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Bradbury H. Anderson, who recently retired as chief executive officer of Best Buy, a leading consumer electronics retailer, has been elected to the Carlson Board of Directors, Carlson Chairman Marilyn Carlson Nelson announced today.
HEI Hotels & Resorts (HEI) announced the promotion of Jennifer Richards to general manager of the 221-room Hilton Indianapolis North in Indiana. Previously, Richards was the director of operations of an HEI-operated property in Nashville, Tennessee.
Hilton Hotels Corporation (Hilton) today announced that Andrew Flack has been promoted to Vice President of Global Brand Marketing for the Hilton brand.
In his new role, Mr. Qualantone will manage and direct all strategic relationships with global supplier partners, including airlines, hotel and car companies, tour operators and cruise lines, as well as maintaining strategic relationships with all technology providers including global distribution systems and booking tools.
Even in the midst of Japan’s deepest economic recession since World War II, the country’s love hotel industry is thriving.
An associate professor of operations management at the School of Hotel Administration, Verma teaches executive, master’s, and undergraduate classes in service operations, product-service innovation, project management, and quality improvement methods.
Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,000 hotels and 11 brands, has appointed Flo Lugli as executive vice president of marketing, responsible for the strategy and execution of the Hotel Group’s global marketing efforts.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC [LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG] announces a significant cost saving programme including the restructuring of IHG’s Asia Pacific region.
In this position, Lewis will lead the operational strategies for Choice’s Cambria Suites brand (the upscale, select-service brand launched in 2005); Suburban Extended Stay Hotel brand (the economy extended stay brand Choice acquired in September 2005) and MainStay Suites brand (the midscale extended stay brand Choice launched in 1996).
Gaylord announced that John Caparella, currently chief operating officer, will leave the Company. David Kloeppel, currently chief financial officer and president, will take on an expanded role and will now oversee all Gaylord’s operations in addition to sales, marketing, development, and information technology. Mark Fioravanti, currently treasurer, is being promoted to chief financial officer.