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Appointments

Brittney Woods-Clark has been appointed as Director of Training at Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa

Brittney Woods-Clark has been appointed director of training, overseeing training at both Waikiki Beach Marriott and Waikoloa Beach Marriott. After launching her career with Starwood Hotels as a human resources coordinator, Woods-Clark then joined Price Hotels & Resorts as corporate human resources trainer, developing her niche focus on training. She comes to Waikiki Beach Marriott from The Waikiki Collection: The Royal Hawaiian, Sheraton Waikiki, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani and the Moana Surfrider, Westin where she held the position of complex training manager.

Marriott
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Monique Dekker has been appointed as Senior Vice President Human Resources at Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Born in the Netherlands, Monique Dekker began her career with Hyatt more than 25 years ago at Grand Hyatt New York. After numerous posts across Hyatt properties in Tokyo, Düsseldorf, Chicago and Singapore, she took on the coveted role of General Manager at the Park Hyatt Vienna, one of the group's most iconic properties in Europe. She combined that role with that of Area Vice President for Austria, Czech Republic, Italy and Hungary, whilst also serving on the group's Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council and was Chair for Women @ Hyatt -a global initiative to accelerate and increase professional growth opportunities for female employees, with 13 chapters and more than 600 colleagues directly involved in EAME alone.

Hyatt
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Rita Grant has been appointed as Director of Human Resources at The St. Regis Chicago Hotel and Residences

Grant will lead human resources efforts for both The St. Regis Chicago Hotel and Residences including building, acquiring, and retaining top talent across all divisions and levels. Grant has held a number of human resources roles, most recently at the JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America, where she was a member of the 2015 opening team and contributed to the property winning many accolades.

Marriott
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Natasha Osborne Geurts has been appointed as Chief of Staff at Mews

Mews, the innovative hospitality cloud, is delighted to announce the appointment of Natasha Osborne Geurts as its new Chief of Staff. Natasha will be critical in supporting Mews' fast-scaling business that saw headcount grow 55%, revenue growth of 116% and a Series C investment of $185 million in 2022. Based in the Netherlands, Osborne Geurts will report directly to Mews' CEO, Mathijs Welle.

Mews
London, United Kingdom

Angela Howard has been appointed as SVP Talent & Culture, Premium, Midscale & Economy at Accor Pacific

Angela Howard will commence in the position of Senior Vice President Talent & Culture, Premium, Midscale & Economy, for Accor Pacific from 29th March 2023. Angela is an accomplished executive with over 20 years' experience delivering the strategic direction and operational effectiveness of Human Resource practices within multi-site and multi-business unit environments. Angela has most recently been performing a global role as the Holland America Group Vice President of Talent and Culture within Carnival Corporation with brands including P&O Cruises Australia, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard, Carnival Cruise Lines and Seabourn. Angela takes over from Shelley Perkins who has been promoted to the role of Senior Vice President of Talent & Culture, Premium, Midscale and Economy, for Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific.

Accor
Sydney, Australia
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Preeya Patel has been appointed as Vice President, People at Sojern

Patel will lead the global people function including talent acquisition and development, people strategy and operations, rewards and recognition, culture and inclusion and overall workplace experience. Prior to Sojern, she held leadership positions at startups, private and established global technology companies, including Confluent, Quotient Technology and Honeywell. At Confluent she was part of the leadership team that scaled the business through IPO, growing from 480 to 2,500+ employees. Preeya is six-sigma certified and is a graduate from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Sojern
San Francisco, California, United States

Naomi Trickey has been appointed as Chief People Officer at Mews

Mews, the innovative hospitality cloud, is delighted to announce the appointment of Naomi Trickey to its leadership team. Trickey joins as Chief People Officer and will ensure that Mews continues to lead the way in employee engagement, nurture and culture. Based in the United Kingdom, Trickey will report directly to Mews' CEO, Mathijs Welle.

Mews
London, United Kingdom

Marie-Louise Ek has been appointed as Vice President Human Resources Middle East, Africa & Turkey at Hilton

Marie-Louise Ek will lead Hilton's human resources function and drive the company's people and culture strategy across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, where Hilton currently employs more than 30,000 team members across its 181 hotels in the region. A certified executive coach, she joins Hilton from PepsiCo where she was senior director of human resources for Africa, Middle East and South Asia.

Hilton
McLean, Virginia, United States

Richard Thompson has been appointed as Global Head of ESG and Employee Experience at CWT

CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform today announces it has appointed Richard Thompson as its Global Head of ESG and Employee Experience. Formerly CWT's Vice President, Global Internal Communication & Culture, Richard will lead the company's responsible business activities and continue to oversee the company's HR communications and CWT workplace culture initiatives, while handing over global internal communication responsibilities to the company's Chief Communications Officer, Julian Walker.

CWT
Boulogne Billancourt Cedex, France

Susan Marlow has been appointed as Chief People Officer (CPO) at Mainsail Lodging & Development LLC

Prior to joining Mainsail, Chief People Officer Susan Marlow was most recently Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition for Welbilt in New Port Richey, Florida. In her new role, Marlow is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Mainsail's Human Resources including talent acquisition, retention, training, compensation and benefits programs, leadership development and maintaining Mainsail's culture. Mainsail created the new position to bring a more deliberate approach to managing their growth as an organization and continue to focus on their employees.

Mainsail Lodging & Development LLC
Tampa, Florida, United States

Arnab Nath has been promoted to Talent & Culture Manager at Novotel Guwahati GS Road Hotel

Arnab had joined as Assistant Manager in Talent & Culture in 2018 and has been an integral part of the talent & Culture team from 2018. He has total 11 years of experience. Prior to Novotel Guwahati, he had worked with Lemon Tree Hotels, ITC welcome group & Radisson Blu. Arnab hails from Assam. He had completed his MBA in Human Resources from Panjab Technical University. As employee retention has become a challenge in Hospitality Industry, Arnab's priority is to create a sustainable environment to retain employees. Guwahati is an emerging market for Hospitality Industry and Arnab is looking forward to connect employee wellbeing with career growth for this market.

Accor
Guwahati, India

Sally Bartas has been appointed as Chief Talent And Culture Officer at Choice Hotels International, Inc.

Choice has appointed Sally Bartas to the position of chief talent and culture officer. In this newly created role, Bartas will report directly to the company's chief human resources officer and work closely with leaders across the enterprise to strategically expand Choice's talent programs and forward-thinking HR strategies, including workforce planning, succession planning, and talent management and acquisition. Bartas will also play a key role in guiding Choice's diversity, equity and belonging initiatives in alignment with the company's overall growth strategy.

Choice
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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Maria Murillo has been named Director of People at Virgin Hotels New York City

Maria Murillo has been named Director of People with a core responsibility of supporting employee engagement and productivity. Murillo's approach in humanizing business operations works to create a positive employee experience, which ensures proactive company culture, consistent engagement, training and development, recruitment practices, and other "people processes." The People team's main priority will be to understand employees holistically, not just as individual contributors. Murillo joins Virgin Hotels New York after decades-long experience as Director of Human Resources at The St. Regis New York, The Knickerbocker Times Square, and, most recently, Room Mate Hotels.

Virgin Hotels
New York, New York, United States

Anneliesse Cooper has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer at Atrium Hospitality

In her elevated role, Anneliesse will focus on Atrium Hospitality's core values and company culture as she partners with our leadership team to drive talent strategies that support the successful execution of our organizational objectives. With more than 25 years of hospitality experience, Anneliesse joined the company in April 2022 as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. She encourages listening to Atrium's Associates and creating a better place to work and grow through innovative partnerships and technologies, like our implementation this year of a critical financial wellness benefit by partnering with DailyPay for earned wage access. Prior to Atrium, Anneliesse served as Vice President of Human Resources at Marriott International, supporting the company's Caribbean & Latin America Region. During her eight years with Marriott, she also served as Area Director of Human Resources for the Eastern region. In addition, her impressive career includes nearly 13 years with White Lodging Services, where she led talent acquisition for six years, transitioned to Area Director for 10 unique business units, and finally served as Corporate Director of Human Resources. Anneliesse holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in Anthropology and Women's Studies. She also studied Hospitality Management and Business Administration at the University of Houston.

Atrium Hospitality
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Mike Moore has been appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer at Extended Stay America, Inc.

Mike Moore comes to Extended Stay America as Chief Human Resources Officer, overseeing all aspects of human capital including compensation, systems and programs. Mike joins the company from G6 Hospitality, where he served as CHRO and in other human resources functions over a 12-year span. He also spent 13 years at FedEx/Kinkos, where he led Human Resources for 900 retail stores and more than 9,000 team members in its Eastern Division.

Extended Stay
Charlotte, South Carolina, United States

Phil Norman has been appointed as Executive Vice-President of People Resources & Development at Twenty Four Seven Hotels

Twenty Four Seven Hotels, a third-party hospitality management company for premium-branded, select-service and lifestyle hotel segments in the western U.S., today announced that it has named Phil Norman executive vice-president of people resources & development. In the newly created position, Norman will oversee and provide executive oversight for talent management, including leadership development, organizational capability and change management.

Twenty Four Seven Hotels
Newport Beach, California, United States