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

Chief investment officer
Stonebridge Companies
Aug. 1, 2022
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Stonebridge Companies, Kakaty worked at Rockwood Capital, supporting both the firm’s acquisitions and asset management efforts across its hospitality investments.

Hospitality leadership coach
Main Street Hospitality
July 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: During Coughlin’s time with Danny’s Union Square Hospitality Group, he helped conceptualize and open four restaurants, oversaw seven different businesses and mentored dozens of young leaders.

President
Main Street Hospitality
July 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: Gallo previously served as managing director in the Global Investment Bank at Citigroup in New York; Milan, Italy; and Boston, as well as other CFO and executive roles. He has worked with numerous lodging companies and brands such as Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, Wyndham, DoubleTree and Meristar.

General manager
Mondrian South Beach
Miami, Florida
Aug. 4, 2022
New hire
Experience: Rico has held a variety of executive-level positions across multiple luxury properties such as general manager at The Boca Raton Beach Club in Boca Raton, Florida; assistant general manager at SLS Baha Mar in Nassau, Bahamas; and as vice president of operations at Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas.

Hotel manager
Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Aug. 1, 2022
New hire
Experience: In Klinkenberg’s previous role as director of food and beverage at Loews Hotels, he was involved in the opening of three new hotel properties.

General manager
InterContinental New York Times Square
New York, New York
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: Krauthamer previously held managerial roles at Waldorf Astoria New York and the London NYC. He has been a member of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family since 2017, most recently as hotel manager at InterContinental New York Barclay.

Hotel manager
Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: Russell was promoted to resort manager of Four Seasons Resort Lanai in Hawaii prior to accepting a position with Four Seasons Hotel Nashville to lead the pre-opening team of Tennessee’s first Four Seasons property.

Hotel manager
InterContinental New York Barclay
New York, New York
July 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Kaiser served as executive assistant manager at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. He was responsible for hotel-wide training that resulted in overall improved key scores for the property’s room cleanliness and guest services.

Director of sales and marketing
Hyatt Centric Old Town Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: Beginning her hospitality career as a front-desk agent for Hospitality Partners, Catherine quickly moved her way up to a manager role and continued working in hotels where she gained hands-on experience working at prestigious companies such as Hilton, Marriott, Legacy Starwood, Choice and Hyatt.

Senior director of marketing
Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: Throughout her 32-year hospitality career, Cohavi has held sales and marketing leadership positions for Hyatt, Marriott, Wyndham and Omni properties. She currently operates in a dual role as senior director of marketing for the brand-new Four Seasons Hotel Nashville and Four Seasons Hotel Denver.

Event sales manager
Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: In April 2021, Lewis accepted her first appointment with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts as a catering sales manager for Four Seasons Hotel Boston.

Director of sales and marketing
InterContinental New York Times Square
New York, New York
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Naylor was an area sales leader for Marriott International, where she oversaw three full-service hotels and helped increase overall sales for those properties within a year.

Director of sales and marketing
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa
Lahaina, Hawaii
July 26, 2022
New hire
Experience: Baer has served as the director of sales and marketing at Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort and Spa and held leadership roles at Grand Hyatt San Diego, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa and Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

Director of sales and marketing
The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel
New York, New York
July 26, 2022
Promotion
Experience: Cordasco joined the team at The Beekman Hotel as director of corporate sales, leading all efforts for the corporate volume market segment, with a record year for this segment in 2019. In 2020, Cordasco was promoted to associate director of sales to oversee all sales and marketing efforts for The Beekman’s corporate, leisure and entertainment business.

Director of food and beverage
InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco
San Francisco, California
July 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Amidon served as the assistant director of food and beverage at the InterContinental Boston after a promotion in 2018. He was hired as assistant manager of restaurant and bars in 2014 by the InterContinental Boston.

Executive chef
Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel
Lincoln, Nebraska
July 25, 2022
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Dickerson served as dual property executive chef at Arrowwood Resort at Cedar Shore and Al’s Oasis Restaurant in Oacoma, South Dakota. In this role, he managed the culinary operations for a large resort and conference center, two restaurants, as well as a cafe and bar.

Spa manager
The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa Avon, Vail Valley
Avon, Colorado
Aug. 2, 2022
New hire
Experience: Gallagher has been a part of the Spa Anjali team since 2009, starting as a massage therapist before being promoted to lead massage therapist and then spa supervisor.

Director of analytics and business intelligence
CoralTree Hospitality
July 28, 2022
New hire
Experience: Phelan joined the CoralTree home office team after handling revenue strategy for Lake Nona Wave Hotel in Orlando, Florida, where he assisted in the opening and successful launch of this technologically advanced hotel.

Assistant director of rooms
Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: Brown joined the pre-opening team of Four Seasons Hotel Nashville after roles with the Hyatt brand, including recent stints with Hyatt House Nashville Downtown SoBro and Grand Hyatt Nashville.

Spa manager
Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
July 27, 2022
New hire
Experience: After launching his own massage therapy business for athletes, Phillips spent two years at Meadowood Spa Napa Valley, where he moved into spa management. Following that, he worked as the spa manager and interim spa director at award-winning Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee, overseeing the spa’s operations during the pandemic.

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