Regie BrownWave Crest Hotels and Resorts has appointed Regie Brown to General Manager of Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach in Carlsbad, Calif. Brown takes the reins from Bob Moore, who was promoted to Vice President and General Manager earlier this year and will oversee both the Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad and the new Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront Resort & Spa, opening July 2012. Brown has more than 17 years in the hospitality industry, with 10 of those working for Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. He began his career as night manager at Four Seasons Resort Dallas and steadily worked his way up through the company with positions of increasing responsibility at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, HI, Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, Calif. and Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma, Bahamas. Brown most recently served as rooms executive at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach. Prior to that, he was resident manager at Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. In 2007, he helped open the Grand Del Mar Resort & Spa in San Diego as director of rooms. Brown also has held positions at The Pidgeon Company and La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif. Brown attended University of Texas Arlington. He currently resides in Carlsbad with his wife and two children.