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People & Places Presented
by Association News (July 2016)
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Los
Angeles, CA – July 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / Each monthly issue of Association
News contains information from state and regional associations,
convention bureaus, hotels and hotel chains and other meeting facilities.
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CVBs/DMOs
David
Whitaker has been named president and CEO of Choose Chicago. He most
recently served as chief marketing officer at Brand USA, the destination
marketing organization for the United States. He also formerly served as
president and CEO of Tourism Toronto and as executive vice-president and
chief marketing officer of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors
Bureau.
Mark
Everton has been named president and CEO of Visit Oakland (California).
Everton has more than 30 years of industry experience and most recently
served as area managing director of Commune Hotels & Resorts’ Silicon
Valley and San Francisco hotels and as general manager of the Waterfront
Hotel in Oakland.
Bruce
Gudenberg has been appointed executive director of the newly formed
Visit National Harbor, a destination marketing organization for National
Harbor, Maryland. Gudenberg also serves as the vice-president of marketing
for National Harbor, which includes seven hotels offering more than 3,000
guest rooms and 470,000 square feet of event space. He previously served
as vice-president of partnerships and alliances for Destination DC.
Emily
Freeman has been appointed national accounts manager of Visit KC in
Kansas City, Missouri. Freeman will be based in Chicago and will handle
convention sales in the Midwest market, which includes Illinois, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. She most recently served as destination
sales executive for the Overland Park Marriott in Overland Park, Kansas.
Steffan
Brown has been named national account director at Visit Seattle, where
he will work with East Coast and international clients to promote and sell
Seattle as a convention and meeting destination for associations and corporations.
Brown most recently served as sales manager at the Hyatt Regency/Bellevue,
also in the Seattle area.
Kelly
Boucher has been named director of convention services at the Saratoga
(New York) Convention & Tourism Bureau. She most recently served as
the education and events manager for the New York State Hospitality &
Tourism Association.
Linda
Nuss has been hired as regional manager of North America at the German
Convention Bureau, based in New York City. Nuss brings to the role a marketing
background in the medical sector in both German and U.S. markets and also
has experience executing large-scale trade shows.
Megan
McHale has been named manager of meeting and incentive sales and marketing
at the Monaco Government Tourist Office in New York City, a role in which
she will be responsible for attracting and growing North American business
tourism to the European country. McHale most recently served as a senior
account executive for Development Counsellors International.
Visit
Indy has announced several promotions and an addition to its sales team.
Rachel Troutman and Lori Halterman have both been promoted
to sales manager, and Elizabeth Huston has been promoted to senior
sales manager. New to the bureau is Krysten Douglas, who was hired
as a sales manager. Douglas previously served on Visit Indy’s sales team
from 2010 to 2013.
Hospitality
& Suppliers
The
Resort at Paws Up in Greenough, Montana, has hired Kathleen Cochran
as vice-president and managing director and Jon Martin as general
manager of guest relations. Cochran most recently worked at the Bacara
Resort & Spa in Goleta, California. Martin has formerly worked for
the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego and the Grand Bohemian Hotel Charleston
in South Carolina.
Indu
Brar has been named general manager of the Fairmont Empress in Victoria,
British Columbia. Brar, the hotel’s first female general manager since
its opening in 1908, will oversee the hotel’s two-phase, $30 million-plus
renovation that is scheduled for completion in June 2017. She most recently
served as general manager of the Fairmont/Waterfront in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
Shawn
Jervis has been appointed general manager of the Miramonte Resort &
Spa in Indian Wells, California. He previously worked as general manager
of the Embassy Row Hotel in Washington, D.C., spearheading a $15 million
renovation.
Christophe
Thomas has hired as general manager of the SLS/Beverly Hills in California,
the flagship property of the SLS Hotels brand. Most recently, Thomas was
general manager of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, overseeing its multimillion-dollar
renovation and repositioning.
Michael
Dunbar has been appointed general manager of the 21c Museum Hotel in
Cincinnati. With nearly 20 years of experience with both branded luxury
and independent boutique properties, Dunbar previously served as general
manager of the Dream/Midtown in New York City.
Joel
Holland has been appointed general manager of the Kenwood Inn &
Spa in Kenwood, California. Holland previously served as director of guest
services at the Solage Calistoga Resort & Spa and as hotel manager
of the Meadowood Napa Valley, both located in Northern California.
Robert
Shelley has been named general manager of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel
Chicago. Shelley most recently served as area manager director for Commune
Hotels & Resorts.
David
Jurcak has been named managing director of the Omni Barton Creek Resort
& Spa in Austin, Texas. A veteran of the Omni brand for more than 20
years, Jurcak most recently served as managing director of the Omni Homestead
Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.
Peter
Thoene has been named director of sales and marketing at the Mauna
Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows on Kohala Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.
He most recently served as director of sales and marketing at the Mauna
Kea Beach Hotel, also on the Kohala Coast.
Sharon
Logan has been appointed director of sales and marketing at the Half
Moon Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She has been with the Half Moon Resort
since 2004, most recently as its director of sales.
Vincent
de Croock has been named director of sales, marketing and events at
the Hyatt/Times Square in New York City. De Croock has hospitality experience
in four countries and most recently served as director of sales and marketing
at De L’Europe in Amsterdam.
John
Bradway has been named director of sales and marketing at the Cliff
House Maine in Cape Neddick, Maine. The property is expected to open in
August following the first phase of a $40 million renovation. Bradway most
recently worked for the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa (formerly a Ritz-Carlton)
in Manalapan, Florida, developing the property’s marketing and branding
program.
Construction
& Expansion
The
LondonHouse Chicago recently opened within the landmark London Guarantee
& Accident Building on the Chicago River. Features include 452 guest
rooms, complimentary Wi-Fi, and a tri-level rooftop bar. For meetings,
the property provides 25,000 square feet of space.
The
InterContinental New York Barclay has reopened in New York City
following a 20-month, $180 million renovation. The property, located in
East Midtown Manhattan, features 704 guest rooms, the new Gin Parlour and
15,000 square feet of meeting space, which includes five meeting rooms,
the 4,954-square-foot Grand Ballroom and the 3,500-square-foot Empire Ballroom.
This
spring, the Embassy Suites by Hilton/Detroit–Livonia-Novi in Livonia,
Michigan, completed a multimillion-dollar renovation, which included updates
to the guest suites and public spaces as well as the debut of a new restaurant.
The hotel offers 239 guest rooms and more than 7,000 square feet of newly
remodeled meeting space.
The
Embassy Suites by Hilton/Portland–Washington Square in Tigard, Oregon,
recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation that features fresh
amenities, a new atrium and community spaces, upgraded meeting space and
a rebranded restaurant. The 356-room hotel provides 24,000 square feet
of meeting space for groups of up to 800.
The
Kimpton Hotel Palomar/Washington, D.C., has completed a multimillion-dollar
redesign of its 335 guest rooms, public spaces and event spaces. Located
near Dupont Circle, the hotel offers more than 10,000 square feet of gathering
space.
And
Finally...
The
185-acre Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center in Salem, Oregon,
recently welcomed nearly 1,000 antique trucks and thousands of trucking
enthusiasts for the American Truck Historical Society’s 2016 National
Convention & Truck Show. To be considered an antique, a truck must
be at least 25 years old. Trucks of all varieties were on display, from
the high spoke-wheel trucks of the early 1900s to 18-wheeler rigs. The
society is based in Kansas City, Missouri, and serves more than 20,000
members worldwide.
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