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Featuring: December 2013.

THE AMERICAS

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has appointed Anthony InghamVice President, North America Brand Management overseeing St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, the Luxury Collection, W Hotels Worldwide and Le Méridien. He was most recently in a similar role for the company with the brands for the European, African and Middle Eastern (EAME) markets.

Doug Watson has joined the newly revived (and yet-to-open) Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage as General Manager. He was most recently serving the company as Area Vice President Western Region.

Scott Koster has been promoted with Commune Hotels in New York to Area Managing Director. For the past two years, he had been the General Manager at Gild Hall for Thompson Hotels (A former component of Commune). Koster had previously served a short stint as General Manager for the Gramercy Park Hotel and is a former Director of Operations with the Plaza.

Edward Shapard is now in Utah as General Manager for the St. Regis Deer Valley. He was most recently overseeing the Elbow Beach Bermuda. He is the former Hotel Manager of the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, and the Mandarin Oriental New York. At Deer Valley, Shapard takes over from Stan Kaminski.

Shawn Jervis is now in Washington, D.C. as General Manager of the Embassy Row. He was most recently in Rancho Palos Verdes at Destination sister property Terranea. Jervis is also a former Director of Food and Beverage from the MGM Grand Las Vegas.

The Hacienda Beach Club & Residences in Cabo San Lucas has named Jorge Luis Moran General Manager. He was most recently the General Manager at the Dreams Los Cabos Suites Golf Resort & Spa and is the former Executive Assistant Manager at the Presidente InterContinental Mexico City. Moran also spent five years as Director of Food and Beverage at Esperanza.

Sean Verney has been named General Manager of the Westin New York at Times Square. Verney was previously the General Manager of the Sheraton Parsippany.

Mark Sherburne has been appointed General Manager at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. He was most recently the General Manager at the aloft Chapel Hill.

Randall McMichael has been appointed General Manager at the Lodge and Spa at Callaway Gardens in Georgia. He was most recently the General Manager at the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort.

Martin Kipping has moved to the Viceroy Zihuatanejo as General Manager. He was most recently with the Viceroy Anguilla as Resort Manager.

Jay Rocha has been named General Manager at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. He is the former General Manager at the Reunion Resort Orlando, the Richardson Hotel and the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center. At Cheyenne, he takes over for Todd Felsen who was recently promoted to Vice President Operations for Benchmark Hospitality.

Tom Scaramellino has been appointed General Manager at the Westin and Aloft San Francisco Airport hotels. He is the former Hotel Manager of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and the US Grant in San Diego.

Michael Welly has been named General Manager at the Eaglewood Resort & Spa. He was previously the General Manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort in Sarasota.

The Boston Harbor Hotel has named Stephen Johnston Managing Director. He was most recently in Washington, D.C. with the Fairfax at Embassy Row, a Luxury Collection Hotel as General Manager.

Keith Spinden has been appointed General Manager at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. He was most recently the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center Hotel. Spinden had previously overseen food and beverage for the Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa.

Patrick Freeman has been appointed President of Cisneros Real Estate in Miami. He is the former developer for Auberge Resorts.

John Garland has been named Vice President of Finance at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance at the Gaylord Texan.

Seema Parthasarathy has joined the Carlyle Hotel as Director of Food and Beverage. She is the former Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons San Francisco.

Andy Kalikas has been promoted to Director of Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain. He was most recently serving the resort as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage. Kalikas is the former Director of Banquets at the (former) Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt.

Philip Spee has been promoted to Director of Operations-Restaurants with SBE Entertainment. He was most recently overseeing food and beverage for the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. Spee is also the former Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the Hotel Bel-Air and the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Jun Sur has been promoted at the Terranea Resort to Director of Food and Beverage . Sur was most recently the Assistant Director of Food and Beverage after joining the resort in 2009 as Director of Banquets. He had previously served in food and beverage posts with the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa and the Westin Maui Resort and Spa.

Joseph Fisher has been named Director of Food and Beverage for the Waldorf Astoria Park City. He was most recently the Executive Assistant Manager at sister property, the Conrad Miami.

Bosther Kusich has been promoted to Executive Assistant Manager Food and Beverage and joined the Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. Kusich was most recently Assistant Director of Food and Beverage for the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua.

Martin Diehr is now overseeing food and beverage at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club in Florida. He was most recently the Executive Assistant Manager Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Abama.

Jerry Parquette has been named Food and Beverage Director of the B Resort, located in the Walt Disney World Resort, scheduled to debut early 2014. He was most recently the Director of Food and Beverage at the DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld Resort.

Raj Mohan has joined the Fairmont Waterfront, Vancouver as Director of Food and Beverage. He is the former Executive Assistant Manager Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Aruba.

Anne Titlebaum has been promoted to Director of Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples. She was most recently serving the resort as Director of Restaurants.

Waterstone Resort & Marina, the former Boca Bridge Hotel, has named Dustin Lapekas Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously served in food and beverage posts with the Boca Raton Resort & Club and the Waldorf=Astoria New York.

John Kingston has been appointed Director of Human Resources at the Villas of Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando. He is the former Director of Human Resources for the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort and the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville.

Karin Timpone has joined Marriott International in Washington, D.C. as Global Marketing Officer. She was most recently Senior Vice President, Product Strategy and Marketing, for Disney ABC Digital Media.

The Viceroy Hotel Group has appointed Kristie Goshow to the newly created role of Senior Vice President-Commercial. For the past three years, she had been with Sabre Hospitality Solutions as Vice President, Marketing.

Scott Pusillo has been promoted to Vice President of Sales and Revenue Management at the Viceroy Hotel Group. He joined the company last year as Assistant Vice President of Revenue Management.

Omni Hotels & Resorts has named Gretta Brooks Corporate Director, Global Sales, based in Dallas. She is the former Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center.

Destination Hotels & Resorts has appointed Ed Simon Vice President of Sales. He was most recently Regional Vice President of Sales with Associated Luxury Hotels International in Washington D.C.

Benchmark Hospitality has appointed John MacMullen Area Director of Sales and Marketing, based in Miami. He is the former Director of Sales and Marketing for the Viceroy Miami.

Gemma Keating has moved over to the Knickerbocker in New York as Director of Sales and Marketing. She is the former Director of Sales and Marketing at the Chatwal New York. Keating had previously served in sales positions with the Waldorf=Astoria and Towers and the Stillorgan Park Hotel, Dublin.

Joaquin Cruz has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino. For the past three years, he had served as Director of Sales and Marketing of the JW Marriott Cancún Resort & Spa and CasaMagna MarriottCancún Resort.

Jamie Jordan has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista. Most recently, Jordan served as Director of Group Sales at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale.

Yogini Geria is the new Director of Sales and Marketing at the Hotel Chandler in New York. Geria had previously served in sales and marketing roles with Amsterdam Hospitality, the Sanctuary Hotel and the Library Hotel.

Dan Maurer has moved across town as Director of Sales and Marketing to the Marriott Minneapolis West. He was most recently in the same position for the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest. Maurer had previously served as Director of Sales and Marketing at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West.

Bahia Husband has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island. She is the former Director of Sales at the Westin St. John Resort & Villas and Director of Group Sales with the Westin Roco Ki Resort. At the W Vieques, she takes over from Virgil Napier who has joined the Rosewood Baha Mar project.

Domingo Velasco has been named Director of Sales and Marketing at the Mark in New York. He is the former Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts at Little Dix Bay and Director of Sales and Marketing at La Samanna.

The Hilton Memphis has named Heidi Scartozzi Director of Sales. She was most recently the Regional Director of Sales for JQH Hotels and Resorts.

Robin Feiger has joined Sixty Hotels as Director of Global Sales. She is the former Director of Global Sales with Thompson Hotels and Morgans Hotel Group.

Kimpton's Surfcomber Miami, South Beach has appointed Lillian Rojas Director of Special Events. She is the former Food and Beverage Manager at SLS Hotels in Miami Beach and Director of Catering and Conference Services at the Shore Club Hotel.

Diego Oka has been named Executive Chef at La Mar by Gaston Acurio in the Mandarin Oriental Miami. Most recently, Oka worked at La Mar Cebicheria in San Francisco. Throughout his 13 years working alongside chef Gaston Acurio, Oka has also worked at La Mar locations in Peru and Colombia, among other countries.

Jorge Chicas has joined the Hotel Monaco Philadelphia as Executive Chef. He is the former Executive Chef for the Andaz West Hollywood and the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills.

Fabio Boschero has been appointed Executive Chef at the Hilton São Paulo Morumbi. He is the former Executive Chef at the HiltonCuraçao.

Kirsten Ponza has been promoted to Executive Chef at Chaminade Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz. She was most recently serving as Executive Sous Chef for the resort.

The Waterstone Resort & Marina has appointed Steven Zobel Executive Chef. He was most recently the opening Executive Chef for d.b.a./café in Miami. Zobel is the former Executive Chef for the Atlantic Resort & Spa and the Triomphe Restaurant at the Iroquois Hotel in New York.

Estelle Lacroix has moved to the Hotel Bel-Air as Assistant Food and Beverage Director. She was most recently with sister hotel, the Beverly Hills Hotel as General Manager of the Polo Lounge. Lacroix had previously been with Per Se in New York. She is the former General Manager of Ducca in the Westin San Francisco and Myth Restaurant in San Francisco.

Matthew Swinford has joined Ocean House in Rhode Island as Director of Restaurants. He was most recently overseeing Topper's at the White Barn Inn in Nantucket. He is the former Restaurant Manager at the Inn at Dos Brisas.

Christopher Jones has been named Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch. For the past year, he had served as Director of Restaurants for the Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas.

Ludovic Poirier has joined the Mokara Hotel and Spa in San Antonio as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage. He was most recently the Director of Food and Beverage at the Inn at Dos Brisas.

Anthony Esparza has moved to Comme Ça Las Vegas as General Manager. He was most recently in a similar role at the MGM Grand for the Fiamma Trattoria and Bar.

Fabian Forlini is the new General Manager at Crush in the MGM Grand Las Vegas. He was most recently the General Manager for Osteria del Circo in the Bellagio.

The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa has named Alexander del Rosario Director of Rooms. He was most recently the Director of Rooms for the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica.

EUROPE

Philippe Gombert is the new International President of Relais & Chateaux, taking over from Jaume Tapies who held the post for eight years. Gombert is the owner of Chateau de la Treyne in the Dordogne.

The Dorchester Collection has appointed Luca Virgilio General Manager at the Hotel Eden, Rome. Virgilio was most recently Area General Manager for the Baglioni Hotel London and the Regina Hotel Baglioni Rome.

Tim Flodin has been appointed General Manager for the Andaz Liverpool Street London. He was most recently the General Manager with the Hyatt Regency Birmingham. Flodin is the former General Manager of the Hyatt Westlake Plaza and the Hyatt West Hollywood.

Hilary Cross has been named General Manager at the Dorsett Shepherds Bush in London. She was most recently General Manager for the K West Hotel & Spa, London.

The Sofitel Warsaw Victoria has appointed Patrick Carabin General Manager. For the past six years, he had been overseeing the Sofitel Grand Sopot.

Vincent Pimont will be joining the Peninsula Paris shortly as Hotel Manager. He is currently the Resident Manager of the Peninsula Beijing. Pimont is the former Executive Assistant Manager Rooms at the InterContinentalThalasso Spa in Bora Bora.

Perrine Chapelain has been appointed Director of Sales MICE - UK at Orient-Express Hotels in London. For the past three years, she had been in a similar position in London with the Leading Hotels of the World.

Phillip Haller has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer at yoo Hotels in London. He was most recently with Salvatore Ferragamo's Lungarno Collection as Vice President of Marketing and Brand Development.

Filippo La Mantia has been appointed Executive Chef at the Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto in Rome. He was previously running his namesake restaurant in the Hotel Majestic Roma.

Marc Schultz is the new Executive Chef at the Jumeirah Frankfurt, replacing Martin Steiner who is opening his own restaurant.

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Nick Simmonds has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at Sunland Hotels in the Maldives. Most recently, Simmonds was Vice President of Chris Blackwell's Island Outpost collection of hotels in Jamaica. He is the former General Manager of Cotton House in Mustique.

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels has appointed Alan Philip Clark Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently with Rocco Forte Hotels as Group Finance Director. He is the former Group Finance Director with Malmaison and Deputy Vice President of Finance for Europe with Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts.

Regent Hotels and Resorts has named Arjan de Boer Senior Vice President of Development and Technical Services. For the past eleven years, he had been with Alila Hotels and Resorts, most recently as Vice President of Development.

Rudolf van Dijk is the new General Manager at Four Seasons Sydney. He was most recently overseeing the Four Seasons Hangzhou. Van Dijk is the former Hotel Manager of the Four Seasons Singapore and the Four Seasons Bangkok.

Patrick Behrens is moving to the Peninsula Beijing as Resident Manager, taking over from Vincent Pimont, who will be going, as Resident Manager, to the Peninsula Paris. Behrens was most recently overseeing food and beverage for the Peninsula Shanghai. He is the former Director of Food and Beverage at the Peninsula Bangkok and the Peninsula Beijing.

Vincent Billiard is now in China at the Ritz-Carlton Tianjin as General Manager. He is the former Hotel Manager for the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo and Director of Operations with the Ritz-Carlton Osaka.

Ian Ekers has been named General Manager for the Sukhothai Bangkok, taking over from Gregory Meadows. He was most recently the General Manager of the Sentosa in Singapore.

Christophe Lajus has moved to the InterContinental Shanghai Expo as General Manager and Area General Manager for IHG. He was previously the General Manager for the Crowne Plaza Fudan Shanghai and Area General Manager for Crowne Plaza Hotels in Shanghai.

Peter Clarke has returned to the Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai to take on the post of General Manager. He had previously served the hotel as Hotel Manager for two years before taking on his most recent role as General Manager of sister property, the Kerry Hotel Pudong.

Chris Oakes has been appointed General Manager at the Indigo Pearl in Phuket. He is the former Managing Director of Petchey Leisure and had served with Six Senses Resorts and Spas from 2004 to 2012.

Alasdair Davidson has been appointed Hotel Manager at the Alila Ubud in Bali. He was most recently with the Alila Diwa Goa as Executive Assistant Manager.

Heinrich Grafe has been named General Manager of the Conrad Tokyo succeeding Gregor Andréewitch who is the new General Manager of the Waldorf Astoria Berlin. Since 1998, Grafe had served as General Manager of the Conrad Centennial Singapore.

Alice Mafaity has been appointed Executive Assistant Manager at the Jumeirah Himalayas Shanghai. She was most recently the Director of Food and Beverage at the Mina A'Salam, Madinat Jumeirah Dubai.

Thomas Combescot-Lepère has been promoted to Director of Food and Beverage at the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo after joining the hotel earlier this year as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously served as Food and Beverage Manager at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong and General Manager of Adour Alain Ducasse at the St. Regis New York.

The Hilton Waikoloa Village has named Simon Amos Director of Food and Beverage. For the past five years, he had been the Director of Operations for the Hilton Beijing.

Marieke Chataigner has been appointed Director of Business Development South Pacific at Hilton Hotels and Resorts in Auckland. She was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing for Sofitel in New Zealand.

Alan Ball has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives. He had previously served in sales positions with Per AQUUM Retreats & Resorts and Abercrombie & Kent.

The Bagan Lodge in Myanmar has appointed Christine Béland Director of Sales and Marketing. Béland was most recently the Sales and Marketing Manager at the Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa in Siem Reap.

Lillian Tan has been appointed Cluster Director of Sales and Marketing, overseeing Starwood's Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort and Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran. She will oversee the opening in the coming years of the Westin Ubud Resort & Spa and the Sarasvati. She was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Westin Beijing Financial Street.

Neo Ping Peng has been appointed Director of Sales at the Swissôtel Merchant Court in Singapore. She was most recently the Director of Sales at the Mövenpick Sentosa, Singapore.

Jane-Thérèse Mulry has been appointed Executive Chef at the Siam. Mulry was most recently Consulting Executive Chef with the Wilderness Collection in Africa and is the former Executive Chef for qualia on Hamilton Island, where she had worked under Siam General Manager Jason Friedman. She is a former protégée of Marco-Pierre White.

Tobias Pfister has been appointed as Executive Chef for the Jumeirah Himalayas, Shanghai. He previously held the position of Executive Sous Chef at the Burj Al Arab.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

Banu Kirmaz has been promoted to General Manager at the Istanbul EDITION. She has previously held the positions of Director of Finance and Director of Human Resources at the hotel. She is the former Director of Finance at the Ritz-Carlton Istanbul.

Fares Yactine has been appointed General Manager at the Sofitel Al Khobar The Corniche in Saudi Arabia. He was most recently with the Sofitel Thalassa Sea and Spa in Bahrain where he held the position of Hotel Manager for over two years.

Enad Tannous has been named General Manager at the Amwaj Rotana Jumeirah Beach in Dubai. He was most recently with the InterContinental Aqaba Resort as General Manager.

Iain McCormack has been named General Manager at the Maradiva Villas Resort and Spa in Mauritius. He was most recently the General Manager at the Gili Lankanfushi (formerly Soneva Gili). McCormack is the former General Manager of the Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island Jamaica and Director of Resort Operations at Cap Juluca on Anguilla.

Olivier de Guardia de Ponte has been named Executive Assistant Manager at the Constance Belle Mare Plage on Mauritius. He was most recently the Resort Manager for Constance Hotels and Resorts, Tsarabanjina.

Ruben Gabino has joined the Jumeirah Al Qasr as Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously held the position of Director of Food and Beverage at the St. Regis Abu Dhabi.

Peter Avram has been appointed Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage at the Madinat Jumeirah Resort. He had previously held the position of Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.

Goran Stojkovic takes over the position of Peter Avram as Director of Food and Beverage at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai. Goran joined Jumeirah in 2006.

Jérôme Barbeau takes over from Alice Mafaity as Director of Food and Beverage at the Mina A'Salam, Dubai. Barbeau has been with Jumeirah for the past eight years and had previously served as Food and Beverage Manager at the Burj Al Arab.

Eric Vasta has been promoted to Executive Chef at the Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Dubai. He was most recently with the hotel as Executive Sous Chef.

Stéphane Chevet has joined Reign Base in Abu Dhabi as Executive Chef. He was previously the Corporate Executive Chef at the Sugar Factory in Las Vegas. He is the former Executive Chef at Shibuya Restaurant in the MGM Grand Las Vegas and Executive Sous Chef with the Hotel Sofitel Los Angeles.

Claudio Melis joined the Jumeirah Group as Executive Italian Chef. Melis is the former Executive Chef at Jumby Bay in Antigua.

The Jumeirah Zabeel Saray has appointed Wolfgang Wagenleitner Executive Pastry Chef. He was previously in a similar role at the Ritz-Carlton Qatar.

Florian Maul moved to Dubai as the Pastry Chef de Partie for the Burj Al Arab. He was most recently with the Jumeirah Frankfurt.

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