Jaye Moreau and Beth Haddock
Luxurious Kaua’i resort, Kōloa Touchdown Resort, has appointed Moreau as vacation spot weddings and gross sales supervisor. She brings over 10 years of expertise in hospitality gross sales and advertising and marketing and a specialty in weddings, milestone anniversary celebrations, reunions and extra particular occasions. On this new function, she’s going to optimize the resort’s rising wedding ceremony market. She has held earlier positions at Kaua’i Marriott Seashore Resort, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa and The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua.
Haddock additionally joins the workforce as catering gross sales and repair supervisor. She’s going to oversee all catering and planning for regionally catered occasions. Haddock brings over 35 years of management expertise within the business, together with roles in restaurant operations, gross sales and advertising and marketing, banquet features, particular occasions and extra. She most just lately served as common supervisor and managing accomplice for Pietro Po’ipū.
Leslie Bloznalis Ellis
Bloznalis Ellis is director of group and catering gross sales at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. She started with the Marriott model in 2007 at Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Membership and excelled in various positions earlier than transferring to Tampa Marriott Water Avenue in 2013. As assistant director of gross sales for the Water Avenue Assortment, she led her workforce to the South Gross sales Crew of the Yr in 2021. In her new function, she’s going to oversee all gross sales for the resort’s group occasions.
Reneka Edwards and Zack Legal guidelines
Edwards joins Atlanta Conference and Guests Bureau (ACVB) as citywide gross sales government. She brings over 25 years of expertise within the hospitality business. Most just lately, she labored as senior gross sales supervisor at Hyatt Inns & Resorts. She has additionally labored throughout numerous market segments in various cities, together with Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. In her new function, she’s going to handle teams starting from 750 rooms or extra, on peak.
ACVB has additionally promoted Legal guidelines to the function of director of gross sales. He’ll oversee the division’s day by day operations and proceed to handle ACVB’s efforts to safe large-scale sporting occasions with Atlanta Sports activities Council. He joined ACVB in 2010 as citywide gross sales supervisor, including to his over 30 years of expertise within the hospitality business.
Michael Rose
Rose joins Springfield, Missouri, Conference and Guests Bureau as advertising and marketing supervisor. He’ll supervise and implement advertising and marketing methods and inventive content material administration and can preserve all digital platforms. All through his profession, he has managed a number of tasks at world-class Missouri points of interest, together with Wonders of Wildlife Nationwide Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, Dogwood Canyon Nature Park in Lampe and Prime of The Rock in Ridgedale.
Will Brandon
Alila Ventana Large Sur appoints Brandon as space director of gross sales and advertising and marketing. He brings over a decade of expertise within the luxurious hospitality business and a dedication to making a tradition of well-being, variety, fairness and inclusion. Brandon will lead the property’s industrial operations, together with gross sales, technique, advertising and marketing efforts, occasions and model administration alongside stakeholder communication and collaboration.
Rafael Torres and Jamie Choi
Torres is appointed as common supervisor at ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki Seashore. He’ll draw on a profession of over 29 years in hospitality, with roles the world over, together with in China, Costa Rica and Mauritius along with america. He most just lately served as director of operations and interim common supervisor at Fairmont Lodge Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the place he oversaw a multi-million-dollar renovation.
Choi joins ‘Alohiliani Resort Waikiki Seashore as director of gross sales and advertising and marketing. With over twenty years of expertise within the business, she’s going to oversee the resort’s gross sales and advertising and marketing efforts and drive strategic progress and maximize income. She most just lately served as director of gross sales and advertising and marketing at The Laylow, Autograph Assortment on Oahu, and earlier quite a few director of gross sales roles. Pyramid World Hospitality awarded her with “Largest Market Share Improve” in 2022.
Antonio Morales
Morales joins The Steward as common supervisor. Drawing on over 10 years of hospitality expertise, he’ll present strategic enterprise growth for the just lately opened Southern California property. He has a observe report of offering distinctive management in visitor companies, meals and beverage and resort operations whereas bettering revenues from the highest to the underside line. Most just lately, Morales served as opening common supervisor at Courtyard by Marriott Santa Barbara Downtown.
Tricia Taylor
Taylor will function president of The Breakers Palm Seashore. She has labored at The Breakers for 27 years, and on this new function, will oversee all features of resort operations, its off-site companies and its dedication to its 2,300 workforce members, and can report on to the CEO. Taylor is passionate concerning the alternative for stewardship of a people-first group and for making a distinction within the lives of her workforce, friends and the encompassing neighborhood. She is the primary lady to carry this place within the firm’s historical past.
Kerry Lambert and Heather Black Cosgrove
Soundings, a platform for connecting organizations with impartial expertise within the occasions, hospitality and nonprofit sectors, appoints Lambert as chief working officer (COO). She is dedicated to nurturing expertise and fostering inclusive progress. Throughout her time at Cvent, she expanded her workforce to a workforce spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. She is acknowledged for co-leading Cvent’s Ladies in Management Initiative.
Cosgrave is promoted to the function of vp of account administration. She earlier served as Soundings’ director of buyer success and account administration and has been a key participant within the firm’s operational success in a number of departments. She is dedicated to making a tradition of excellence and propelling income progress by means of a deal with buyer engagement.
Rosie Karakan
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay appoints Karakan as director of gross sales and advertising and marketing. She brings over 20 years of expertise within the hospitality business, most just lately having served as space director of gross sales and advertising and marketing for Dream Lodge Group in Los Angeles. She’s going to lead gross sales efforts for each home and worldwide markets with a deal with leisure and group bookings as she works to reinforce the property’s visibility and progress.
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