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Terrance Frederick has been appointed as Director of Sales, Events, and Marketing at Andaz West Hollywood

Frederick began his hospitality career in 2007 in operations with independent hotel brands in Virginia before switching to sales in 2010. His first job with Hyatt was in 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead as Sales Manager with a later promotion to Assistant Director of Sales. He continued at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in the same role before moving to the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego as Director of Group Sales, his most recent position prior to Andaz West Hollywood.

Hyatt
Hollywood, California, United States
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Julian Tucker has been appointed as General Manager at Andaz West Hollywood

Tucker is a 25-year Hyatt career veteran with extensive experience in the hospitality world. He started off his Hyatt career at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee in the security department and was promoted to Director of Security before becoming Executive Housekeeper. Tucker then took the role of Front Office Manager at the Hyatt Regency Chicago followed by serving in several department head roles at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa in California. His next role was as the Director of Rooms at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center before spending six years in the Caribbean as Director of Rooms at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad and Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino. Prior to joining Andaz West Hollywood, he was the Director of Rooms at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, FL. Tucker's community outreach affiliations include working with the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce on a task force to bring more Black business opportunities to the area.

Hyatt
Hollywood, California, United States
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Mark Andelbradt has been appointed as Executive Chef at Pendry West Hollywood

Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group and Pendry West Hollywood are proud to jointly announce the appointment of Mark Andelbradt as executive chef of Pendry West Hollywood. Andelbradt, a long-time executive chef with the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, will oversee the culinary execution of the legendary chef's Merois, which will showcase the sophisticated subtleties of Japanese, Southeast Asian and French/California cuisine, and casual street-side European style café, Ospero. He will also be responsible for the menu at The Britely, a modern social club located on the property, in addition to special events catering and in-room dining, as well as in-residence dining for Pendry Residences West Hollywood—when the property opens on the famed Sunset Boulevard in January 2021.

Montage
Hollywood, California, United States
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Pierre Davis has been appointed as General Manager at Dream Hollywood

Dream Hotel Group announces the appointment of Vaughn Pierre Davis as general manager of Dream Hollywood. Davis launched his hospitality career nearly a decade ago in New York City where he began as a guest attendant at Gansevoort Meatpacking. From there, he served as the director of guest services at Dream Downtown for four years before taking on a prominent hotel management position with Joie de Vivre to launch its very first hotel in New York City at 50 Bowery.

Dream Hotel Group
Hollywood, California, United States
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Danny Benaderet has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Dream Hollywood

In advance of the highly-anticipated summer opening of Dream Hollywood, Danny Benaderet has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing for the property. With over 15 years of experience in the hotel industry, Benaderet will be an integral part of the Dream Hollywood team and will focus on group business for the hotel.Benaderet joins Dream Hollywood from Loews Hollywood, where served as Director of Sales for the last three years and was awarded the Platinum Loews Superstar status in 2015. Previously, he was the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Thompson Beverly Hills, in Beverly Hills, California, where he directed a sales team of four for a 107-room, luxury lifestyle hotel. Benaderet has also held sales management positions at the Los Angeles Convention Center, The Standard Hotel, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, The Queen Mary Hotel, The Disney Land Resort and Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites.

Dream Hotel Group
Hollywood, California, United States
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Salvador Soberanis has been appointed as Executive Chef at Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort

As executive chef, Salvador Soberanis will oversee all culinary operations for the resort, under the guidance of Teran. Soberanis started at the resort in May 2015 as part of its pre-opening team and supported menu development for new Margaritaville concepts at the resort, including JWB Prime Steak and Seafood. Prior to joining Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Soberanis held culinary positions at The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort; Sonesta Coconut Grove Miami; The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.; and The Grand America Hotel and Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City.

Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC
Hollywood, California, United States
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Andres Teran has been promoted to Director of Food & Beverage at Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort

As director of food and beverage, Andres Teran will oversee the strategy and ongoing operations of the resort’s eight diverse food and beverage concepts. Teran started at the resort in May 2015 as part of its pre-opening team and has been instrumental in driving the resort’s exciting food and beverage program. He began his 15-year career at The Alexander Hotel in Miami Beach, where he assisted with the successful launch of Shula’s Steakhouse. He then went on to serve as executive sous chef for Ocean Point Resort & Spa in Sunny Isles and later, executive chef at Morton’s Steakhouse in North Miami, leading a $6.5 million operation. Prior to joining Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Teran led the team at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort.

Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC
Hollywood, California, United States
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Jeffrey G. Guillory has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at W Hollywood

Guillory has over two decades of hospitality experience, where he’s acted as Director of Sales and Marketing at four hotels prior to W Hollywood: the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, The Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, The Stanford Court - a Renaissance Hotel in San Francisco and the Swissotel Chicago. From 1999-2000, he served as the Regional Vice President at Helms Briscoe Performance Group in Chicago, where he was a key player in building brand awareness and managing sales teams. Jeffrey also increased business growth for four Regal International Hotels and seven Richfield properties that included Sheraton, Radisson and Clarion brands during 1997-1999, when he was the Corporate Director of Sales & Marketing for Regal Hotels International/Richfield Hospitality Services. From 1991-1997, he rose to become the Director of Sales at the Sutton Place Hotel (formerly Le Meridien) in Chicago after holding Assistant Director of Sales and Sales Manager positions. Prior to his work at the Sutton Place Hotel, he served as the National Sales Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, Guillory has been instrumental in improving the sales and marketing initiatives at numerous high-profile hotels around the country. He has guided two sales teams to win Sales Team of the Year, once in 2004 at the Stanford Court and again in 2006 at the InterContinental.

W Hollywood
Hollywood, California, United States