. White Lodging promoted Carolyn Cochran to senior v.p. of accounting and information services. Cochran started with the Merrillville, Ind.-based company in 1993. Chauncey M. Copeland joined The Regent South Beach (Fla.) as g.m. He previously served as hotel director at Florida’s Fisher Island Hotel and Resort. Sheraton Gateway Hotel San Francisco International Airport named Michael Hoepke director of F&B/executive chef and Denise Gonzalez associate director of sales. Ingrid Jarrett joined the new Cove Lakeside Resort in British Columbia’s Okanagan region as g.m. She was the redevelopment and strategic planning consultant for the Laurel Point Inn in Victoria, British Columbia. Sales industry veteran Jim Lopez is the new director of sales and marketing for the 404-room Palm Springs (Calif.) Riviera Resort & Spa, scheduled to reopen in fall 2008 after a $50-million renovation. Fletcher C. Mayes, former g.m. of the Hyatt Charlotte (N.C.), joins The Blackstone, a Renaissance Hotel in Chicago, as g.m. Michael Munroe was appointed director of sales at the 504-room Hilton Atlanta The Magnolia Hotel Denver named Alexandra Ferber catering manager. Previously, Ferber was the restaurant manager for the Wynkoop Brewing Co. InterContinental Tampa (Fla.) welcomed executives to its opening team: Victoria Fernandez, g.m. for Shula’s Steak House; Maria Campos, hotel catering manager; and Michele Lewis, sales manager. The Westin St. John Resort and Villas in St. Thomas, V.I., promoted Director of Romance Toya Frazer-Ellis as the property’s ﬁrst-ever director of fun. Andrew Hamilton is the new g.m. of the 108-suite Marmara Manhattan Hotel. He was manager, hoteling and conference services with KPMG. Compiled by Stephanie Ricca, sricca@questex.com Industry veteran Peter Koehler joined the InterContinental San Francisco as g.m. The newbuild property is set to open in February 2008. Steve Koerselman was appointed g.m. of The Sky Lodge, Park City, Utah, which is set to open in December. Koerselman is former v.p./g.m. of the Devil’s Thumb Ranch, under construction in Winter Park, Colo. Johann Krieger was promoted from director of rooms to v.p. and hotel manager for Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Kissimmee, Fla. Krieger succeeds Sheldon Suga, who is now senior v.p. and g.m. for the new Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Shane Krige joined New York’s Plaza Hotel as g.m. Following a $400 million lobbyCIRCLE NO. 159 Glen Cove Mansion, the historic Long Island (N.Y.) Gold Coast mansion that is now an award-winning hotel, named Miguel David senior catering sales manager. David was previously director of catering for Urban Kitchen of Providence, R.I. Silvia De la Rua was named meeting services manager at the 300-room Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa in St. Thomas, V.I., while Laura Krueger joined as senior group sales manager. De la Rua recently served as director of catering for The Bankers Club, Miami. Krueger served as associate director of sales and marketing at The Westin Cleveland-based Hotel & Leisure Advisors appointed Eric B. Hansen as director of development services and Robert Zjaba as an associate. Hansen was formerly employed by Cole + Russell Architects as the director of ® http://www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition http://HotelMotel.com http://www.namepins.net http://www.namepins.net

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