With more than 30 years of luxury hospitality sales experience, Sandvig was most recently vice president of travel industry sales for the 582-room oceanfront Terranea Resort.
Deborah E. Smith promoted to Regional Director of Sales at GF Management
With GF Management for a total of 11 years in the capacity of the Director of Sales and Marketing, Deborah Smith has now been promoted to Regional Director of Sales in the northeast region.
Liz Galea new Development Manager for Choice Hotels Asia-Pac
The former hotel owner and operator is set to capitalise on growing tourism numbers in key Australian states.
Denise Matthijsse joins Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali as Director of Food and Beverage
Matthijsse comes to Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali from Cheval Blanc Randheli, Maldives where she was the Director of Food and Beverage for more than a year before decided to move to Bali to explore new experience.
Norma Probst named new Director of Marketing at Main Street Hospitality Group
Probst joins the Main Street Hospitality Group marketing team with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and sales in Berkshire County, most recently as director of marketing and sales at the 105-room Cranwell Spa and Golf Resort.
Alexandru Zekany named General Manager of Food and Beverage Outlets at Pelican Grand Beach Resort
Zekany joins Pelican Grand Beach Resort most recently from The Westin Fort Lauderdale, where he served as Director of Food and Beverage.
Rocky Durham appointed Executive Chef at Sunrise Springs Spa Resort
Durham is also the co-founder and executive chef of the Santa Fe Culinary Academy, where he trained chefs and culinary entrepreneurs, and still carries this tradition of leadership.
Louis Fung appointed Director of Food and Beverage for Eaton, Hong Kong
Prior to joining Eaton, Louis was the Assistant Director of Food and Beverage of The Langham, Hong Kong.
Jonathan Shea joins Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou as Executive Chef
Prior to joining Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, Chef Jonny was the Executive Chef at The Shangri-La Hotel in Nanjing.
Lauren Bucherie to serve as Director of Music for Kimpton
In this role, Bucherie will develop robust live and recorded music experiences for guests across all of Kimpton’s 60+ properties.
