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John Pritzker, having combined Joie de Vivre Hotels and Thompson Hotels the new york helmsley hotel to create Commune Hotels Resorts, has named Niki Leondakis Chief Executive Officer. the new york helmsley hotel For the past 20 years, she was with Kimpton Hotels Restaurants, most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Hershey Entertainment Resorts has promoted William Simpson Jr. to Chief Executive Officer, taking over from Ted Kleisner who is retiring. the new york helmsley hotel Simpson was most recently the company's President and Chief Operating Officer. He joined Hershey in 1996 as General Manager of the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.
Four Seasons Denver General Manager the new york helmsley hotel Thierry Kennel has been promoted to Regional Vice-President. He will continue as General Manager of the Four Seasons Denver and his regional responsibilities include Mexico City, Palo Alto and St. Louis.
Dirk Burghartz the new york helmsley hotel has moved as General Manager to the Four Seasons Washington, D.C. taking over from Christian the new york helmsley hotel Clerc now overseeing the Four Seasons Georges Cinq. Burghartz was most recently the General Manager of the Four Seasons Houston. He is the former Hotel Manager for the Four Seasons New York.
Jeff David has joined the Knickerbocker in New York as pre-opening Managing Director. He was most recently with the Viceroy Anguilla as General Manager. He is the former General Manager of the Viceroy Snowmass and Viceroy Palm Springs.
Richard Alexander takes over from David with a promotion to General Manager of the Viceroy Anguilla. Alexander was most recently serving the property as Resort Manager. He is the former General Manager of the Marylebone Hotel in London.
Philip the new york helmsley hotel Real will be opening as General Manager the American Trade Hotel in the old quarter of Panama City. Real served the new york helmsley hotel as General Manager of the Lodge at Kura Hulanda the new york helmsley hotel in Curacao. He is a former Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Palm Beach.
Shawn Jervis has been promoted to the newly created position of General Manager at Terranea Resort. He joined the resort in 2009 as Director of Operations the new york helmsley hotel and Food and Beverage. He previously spent nine years at the Ritz-Carlton the new york helmsley hotel Kapalua.
Donald Bowman has been appointed General Manager of the Mandarin Oriental the new york helmsley hotel San Francisco, taking over from Cliff Atkinson. Bowman was most recently overseeing the Carmel Valley Ranch. This is a return to Mandarin Oriental the new york helmsley hotel for Bowman the new york helmsley hotel who had previously served as opening the new york helmsley hotel Hotel Manager at the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, before taking on the role of General Manager, opening Ian Schrager's PUBLIC Chicago.
the new york helmsley hotel Darryl Jett has been named General Manager at the W Dallas Victory Hotel. This is a return to the W brand for Jett, who previously served as General Manager of the W Atlanta at Perimeter Center and Director of Operations at the W Chicago Lakeshore. Most recently, the new york helmsley hotel he had been the Hotel Manager at the Westin Peachtree Plaza.
Jay Rosenthal has been named General Manager for the W Hotels of Chicago, taking over for Heather Steenge-Hart who is now the General Manager of the St. Regis Aspen. Rosenthal was most recently overseeing the Westin O'Hare. He held the same position with the W Hotels of Chicago from 2002 to 2005.
Attila Gyulai has joined Embeya in Chicago as Partner. He was most recently with the Elysian Hotel (now the Waldorf-Astoria Chicago) as Director of Operations. He is the former Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Gresham Palace Budapest.
Hal Leonard has been named General Manager of the Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder and Homewood Suites by Hilton Santa Fe-North. He was most recently with Canyons as Vice President of Lodging and Property Management where he oversaw the operations of the Grand Summit Hotel, the Silverado Lodge and the Sundial Lodge.
The Carlson Rezidor the new york helmsley hotel Hotel Group, announced the promotion of Suzanne Riesterer to Chief Commercial Officer. Since 2009, she served the new york helmsley hotel as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, responsible for the finance, legal and strategic sourcing functions for the five brands of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in the Americas.
Joe Aguilera has been promoted to Hotel Manager at the soon-to-open Langham Chicago. He had joined the hotel early in the year as Director of Sales and Marketing. He is the former Vice President of Sales for Elysian Hotels Resorts. He had previously spent 19 years in sales and marketing positions with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
Franco Pedone has moved up as Director of Operations at the Viceroy Miami. He joined the property in 2011 as Director the new york helmsley hotel of Residences. He had previously served in rooms management positions for the Rosewood Mayakoba and the Hotel Principe di Savoia.
Martin Mariano the new york helmsley hotel has joined the JW Marriott Essex House as Director of Food and Beverage. He is the former Director of Food and Beverage for the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia and Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park South.
David Edwards is now in Asheville, North Carolina, overseeing food and beverage for the Grove Park Inn. He was most recently the Corporate Director Food and Beverage for Club Quarters. Edwards is the former Executive Director Food and Beverage at Trump Soho and the KNR Restaurant Group.
Andrew Wiekenberg transfers as Director of Food and Beverage from the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas to the Mandarin Oriental Washington, D.C. He also served as Director of Food and Beverage at the Mandarin Oriental Macau.
Destination Hotels Resorts has appointed Chris Miller Vice President Hospitality Investments. He joined (parent company) Lowe Enterprises in 2007 as Vice President Project Finance. He had previously spent time with Cascade Investment and Credit Suisse First Boston.
Deborah Pierce has joined Full House Resorts as Chief Financial Officer. She takes over from Mark Miller who remains in his current role of Chief Operating Officer. Since 2005, Pierce has served as Chief Financial Officer for the Hooters the new york helmsley hotel Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. She is the former Vice President of Finance for Ameristar Casinos and Vice President of Finance for the Silverton Casino.
Toni Bau is now in Monterey as Director of Finance at the Portola Hotel and Spa. She was most recently the Controller for the Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach. Bau is the former Area Controller for Viceroy overseeing both the Avalon and Maison 140 in Beverly Hills.
The Gansevoort Hotel Group has appointed Cornell graduate Adam Shindler to the post of Vice President, Acquisitions and Development. He had held similar roles with LXR and Hyatt as a member of the pre-opening team for the Hotel Victor.
Jesse Luis has been appointed as Vice President of Development for North America with Dolce Hotels and Resorts, based in New Jersey. Since 2008, he had been with Choice Hotels International as Vice President, Real Estate Development the new york helmsley hotel Services. Previously, the Cornell graduate had been with Marriott the new york helmsley hotel International for more than a decade, departing as Vice President the new york helmsley hotel North America Real Estate.
Loews Hotels Resorts has promoted David Wiener to Senior Vice President, Sales to be based in New York. He joined Loews in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing the new york helmsley hotel for the Western Region. He is the former Regional Director, Sales and Marketing for Fairmont Hotels.
Benchmark Hospitality has promoted Ted Davis to Chief Sales and Marketing the new york helmsley hotel Officer. He joined the new york helmsley hotel the group in 2010 and most recently held the post of Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing. He is the former Vice President Sales and Marketing for Noble House Hotels Resorts.
Benchmark Hospitality has named Eric Gavin Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He was most recently Regional Director of Sales and Marketing for Morgans Hotel Group, the new york helmsley hotel based in New York. He is the former Vice President Marketing for Noble House Hotels Resorts.
Jaime Huttrer-Herick has been promoted the new york helmsley hotel to Director of Sales and Marketing at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch. She had previously served the resort the new york helmsley hotel as Director of Group Sales, and most recently, Director of National Accounts. She is the former Director of Sales at the Vail Cascade Resort the new york helmsley hotel Spa.
Michael Law is the new Director of Marketing at the Four Seasons New York, following seven years at the Four Seasons Boston the new york helmsley hotel in the same role. Law originally joined the company as Director of Sales at the Four Seasons Toronto. In New York, Law takes over from Gloria Lloyd, who has been promoted.
With Michael Law s recent move to the Four Seasons New York as Director of Marketing, the new york helmsley hotel Michelle Ray was promoted to Director of Marketing at the Four Seasons Boston. Since 2003, she had been the hotel's the new york helmsley hotel Director of Sales.
the new york helmsley hotel Nik Pereira has been appointed Director of Sales for the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel in Maine, scheduled to reopen in Spring 2014. He had previously served as Account Director at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers.
Rachel Reber has returned to the Heathman Hotel to take the post of Sales Manager. She had previously served as a Personal Concierge for the hotel before joining the sales team at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront.
Brent Duncan has been appointed Director of Catering and Conference Services the new york helmsley hotel at the Four Seasons Westlake Village. He is the former Director of Catering and Conference Services at the Four Seasons Whistler and the Four Seasons Resorts Lanai.
Al Smyth has been named Director of Events for the Hotel Vitale. He last served as Director of Catering and Catering Sales at the Fairmont San Francisco. He is the former Director of Event Sales and Design at the Clift.
Albert Charbonneau comes home to Los Angeles to open Hakkasan Beverly Hills, across the new york helmsley hotel the street from Bouchon. He was most recently overseeing Culinary Concepts by Jean-Georges at the W Washington, D.C. Charbonneau is the former Director of Food and Beverage of the Viceroy Miami, the former the new york helmsley hotel Raffles L'Ermitage, the Hollywood Roosevelt and Shutters on the Beach.
Thomas Keller's French Laundry has named David Breeden Executive Chef. He is taking the new york helmsley hotel over from Timothy Hollingsworth who has worked the new york helmsley hotel at the restaurant for more than ten years. Breeden was most recently in New