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Julie Walsh has been named Area Director of Revenue Management at Benchmark Hospitality International®

BENCHMARK, a global hospitality company, has named Julie Walsh area director of revenue management. Kim Nugent, vice president revenue management, made the announcement. Ms. Walsh will be based in Benchmark’s New Brunswick, New Jersey, offices. Julie Walsh’s area revenue management responsibilities will span Benchmark properties coast to coast, including select hotels and resorts located in California, Wyoming, and Massachusetts. This is a return to Benchmark for Ms. Walsh, as earlier in her career she served as front office manager for the company’s Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She was most recently revenue manager for the Wyndham Hotel Group.

Pyramid Global Hospitality
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Edan Ballantine has been appointed as General Manager at Hyatt Regency New Brunswick

Most recently, Ballantine was Director of Rooms at Grand Hyatt New York, the company’s largest guestroom property in Manhattan. Prior to this position, Ballantine was Director of Food and Beverage at Grand Hyatt New York for 3 years. Ballantine began his hospitality career in the food and beverage division at Hyatt Regency Hilton Head Resort and Spa. From there, Ballantine was promoted throughout the country, quickly climbing the food and beverage ladder, before holding his first Director of Food and Beverage position at Hyatt Regency Milwaukee. Ballantine held the post of Director of Food and Beverage at four hotels before moving to Grand Hyatt New York.

Hyatt
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Mary Lynn Clark has been named President, Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America at Wyndham Vacation Rentals

As a member of the Wyndham Exchange & Rentals senior leadership team, Clark will be responsible for leading and growing the company’s North American rental businesses, which include such well-known brands as ResortQuest, Kaiser Realty and Oceana Resorts. Clark will be based in Parsippany, N.J. and report directly to the COO & CFO of Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, Gail Mandel.

Wyndham
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
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Andrea Carnevale has been appointed as General Manager at Embassy Suites Parsippany

Carnevale brings 18 years of experience to his new role. Most recently, he was cluster general manager of Hilton Rome Airport and Hilton Garden Inn Rome Airport in Italy where he was responsible for managing the two hotels with a team of 330 members. Previously, Carnevale served as director of operations for Hilton Rome Airport where he was responsible for cost control and a capital expenditure plan, recruiting team members and facilitated the re-organization of the operations department. Carnevale has also held positions with Sheraton Golf Parco de’ Medici Hotel & Resort, Hilton Rome Airport and Radisson Diamond cruise ship. Carnevale graduated from Istituto Tecnico Commerciale in Rome, Italy.

Hilton
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
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Gail Mandel has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Wyndham Exchange & Rentals

Following Geoff Ballotti's transition to Wyndham Hotel Group, Gail Mandel, chief financial officer of Wyndham Exchange & Rentals will assume additional responsibilities as chief operating officer for the division, reporting to Stephen P. Holmes. Wyndham Exchange & Rentals encompasses RCI, the global leader in timeshare vacation exchange, which today provides flexible vacation options to its approximately 3.7 million subscribing members each year to almost 4,500 affiliated resorts in over 100 countries; and Wyndham Vacation Rentals, the world's largest professionally managed vacation rentals business, providing access to approximately 103,000 vacation rental properties across Europe and North America.

Wyndham
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
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Christine Devers has been appointed as General Manager at Park Ridge Marriott

Christine Devers has been appointed General Manager of the Park Ridge Marriott, it was announced by David Marriott, COO - Americas Eastern Region and Bill Skoglund, Area Vice President, of Marriott International. Ms. Devers began her career in the travel and hospitality industry as a summer intern at the Palisades Executive Conference Center. She joined Marriott in 1991 and over the years, has held various executive-level positions in Hotel Operations and Human Resources including as Director of Rooms Operations and Director of Human Resources at the Park Ridge Marriott, Multi-Property Director of Human Resources at the Westchester Marriott and the Westchester Renaissance, and Assistant General Manager at the Westchester Renaissance. Most recently, she was Director of Operations at The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester. With Ms. Devers assuming the role of general manager — only the second time a woman has held this position in the property's history — it reinforces her commitment to female leadership in the hospitality industry.

Marriott
Park Ridge, New Jersey, United States
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Nathaniel (Nate) Waldron has been promoted to Director of Operations at The Heldrich

Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has appointed Nathaniel (Nate) Waldron director of operations for The Heldrich, a Benchmark Hotel® located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Stacy Martin, Benchmark's general manager for The Heldrich, made the announcement. Previously Nate Waldron was director of conference services for The Heldrich, a position to which he was appointed in 2008 upon rejoining Benchmark Hospitality International. He also served as director of conference services for Dolce Basking Ridge, New Jersey, which Benchmark Hospitality operated at that time as the North Maple Inn.

Pyramid Global Hospitality
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Kevin Linder has been appointed as Vice President of Finance, North America at Wyndham Vacation Rentals®

Linder will lead the Wyndham Vacation Rentals finance organization and support the company’s business strategies to drive growth and profitability. He will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day financial operations and providing leadership on acquisitions, new product development and implementation, and capital projects. He will also ensure compliance with all financial transactions, policies, procedures and reporting. Linder will be reporting directly to both the president of Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America, LLC, Bob Milne, and senior vice president of financial planning and analysis for Wyndham Exchange and Rentals, Michael Toscano.Prior to joining Wyndham Vacation Rentals, Linder served as vice president of financial planning and analysis for Wyndham Worldwide where he was responsible for overseeing financial planning in corporate services and across the company’s business units. Linder has also held leadership roles at Jackson Hewitt Tax Service and NCR Corporation.

Wyndham
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
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Steven Kaiser has been appointed as General Manager at Hilton Meadowlands

Thirty-year hotel veteran Steven S. Kaiser has joined the 427-room Hilton Meadowlands as general manager. The hotel, which converted to the Hilton brand from the Sheraton Meadowlands on October 31, 2013, is located at Two Meadowlands Plaza in East Rutherford. Kaiser's career includes leadership positions at some of the nation's leading branded hotels and resorts, in New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Colorado and California. He holds a degree from the Culinary Institute of America.

Hilton
Meadowlands, New Jersey, United States
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Pat Weldon has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center

Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has appointed Pat Weldon director of sales and marketing for The Heldrich, a Benchmark Hotel located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Stacy Martin, Benchmark's general manager for The Heldrich, made the announcement. Pat Weldon was previously director of sales and marketing for the DoubleTree by Hilton, located in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. She held the same position at the Dolce IBM Palisades and the IBM Learning Center in Palisades, New York. Earlier in her career, Ms. Weldon served in sales positions of increasing responsibility for hotels and conference center in locations from New York to Pennsylvania.

Pyramid Global Hospitality
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Jeff Fowlkes has been appointed as Opening General Manager at Embassy Suites Elizabeth – Newark Airport

Fowlkes brings more than 20 years of extensive hospitality experience to this position. He is a thirteen-year Hilton Worldwide veteran and has held general manager and regional positions since 2003. Fowlkes was named one of the top 100 most influential African American hoteliers during his first general manager assignment at Hilton Tarrytown. He has been instrumental in the conversion of several properties to Hilton Worldwide products and also served as the food and beverage cluster lead for North and South Carolina with multi-property oversight in this discipline. Fowlkes earned the titles of Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and Certified Food & Beverage Executive (CFBE) from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. In addition, he holds general manager certifications with the Hilton, DoubleTree and Embassy Suites brands.

Hilton
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Matthew Walsh has been appointed as General Manager at Sonesta ES Suites Somerset

Matthew Walsh was recently introduced as General Manager at Sonesta ES Suites Somerset. His leadership will help to guide the hotel through the ongoing repositioning process and oversee the hotel's reintroduction into the local market. With 10 years of experience in hospitality, most recently as Operations Manager for the hotel, Walsh began his career as outside operations manager with Hamilton Farm Golf Club.

Sonesta
Somerset, New Jersey, United States
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Daniel Ritacco has been named Director of Restaurant Operations at Park Ridge Marriott

Daniel Ritacco has been named Director of Restaurant Operations at the Park Ridge Marriott, it was announced by Sal Pignio, General Manager. Prior to this position he was Senior Sous Chef at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel. A self-taught chef, Mr. Ritacco gained his passion for food through his mother, where, as a child, he would help her prepare authentic Italian dishes for the family's Sunday dinner. His first professional culinary experience was at Giordano's hometown market in Nutley, NJ, where he learned the culinary basics that he still uses today including making home-style soups, sauces, and many other culinary treats.

Marriott
Bergen County, New Jersey, United States