Christopher Baran has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at C. Baldwin, Curio Collection by Hilton

Christopher Baran will oversee the hotel's sales and marketing efforts as director of sales & marketing.

Baran will lead the sales and marketing team of the 354-room hotel in repositioning and introducing a revitalized hotel and reenergized downtown Houston. He was most recently vice president of sales & marketing at the W Las Vegas, and before that, complex director of sales for The Westin Birmingham and Sheraton Birmingham Hotel in Alabama. He has also held sales management positions in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area with Loews Hotels and in Las Vegas with The Cosmopolitan, Caesars Palace and Harrah's Entertainment. Additionally, he was the associate director of sales for M Resort Spa Casino in Henderson, NV.