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Catherine Johns has been appointed as Director of Sales at Sofitel New York

Johns comes to Sofitel from Hyatt Hotel Corporation, where, most recently, she was director of catering and convention services for the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa in Honolulu. Her positions with Hyatt also include meeting and events director for the Andaz Fifth Avenue in New York and director of catering at the Park Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. Before joining Hyatt, she served as catering sales manager for The Hay-Adams in Washington, D.C.

John J. DePaul has joined JLL as Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer

In order to better service and further expand its worldwide asset management portfolio of more than 40 hotels, JLL has added industry veteran John J. DePaul to lead the Hotels & Hospitality Group’s asset management and advisory practice in the Northeast United States. DePaul will report to Greg Hartmann, who was recently promoted to Managing Director and leads the hotel asset management and advisory practice in the U.S. and Canada. During DePaul’s more than 32 years of hospitality management and advisory experience, he served as Managing Member and founder of NHH Capital Advisors LLC, a fully-integrated hospitality advisory, asset management and investment platform executing more than $4.5 billion in project assignments since 2006. He also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Melrose Hotel Corporation LLC, an independent upscale real estate hotel platform within Berwind Property Group LTD. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in management with an emphasis in marketing from Philadelphia University.

Greg Hartmann has been promoted to Managing Directors at JLL

In order to better service and further expand its worldwide asset management portfolio of more than 40 hotels, JLL has added industry veteran John J. DePaul to lead the Hotels & Hospitality Group’s asset management and advisory practice in the Northeast United States. DePaul will report to Greg Hartmann, who was recently promoted to Managing Director and leads the hotel asset management and advisory practice in the U.S. and Canada.

Colleen Senters has been appointed as General Manager at The Westin New York Grand Central

Before achieving the leadership position of General Manager, Senters began her career in hospitality as a room attendant and worked in multiple departments including sales, Front Office and Food &Beverage. Senters most recently was the General Manager of the Westin Jersey City Newport and previously was General Manager of the Sheraton Russell Hotel and the Sheraton Piscataway. Senters also was Hotel Manager of the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and held senior financial positions at the Sheraton Parsippany, Hospitality Partners and U.S. Golf. Senters holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Marymount University.