Amanda Ridout IDM Hospitality Management, a hotel management and development firm headquartered in Madison, Wis. overseeing independent properties around the Midwest, named Amanda Ridout regional sales manager, a newly created position within the firm. Ridout, a graduate of St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minn., has seven years of experience in the hospitality industry and has been with IDM since 2011. She previously served as sales manager at HotelRED in Madison, Wis., and most recently as the general manager at The Plaza Hotel, Milwaukee, both IDM-managed properties. Ridout will play a role in new business development and will also assist the sales teams at the firm’s managed properties in growing corporate and association meetings, events and guest room bookings.