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People & Places Presented
By Association News (August 2016)
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Los
Angeles, CA – August 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.
CVBs/DMOs
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Brad
Van Dommelen has been appointed director of the Virginia Beach Convention
& Visitors Bureau. He spent much of his career in Michigan and held
positions including senior vice-president of strategic business development
at the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. Van Dommelen most
recently served as president and CEO of Traverse City (Michigan) Tourism,
where Trevor Tkach has been selected to take his place as president
and CEO. Tkach previously served as executive director of the National
Cherry Festival, which is based in Traverse City.
Arlan
J. (A.J.) Frels has been named executive director of the La Crosse
County (Wisconsin) Convention & Visitors Bureau. Frels most recently
led the Carson Valley (Nevada) Visitors Authority, which encompasses four
communities within the Great Basin area of Lake Tahoe.
Scott
Hershberger has been named director of tourism and cultural heritage
at VisitPittsburgh, the tourism promotion agency for Pittsburgh and Allegheny
County. Hershberger most recently served as director of economic development
for Mainstreet Waynesboro, Inc., where he was responsible for promoting
the city of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
Stacie
Esteban has been named corporate sales manager at the Frisco (Texas)
Convention & Visitors Bureau. She has more than 25 years of experience
in the hospitality industry, most recently serving as the director of sales
for the Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas/Frisco North–FieldhouseUSA in Frisco.
The
Louisville (Kentucky) Convention & Visitors Bureau has promoted Katie
Kubitskey to marketing communications manager and convention services
specialist. She previously served as the bureau’s convention sales assistant.
Kim
Powers has been appointed group services manager at the Hampton (Virginia)
Convention & Visitor Bureau. Powers most recently served as the special
events and sales and marketing manager for the Tidewater Builders Association.
Hospitality
& Suppliers
Magda
King has been named general manager of the Antlers at Vail in Vail,
Colorado, effective October 1. King will assume the role after the retirement
of Rob Levine, who will step down after 38 years with the property,
29 of them spent serving as general manager. King has been with the Antlers
at Vail for 10 years, most recently as assistant general manager.
Rebecca
Hubbard has been named general manager of the Lotte New York Palace
in New York City, where she has worked since 2011. Prior to starting at
the property, Hubbard served as executive assistant manager at the Trump/
SoHo, also in New York City.
Douglas
Libby has been named general manager of the Devil’s Thumb Ranch &
Spa in Tabernash, Colorado. In addition, Libby will oversee operations
for nearby sister properties and restaurants in Winter Park, Colorado:
the Vasquez Creek Inn, the Trailhead Inn, Volario’s and Caffé Giocondo.
Libby previously was general manager of the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jaime
Piedras has been appointed general manager of the Gran Meliá/
Puerto Rico. Piedras most recently served as global management control
director at Meliá Hotels International.
Bill
Cottrill has been promoted to general manager of the Lake Tahoe Resort
Hotel in South Lake Tahoe, California. Cottrill has most recently served
as the property’s chief manager officer.
The
Marriott Napa Valley Hotel & Spa in Napa, California, has appointed
Amanda Hawkins-Vogel as general manager and Angela Cava as
director of sales and marketing. Hawkins-Vogel has worked for properties
including Il Lugano Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cava formerly served
in various sales roles for properties including the St. Regis Aspen Resort
and the Madeline Hotel & Residences in Telluride.
The
Halcyon, a hotel scheduled to open in the Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood
this month, has hired Cindy Bedan as its general manager and Anne
Frye as director of sales. Bedan most recently served as interim general
manager of the Éilan Hotel & Spa in San Antonio. Frye previously
was opening director of sales and marketing for the SpringHill Suites/Denver
Downtown at MSU Denver.
In
Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Teresa Alfonso has been named hotel director
at the Royal Hideaway Playacar Resort, which is undergoing a renovation
scheduled to be complete in December. This is a return for Alfonso; she
previously led resort operations from the property’s launch through its
first seven years.
Patrick
Fisher has been named executive director of hotel operations for the
MGM National Harbor, which is scheduled to open this year in Oxon Hill,
Maryland. Fisher most recently served as director of rooms at the Ritz-Carlton/Washington,
D.C.
Karina
Davies has been named director of sales and marketing for the Fairmont/
Washington, D.C.-Georgetown. Davies most recently served as director of
sales and marketing at the Fairmont/ Ajman in the United Arab Emirates.
Cat
Carter has been appointed director of sales and marketing for the Sheraton
Grand/Chicago and Westin/ Chicago River North. Carter most recently served
as director of sales at the Sheraton Grand/Chicago.
Daniel
Ben-Efraim has been named director of marketing at the Loews Regency
Hotel in New York City. Ben-Efraim most recently was director of sales
and marketing at The London/NYC and also worked as associate director of
sales for The London Hotels in New York City and West Hollywood, California.
Nicholas
Mirabile has been named vice-president of business development at GES,
a global, full-service provider for live events. Mirabile most recently
was vice-president of business development and global events for TBA Global.
Construction
& Expansion
The
Watergate Hotel has opened in Washington, D.C., following the completion
of an extensive $125 million renovation. Additionally, the Top of the Gate
rooftop lounge is scheduled to open later this summer. The 336-room hotel
provides 27,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including a brand-new
ballroom and 10,000 square feet of outdoor terraces overlooking the Potomac
River.
Also
making its debut in Washington, D.C., is the Kimpton/Glover Park.
The hotel features 154 guest rooms and provides 3,860 square feet of function
space, including a divisible ballroom and a terrace, each of which can
host up to 150.
The
21c Museum Hotel/Oklahoma City recently opened in the Oklahoma capital.
The downtown property is an adaptive reuse of the Oklahoma City Ford Motor
Company Assembly Plant and offers 135 guest rooms, 14,000 square feet of
event space and a restaurant.
The
Rush Creek Lodge has opened less than a mile from the west entrance
of Yosemite National Park in California. The property offers 143 lodge
rooms, suites and villas, a restaurant and tavern and meeting space for
up to 250 people.
The
Atlanta Marriott Marquis has completed a $78 million renovation,
rounding out the downtown property’s $216 million, decade-long transformation.
The most-recent improvements included updates to the hotel’s 1,663 guest
rooms, its public spaces and its 160,000 square feet of meeting space.
The
Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed a $20 million
renovation that has enhanced its 295 guest rooms. The hotel offers more
than 18,000 square feet of meeting space.
The
2,019-room Hyatt Regency/Chicago has unveiled new meeting space,
bringing its total to 240,000 square feet of flexible space. The East Tower
of the hotel now has an additional 10,297 square feet of space, and the
West Tower has added 1,608 square feet of space.
In
Naples, Florida, the 474-room Naples Grande Beach Resort recently
wrapped up an $8 million renovation of its Naples Grande Golf Club.
The championship course also received a significant update. The resort
welcomes groups with 474 guest rooms and more than 83,000 square feet of
meeting and event space.
The
Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa in Riviera
Beach, Florida, has unveiled a $6.8 million renovation of its 193 guest
rooms and event spaces. The hotel offers 3,600 square feet of meeting space.
The
622-room Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland,
has completed a $4.5 million renovation. Updates were made to the hotel’s
27,548 square feet of meeting space. Additional renovation plans will add
1,300 square feet of pre-function space. The update is expected to be complete
this summer.
And
Finally...
The
Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau has unveiled a new brand
platform, logo and creative for marketing the city’s tourism initiatives.
The new platform will be featured on its new website, which is going live
this month.
“The
Beatles Love,” a Cirque du Soleil production, recently celebrated 10
years on the Las Vegas Strip. In honor of the anniversary, the show has
undergone a creative evolution that features all-new acts. “The Beatles
Love” is presented at the 3,044-room Mirage Hotel & Casino,
which offers more than 170,000 square feet of meeting space.
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