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US Hires, Promotions: Preferred Hotels & Resorts Hires Chief Revenue Officer

New Hotel General Managers in New Orleans and New York City
Adam Arencibia, Teri Agosta, Bastian Germer
Adam Arencibia, Teri Agosta, Bastian Germer
Hotel News Now
March 3, 2022 | 1:50 P.M.

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

Executives

Cheryl Williams

Cheryl Williams

Chief revenue officer
Preferred Hotels & Resorts
Jan. 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Williams served as regional vice president of sales and marketing in Hawaii for Highgate.

Jeff Stulmaker

Jeff Stulmaker

Chief investment officer and partner
KHP Capital Partners
Jan. 24, 2022
Promotion
Experience: Stulmaker has been with KHP since its inception in 2015 and previously worked with the KHP founding partners at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants beginning in 2011. Most recently, Stulmaker was promoted to principal in 2019, taking on a leadership role within the investments team.

Andrea Belfanti

CEO
International Society of Hospitality Consultants
Jan. 20, 2022
Promotion
Experience: Belfanti was promoted to CEO from the position of executive director. She joined ISHC in 2009.

Benjamin Howell

Benjamin Howell

Divisional vice president of operations
Remington Hotels
Jan. 19, 2022
New hire
Experience: Howell, who has 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, joins Remington Hotels from various multi-unit roles with Sonesta Hotels and Resorts, Aimbridge Hospitality, and Widewaters Hotels.

Jennifer Stilwell

Jennifer Stilwell

Vice president of marketing
Auro Hotels
Jan. 18, 2022
New hire
Experience: She comes to Auro Hotels from VisitGreenvilleSC (VGSC), the official destination marketing organization for the City of Greenville, South Carolina.

Christine Langseth

Christine Langseth

Vice president of people
Menin Hospitality
Jan. 14, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Langseth served as the head of human resources at Pura Vida Miami in Miami, Florida. Langseth has held multiple high-ranking positions in human resources for major hotel establishments throughout South Florida, including 1 Hotels, The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott International and Ritz-Carlton.

General Managers

Michael Klein

Michael Klein

General manager
The Eliza Jane, Unbound Collection by Hyatt
New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb. 1, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Klein served as the director of operations at an additional HRI Lodging property, Holston House Nashville.

Mark Pandaleon

Mark Pandaleon

General manager
Smyth Tribeca
New York City
Feb. 1, 2022
New hire
Experience: Pandaleon has more than 15 years of New York City hotel management experience. He joins the Smyth Tribeca team from Highgate-managed Stewart Hotel, where he started as director of housekeeping and ultimately worked his way up to general manager.

Paige Lund

Paige Lund

General manager
JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
Phoenix, Arizona
Jan. 31, 2022
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort team, Lund was the general manager of JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa.

Dragan Andrejic

Dragan Andrejic

General manager
The Nines, A Luxury Collection, Portland
Portland, Oregon
Jan. 31, 2022
New hire
Experience: Andrejic has experience in a variety of leadership positions within the hospitality industry, including the Park Hyatt Washington D.C., the Kimpton Donovan Hotel and the Kimpton Rouge. He was most recently the general manager of The Elizabeth Hotel, Autograph Collection in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Bastian Germer

Bastian Germer

General manager
The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad
New York City
Jan. 28, 2022
New hire
Experience: Beginning his career in his hometown Hamburg, Germany, Germer's journey with brands such as Four Seasons, Raffles and The Ritz-Carlton has taken him around the world from Los Angeles to the Maldives, Singapore, London, Osaka, Toronto and to New York City. Germer was most recently the general manager of the New York Edition.

Teri Agosta

Teri Agosta

General manager
Signia by Hilton Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Jan. 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Agosta opened the 600-room award-winning Hilton Cleveland Downtown and its four food and beverage outlets in 2016. Agosta has spent nearly the last 30 years with Hilton.

Royston Brady

Royston Brady

General manager
Hilton Aventura Miami
Miami, Florida
Jan. 24, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Brady spent the last six years as the general manager and project manager of Bonaventure Resort and Spa in Weston, Florida.

Sales and Marketing

Jenny McCullough

Jenny McCullough

Director of operations and marketing
Terramor Outdoor Resort
Bar Harbor, Maine
Jan. 24, 2022
Promotion
Experience: Most recently, McCullough served as Terramor Outdoor Resort’s brand marketing director. She also has held several roles at Kampgrounds of America (KOA), Terramor Outdoor Resort’s parent company in marketing and event management.

Food and Beverage

Adam Arencibia

Adam Arencibia

Executive chef
Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Feb. 1, 2022
New hire
Experience: Arencibia brings over 15 years of culinary knowledge and experience to his new position of executive chef. Prior to joining the Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis team, Arencibia worked as the executive chef partner of Memphis’ The Capital Grille.

Shannon Williams

Shannon Williams

Executive chef
Holston House
Nashville, Tennessee
Jan. 26, 2022
New hire
Experience: Hailing from southern Georgia, Williams brings more than 16 years of culinary experience with a focus on elevated southern cooking to the property’s leadership team. Prior to joining Holston House, Williams worked up the culinary ladder in country clubs across Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee.

Christopher Williams

Director of restaurant operations
The St. Regis San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Jan. 26, 2022
New hire
Experience: By 2014, Williams worked as a sommelier at Atlas within The St. Regis Atlanta Hotel. Williams most recently worked at The Restaurant at Meadowood, in St. Helena before taking a position at Sonoma County’s award-winning winery, Kosta Browne, during the pandemic.

Brick Loomis

Brick Loomis

Director of restaurants, bars and events
Kimpton The Rowan Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California
Jan. 24, 2022
New hire
Experience: Loomis brings more than 20 years of food and beverage leadership experience to the team at Kimpton The Rowan Palm Springs. He most recently served as director of outlets at Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, California.

Miscellaneous

Tanner Austin

Tanner Austin

Conference services manager
Fairmont Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Jan. 20, 2022
New hire
Experience: Austin joins Fairmont Dallas from his most recent position as catering sales and conference services manager at The Kimpton Harper - Ft. Worth.

Pawin “P.J.” Souksanith

Pawin "P.J." Souksanith

Executive meeting manager
Fairmont Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Jan. 20, 2022
New hire
Experience: Souksanith joins Fairmont Dallas from his most recent position as venue production manager at Tres LA Catering at The Mason Dallas.

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