Brian Johnson Loews Coronado Bay Resort has announced that Brian Johnson has been appointed managing director. Johnson brings more than 31 years of hospitality-industry experience to his role as managing director having most recently served as managing director of Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, a 398-room property nestled in Arizona’s Catalina Foothills. Johnson began his career with Loews Hotels & Resorts as general manager for the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Prior to Loews he worked with Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, where he began his career in 1983 at the Sheraton Harbor Island East (now the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina) property.