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VFM Leonardo Launches Online Merchandising Best Practices Group

VFM Leonardo today announced that they have expanded their Marketing Group to include a function focused on fostering best practices and educating lodging industry marketing professionals on online visual merchandising for hotels. This new group will work with marketing and e-marketing executives at VFM Leonardo's major hotel brand clients to share best practices for creating rich visual experiences and syndicating them for display on the sites travel shoppers use when planning their trips online.

Westmont Hospitality Group Awarded 2010 Passport to Prosperity Ontario Employer Designation

Westmont Hospitality Group was the proud recipient of the 2010 Passport to Prosperity Ontario Employer designation on Nov. 22, 2010 at a special Queen's Park event in Toronto that also marked the official launch of the first-ever Experiential Learning Week in Ontario. Westmont was recognized for its commitment to providing meaningful work opportunities through experiential learning for high school students in the province of Ontario.

Peter Bruyere has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia

With an inspiring résumé, including Director of Sales at Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa in Victoria and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, it was Bruyere’s most recent role at Vancouver’s Sutton Place Hotel that established his passion and fervor for the sales environment, an attribute pivotal to his appointment at Rosewood Hotel Georgia.

Kyle Matheson has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at The Sutton Place Hotel

Kyle comes to The Sutton Place Hotel with many years of Sales and Marketing management experience in the hospitality industry, most recently as Director of Sales with the Westin Wall Centre, Vancouver Airport. Kyle has also held various sales management positions for over 10 years with such places as The Westin Bayshore, Tourism Vancouver, and Cantrav West Destination Management Services.Kyle received his Tourism Marketing Diploma from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) with a first class grade point average and was the winner of the Julia Blockberger Scholarship Award for Academics.

Andy Loges has been appointed as General Manager at the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites

Throughout the course of his 20-year hospitality career, Loges has held top leadership positions at renowned hotels and resorts in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario. Most recently, he spent six years as general manager of the AAA Four Diamond Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville, where he successfully executed two multi-million dollar renovations. During his accomplished tenure, Loges also created and implemented new initiatives to improve employee morale; he increased food and beverage revenues and guest satisfaction; and he achieved recognition from Marriott for managing the company’s top event hotel in the country. Loges previously served four years as general manager of the 389-room Richmond Hotel and Convention Centre, located just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Under his direction, the property implemented new policies that increased sales, improved employee relations and elevated service standards. Prior to this role, Loges spent five years at the 250-room Ocean Pointe Resort Hotel & Spa in Victoria, British Columbia, where he held assistant general manager, director of catering and banquet manager positions.