Read the latest roundup of U.S.-based hires and promotions in the hotel industry.

Vice president of operations
Commonwealth Hotels
July 23, 2024
New hire
Experience: Gustin joins Commonwealth Hotels with a distinguished career spanning over 15 years in various senior leadership positions. Most recently, Jon served as the senior director of operations for Placemakr, where he was instrumental in driving operational efficiencies and growing the company from a start-up.

Vice president of marketing and communications
National Development
July 23, 2024
New hire
Experience: Swain brings more than 25 years of marketing leadership to her new role, having previously served in senior leadership positions at Redgate and JLL.

Senior vice president of technology and enterprise solutions
Crescent Hotels & Resorts
July 22, 2024
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Crescent, Bushman held the position of senior vice president, enterprise solutions at Aimbridge Hospitality. In this role, he directed all aspects of team-building, planning, budgeting, forecasting, managed services, vendor management and offshore development to create value and efficiencies for business partners.

Chief people officer
Virgin Hotels Collection
July 22, 2024
New hire
Experience: Kent joins the executive team of Virgin Hotels Collection with more than 27 years of experience. Most recently at Virgin Orbit, she led the People & Culture team, driving a 40% growth in headcount and successfully navigated complex challenges including a SPAC transaction.

Global head of revenue management and distribution
Virgin Hotels Collection
July 22, 2024
New hire
Experience: Rotshteyn brings more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Joining from Preferred Hotels & Resorts, he managed a complex portfolio of more than 50 hotels, exceeding annual revenue goals for 10 out of 13 years.

Chief growth and development officer
PM Hotel Group
July 10, 2024
New hire
Experience: In his most recent role as chief growth and development officer at Mint House, Sacco led significant expansion efforts, doubling the unit count per asset and tripling unit growth in his first 24 months through profit share management agreements, while also focusing on asset management and operational transitions.

General manager
Embassy Suites by Hilton Asheville Downtown
Asheville, North Carolina
July 19, 2024
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Embassy Suites by Hilton Asheville Downtown, Cron opened and managed several Hilton-branded properties — many of which are within North Carolina. Most recently, Cron served as dual general manager for the Home2 and Homewood Suites in Orlando, Florida.

General manager
Fairmont Grand Del Mar
San Diego, California
July 15, 2024
Returning hire
Experience: Most recently, Praporski was the general manager at Fairmont Austin where he achieved the “Luxury Hotel of the Year” award for Accor NCA Region. Praporski was previously executive director of rooms at Fairmont Grand Del Mar from 2010 to 2015.

Resort manager
Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa
Rancho Mirage, California
July 10, 2024
New hire
Experience: With two decades of experience with Omni Hotels & Resorts, Feakes brings a wealth of experience to the Omni Rancho Las Palmas team. His roles include food-and-beverage outlets manager and director of restaurants at the Omni Interlocken Resort and Spa, and director of food and beverage at the Omni Mandalay Hotel, Omni Las Colinas Hotel and Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel.

Director of sales and marketing
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland
July 15, 2024
New hire
Experience: Before joining Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Blymier served as director of sales and marketing at Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania. Throughout her career, she’s held various sales and marketing roles, including area director of sales and marketing for Hilton properties in San Francisco.

Director of sales
The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa Avon, Vail Valley
Avon, Colorado
July 15, 2024
Promotion
Experience: Butler has been a member of The Westin Riverfront sales team for more than a decade, rising from an executive meetings manager to serve as the associate director of sales for the past three years.

Executive chef
Viewline Resort Snowmass, an Autograph Collection Hotel
Aspen, Colorado
July 18, 2024
New hire
Experience: Boussarie spent a decade in Jackson, Wyoming, in leadership roles as executive chef at Wort Hotel and The Whistling Grisly at The Wyoming. Most recently, Boussarie served as executive chef at Snow King Resort for more than a year.

Executive sous chef
Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa
Honolulu, Hawaii
July 18, 2024
New hire
Experience: Mares brings more than 20 years of culinary industry and executive chef experience to his new role at the Moana Surfrider. In Hawaii, he has served as executive chef at the Hilton Garden Inn Kauai Wailua Bay and most recently at Margaritas restaurant in Honolulu.

Chef de cuisine
Beachhouse at the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa
Honolulu, Hawaii
July 18, 2024
New hire
Experience: Solorzano joins the Moana Surfrider as chef de cuisine of its Beachhouse at the Moana restaurant following six years as executive chef at Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar. His culinary career also includes positions as sous chef at Gannon's restaurant and executive sous chef at Haliimaile General Store, both on Maui.

Executive pastry chef
Halekulani
Honolulu, Hawaii
July 16, 2024
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Bounoua served as executive pastry chef at The Global Ambassador Hotel in Phoenix. Prior to that, he worked at several renowned hotels and restaurants throughout France and the United States.

Restaurant general manager
InterContinental San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
July 16, 2024
New hire
Experience: Brown's career began in Lexington, Kentucky, where he managed fine-dining restaurants catering to the thoroughbred horse industry. His journey continued in San Antonio at St. Anthony, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Omni La Mansión del Rio, and Mokara Hotel and Spa, where he was instrumental in opening Four Brothers Southern Provisions.

Director of food and beverage
InterContinental San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
July 16, 2024
New hire
Experience: With more than 26 years of progressive experience in the hospitality industry, Coppola has cultivated a profound expertise in food and beverage operations. He has held prestigious roles from chef de cuisine at Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel to executive chef at W Retreat & Spa on Vieques Island.

Executive chef
InterContinental San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
July 16, 2024
New hire
Experience: Farias has made significant contributions to renowned hotels and restaurants, including Omni La Mansión del Rio, Mokara Hotel & Spa, Marriott International, Trump Hotel Chicago, InterContinental Hotel Miami, and luxury establishments in Caracas, Venezuela.

Pastry chef
InterContinental San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
July 16, 2024
New hire
Experience: Tejeda has held prestigious positions at Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery and served as executive pastry chef at Mixtli, Hotel Emma and Eilan Hotel & Spa.

Executive chef
Deer Path Inn
Lake Forest, Illinois
July 16, 2024
New hire
Experience: In 2013, Vucko opened The Langham, Chicago under chef Tim Graham and steadily moved his way up to chef de cuisine of Travelle, where he became a 2019 finalist for Best Up-and-Coming Chef. In 2021, he entered his first executive chef role at Pendry Chicago, where he oversaw all culinary operations within the property.

Director of food and beverage
Montage Kapalua Bay
Maui, Hawaii
July 11, 2024
New hire
Experience: Ghofrani joins the team at Montage Kapalua Bay after spending seven years at Marriott International, where he oversaw food-and-beverage operations at various properties including the Miami Beach Edition as well as the AC Downtown Los Angeles and Moxy Downtown Los Angeles.

Executive chef
JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes
Orlando, Florida
July 11, 2024
New hire
Experience: Little joins JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes from the Fairmont Austin in Texas, where he has served as executive chef since December 2021. At Fairmont Austin, he managed a $62 million food-and-beverage revenue operation, overseeing 1.1 million covers annually across 140,000 square feet of meeting and event space and eight unique dining venues.

Executive assistant manager of food, beverage and culinary
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
July 11, 2024
New hire
Experience: In his most recent role as director of restaurants and bars at The St. Regis Washington, D.C., Morozov’s operational expertise successfully relaunched the hotel’s signature restaurant in 2023, resulting in accolades and inclusion in D.C.’s Best New Restaurants list while simultaneously achieving year-to-year growth and profitability across the hotel’s dining outlets.

Executive chef
Montage Kapalua Bay
Maui, Hawaii
July 11, 2024
New hire
Experience: Returning to Hawaii for the first time in five years, Purpura joins Montage Kapalua Bay from The Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, California, where he spent three years as executive sous chef.

Executive chef
The Memphian
Memphis, Tennessee
July 10, 2024
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining The Memphian, Morris’ culinary career took her across the country, where she’s worked alongside top talent in vibrant foodie cities, including New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Miami.

Executive chef
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
July 10, 2024
New hire
Experience: Born in India and a graduate of the Institute of Hotel Management Bangalore in 1995, Swamy began his career at the Krishna Oberoi Hotel in Hyderabad. He joined Marriott International in 2006, and gained a worldwide perspective leading properties in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Guyana.

General manager of golf
Camelback Golf Club at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa
Scottsdale, Arizona
July 22, 2024
New hire
Experience: An industry legend with more than two decades of experience, Riding began his journey playing professionally on both the South American and Venezuelan tours before overseeing multiple golf and country clubs across the globe including Panama, Mexico and Aruba.

Managing director
Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts
July 16, 2024
Returning hire
Experience: Briggs joins Chatham Bars Inn following his time as regional managing director at Olympia Hospitality. Previously, Briggs successfully led teams at Chatham Bars Inn as resort manager, director of rooms and director of front office from 2006 to 2016.

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