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Marriott Irvine Spectrum Opening This December

Opening this December, Marriott Irvine Spectrum will be the only full-service hotel in the Irvine Spectrum area, featuring 271 guest rooms including 50 Extended Stay suites. The property will showcase Heirloom, a full-service restaurant and a rooftop bar and lounge, in addition to more than 13,000 square feet of indoor / outdoor meeting and event space. Marriott Irvine Spectrum will be located within walking distance of the popular Irvine Spectrum Center – the city's entertainment, shopping and dining district.

Marriott
Irvine, California, United States
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Bruce Seigel has been appointed as General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe

Mr Seigel joins the luxury mountain resort with more than three decades of hospitality management experience, including nearly 18 years with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. A tenured industry sales and marketing veteran, Mr Seigel will be responsible for all aspects of operations at the resort, including financial performance, employee/guest engagement, community relationships, partnerships and talent development. Prior to joining The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, Mr Seigel served as Area Director of Sales and Marketing of The Ritz-Carlton’s Caribbean and Mexico region, where he was responsible for leading the sales and marketing cluster strategy for seven luxury Ritz-Carlton Resorts. Prior to his time in the Caribbean, he served as Market Director of Sales and Marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples, two of the most iconic resorts in the brand’s portfolio.

Marriott
Lake Tahoe, California, United States
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Patrick Bryant has been named Director of Food & Beverage at Kimpton Canary Hotel

Finch & Fork and Kimpton Canary are pleased to welcome and name Patrick Bryant as the new Director of Food and Beverage for the picturesque hotel and restaurant perched in the center of downtown Santa Barbara. In his role, Bryant will oversee all food and beverage operations for Canary’s 97 rooms, over 7,300 sq. ft. of meeting and event spaces, and its celebrated restaurant, Finch & Fork. Bryant will maintain Finch & Fork’s reputation for hosting beautiful dining events with high-caliber culinary and bar experiences, while upholding the exceptional guest experience they are known for.

IHG
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Connie Hagston has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Chaminade Resort & Spa

BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, has named Connie Hagston director of sales and marketing for Chaminade Resort & Spa, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property located in Santa Cruz, California. Kevin Herbst, general manager, made the announcement. Connie Hagston assumes her new position with more than 20 years of experience leading sales and marketing teams and turning around hotels. Ms. Hagston was previously director of sales and marketing for The Silverado Resort and Spa of Napa, California, where she and her team received the 2014 Sales Team of the Year from the property’s management company. She served in the same role for The Lodge at Sonoma, a Marriott Renaissance Resort & Spa in Sonoma, California, where she was honored with the Key Contributor and Sales Leader of the Year awards. She began her career at The Broadmoor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ms. Hagston is a graduate of Blair Business College of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is a past member of the American Society of Association Executives, the Professional Convention Management Association, Meeting Professionals International, the Association of Meeting Professionals and the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives. Ms. Hagston is relocating to Santa Cruz.

Pyramid Global Hospitality
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Development Opening

Pebble Beach Resorts Celebrates Openings of Fairway One at The Lodge

Pebble Beach Resorts has opened a stunning new guest room and meeting complex at the famed golf resort: Fairway One at The Lodge. Fairway One features 38 new guest rooms, including an entirely new offering at the resort – two stand-alone cottages, each with four bedrooms off a common living room. The complex also includes a separate meeting facility that offers sophisticated meeting space and other guest amenities overlooking the iconic first fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links. The resort publicly unveiled Fairway One at a grand opening and ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday, August 11.

Pebble Beach Resorts
Pebble Beach, California, United States
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Derek McCann has been appointed as Managing Director at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

As a hospitality industry veteran with twenty years of management experience at hotels and resorts across the US, Derek McCann comes to Santa Monica from his most recent role as managing director of Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, where he continued the property’s longstanding legacy as one of the destination’s premier resorts. Prior to joining Loews Hotels & Co in 2014, McCann was Vice President & Hotel Manager of Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, a position he held after ten years with Gaylord Hotels. During his time in Nashville, McCann was actively involved on the boards of University of Tennessee's School of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management, as well as with Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee. After nearly two decades, McCann will be returning to Los Angeles, where he began his career in hospitality as Assistant Front Office Manager of the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel. Originally hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, McCann earned a degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University in 1996. In his free time, Derek and his wife Erika love to travel and explore the outdoors with their two children.

Loews
Santa Monica, California, United States
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Rachel Sweetman has been appointed as Catering & Riviera 31 Sales Associate at Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills

Rachel Sweetman's background in events and catering began after her graduation from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Sweetman spent the past three years at the Courtyard by Marriott and The Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. Currently, Sweetman assumes the role of Catering and Riviera 31 Sales Associate.

Accor
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Anh-Dao Tran has been appointed as Senior Catering Sales Manager at Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills

Anh-Dao Tran comes to Sofitel LA from the W Hollywood, where she was a Meetings and Events Manager. Tran will focus on all corporate accounts and will play a vital role in the planning and management of on-site events at Sofitel LA. Tran has been working in hospitality for just over ten years, making her expertise in Catering and Events Management indispensable.

Accor
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Sophie Jones has been appointed as Director of Catering at Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills

Sophie Jones has exceedingly valuable experience in the hospitality industry that has eased her transition into her role as Director of Catering at Sofitel Los Angeles. Jones started her Catering Sales Manager career with the property in 2007. She left in 2013 to pursue the Director of Events position at the W Hollywood, returning to Sofitel LA in March 2017 to oversee and manage a team of four. She is also currently handling the entertainment market, gala celebrations, VIP events and the hotels top account, Cedars Sinai.

Accor
Los Angeles, California, United States
Development Pipeline

New Lido House in Newport Beach set to open early 2018.

Lido House will be a four-story, 130-room boutique hotel spanning over 100,000 square feet. For decades, the site housed Newport Beach"s City Hall complex until new municipal offices opened near Fashion Island in 2013. With a sophisticated and relaxed coastal ambiance, the hotel will be situated on over four acres at the entrance to the Balboa Island Peninsula and steps away from Lido Marina Village, a pedestrian-friendly retail and dining complex including high-end boutiques, shops and restaurants such as Nobu, Alchemy Works, Clare V, Le Labo, Aesop and more.

Autograph Collection Hotels
Newport Beach, California, United States
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Frederique Falour-Yalniz has been appointed as Director of Human Resources at San Francisco Proper Hotel

Falour‑Yalniz spent the last 12 years working in human resources departments at some of San Francisco’s most notable hotels. She has an extensive background in opening luxury lifestyle properties, including the 5-Star St. Regis San Francisco where she served as Assistant Director of Human Resources for six years. Following that, she served as Director of Human Resources for San Francisco’s iconic Palace Hotel.

Proper Hospitality
San Francisco, California, United States
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Xavier Bon has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at San Francisco Proper Hotel

A San Francisco resident for nearly two decades, Xavier Bon has forged a vast network of local and global relationships that will be instrumental to his new role with Proper. As Director of Sales and Marketing, Bon will continue to nurture and expand upon those relationships in the marketplace to drive guestroom sales. He will also carry out San Francisco Proper’s mission of reshaping the perception of hotel meeting and event facilities, maximizing the potential of the property’s traditional and non-traditional spaces which include the 14-person private dining room and the 3,400 square-feet of rooftop space.

Proper Hospitality
San Francisco, California, United States
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Lorenz Maurer has been appointed as General Manager at San Francisco Proper Hotel

A hospitality tastemaker with over 15 years in the industry, Lorenz Maurer brings substantial pre-opening luxury and leadership experience to San Francisco Proper Hotel. As General Manager, he is tasked with overseeing the launch of the multifaceted hotel, including its four distinctive culinary venues. His leadership and strategic oversight will establish Proper’s flagship as a best-in-class hospitality destination, as well as the definitive hub for the fast growing community of entrepreneurs and creative visionaries who call San Francisco home.

Proper Hospitality
San Francisco, California, United States
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Debbie Vail has been appointed as Sales Manager at Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel

Appointed as one of the Senior Sales Managers who will be responsible for group bookings, Debbie Vail joins the Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel team with more than 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Her strong negotiation skills, drive and a proven track record of success has allowed Vail to quickly progress into her current position. Vail began her career as a Reservations Agent at Sheraton Pasadena Hotel and continued to make her way up to Group Sales Manager. After eight years of outstanding achievement, she joined Westin Long Beach as a Senior Sales manager where she was responsible for large group business from Southern California and the southern half of the US. Vail graduated from California Polytechnic University, Pomona with a bachelor’s in business management and human resources.

Marriott
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Fred Kokash has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel

Appointed as the head of the marketing and sales department is Fred Kokash, a hospitality veteran with more than a decade of experience. Kokash joins Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel from the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center, where he mentored a staff of 11 and helped drive new business development and marketing initiatives. Prior to the Sheraton Fairplex, Kokash worked at various properties around California as Manager and General Manager, assisting in hotel openings and focusing on increasing RevPAR, while leading a team of 50+. A certified Sheraton Brand Culture Trainer, Kokash is delighted that he will continue working on the Sheraton brand with the opening of Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel.

Marriott
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Wanda Chan has been appointed as General Manager at Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel

Wanda Chan, the newly appointed general manager, will oversee the pre and post-opening phases of the hotel, as well as day-to-day operations. Prior to being selected for this new role, Chan was the General Manager at Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Before that, she was the General Manager for several award-winning hotels, including the Swissôtel New York, The Drake, Warwick New York, and ONE UN New York (formerly the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel). Chan’s passion for hospitality has led her to myriad roles, opportunities and global locales. Originally from Hong Kong, Chan’s more than three-decade-long career spans from California, Singapore, Las Vegas, and New York. Chan received her degree in Hotel Management from University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

Marriott
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Michelle Norville has been appointed as Director of Revenue Management at The Duke Hotel Newport Beach

Michelle Norville’s diverse hospitality work experience in the Orange County market includes holding a variety of leadership roles for Interstate Hotels & Resorts, in addition to being the Director of Revenue Management for Westin Long Beach and Travel Holdings. She’s been instrumental in developing and implementing pricing strategies that have maximized profits and is an expert in team building, demand analysis, report development and yield management.

Marriott
Newport Beach, California, United States
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Lynne Difrancesco has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at The Duke Hotel Newport Beach

Lynne Difrancesco’s comes to The Duke Hotel Newport Beach with a well-rounded, hospitality background in strategic, financial and operational management. Previously, Ms Difrancesco held positions within Remington Hotels in Orange County and Marriott International. She has also been a community advocate, helping raise funds for multiple Orange County causes and nonprofits including Talk About Curing Autism, Children’s Miracle Network, and Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

Marriott
Newport Beach, California, United States