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Michael Bridges has been appointed as General Manager at Viceroy Santa Monica

With over 15 years of hospitality experience in luxury hotel operations, sales, and marketing, Bridges is rejoining Viceroy Hotel Group in a key role to the property. In this position, he will oversee all employee and community relations, working to ensure the property's continued growth and success as an elite destination in Santa Monica. He originally joined Viceroy in 2013 for the pre-opening of Viceroy Central Park, where he held the role of Director of Sales and Marketing, and ultimately became interim General Manager. His career to date includes roles with The Ritz-Carlton, Thompson Hotels, and Morgans Hotel Group, and he joins Viceroy from his most recent position at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica.

Viceroy
Santa Monica, California, United States
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Kelly Commerford has been promoted to Regional Director of Marketing, West Coast at Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Kelly Commerford was promoted from the director of sales and marketing at Kona Kai Resort & Spa, to regional director of marketing for the West Coast where he manages the overall sales, marketing and catering teams for Kona Kai Resort & Spa, The Portofino Hotel & Marina, River Terrace Inn, Hotel Zoe Fisherman's Wharf and The Argonaut Hotel. Commerford is responsible for overseeing the topline revenue for the properties as well as driving customer acquisition through strategic sales and marketing efforts including social media engagement. With thirty-three years of hospitality experience, Commerford's strong leadership skills have resulted in the promotion of highly motivated salespeople and ensured the success of multi-million-dollar conference centers, conventions, and resort hotel operations. His expertise spans across many travel sectors including corporate, national, regional, leisure, and convention and trade shows.

Noble House
San Diego, California, United States
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Don Dennis has been promoted to VP of Operations, West Coast at Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Don Dennis has been with Noble House Hotels & Resorts for over 15 years and currently serves as the vice president of operations for the West Coast. During his time with Noble House Hotels & Resorts, Don has worked with key properties within the portfolio including Hotel Viking, The Portofino Hotel & Marina, Hotel Deca, Monterey Beach Resort and Hilton San Diego Hotel & Spa before accepting the position of vice president, regional managing director for the West Coast.

Noble House
San Diego, California, United States
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Lou Cirelli has been appointed as Director of Sales at Kona Kai Resort & Spa

Noble House Hotels & Resorts, Ltd., a hotel ownership and management group with an upscale portfolio of 15 distinct and visually captivating properties spanning the U.S., today announced the appointment of Lou Cirelli as Director of Sales for Kona Kai Resort & Spa, the hotel group"s legendary property located on the tip of Shelter Island in San Diego. An award-winning Noble House veteran with a successful track record for increasing sales, Cirelli will leverage his extensive Southern California expertise to drive sales and boost visibility for the historic San Diego resort. 

Noble House
San Diego, California, United States
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Diego Fabian Heredia has been appointed as General Manager at Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills

Viceroy Hotel Group is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Diego Fabian Heredia to the position of General Manager of Viceroy L"Ermitage Beverly Hills. Heredia brings nearly 30 years of hospitality experience at various top-tier properties with him, including some of Viceroy"s own. In this role Diego will continue to build on the success of the recent renovation and relaunch of the hotel as the modern luxury lifestyle experience around the world.

Viceroy
Beverly Hills, California, United States
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Dennis Clark has been appointed as General Manager at Fairmont Grand Del Mar

Mr. Clark brings over 40 years of hospitality experience to this position, first joining Hyatt Hotels in 1976. In 1983, Dennis joined Ritz Carlton hotels where he held several progressive positions and served on numerous opening and transition food & beverage teams. In 1994, Dennis joined Fairmont Hotels & Resorts as Director, Food & Beverage at Fairmont San Jose and held that position until 1997, when he was promoted to Hotel Manager. In 1998, Mr. Clark transferred to Boston where he was appointed General Manager, Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston. Dennis relocated to Seattle in 2003, when he was appointed as General Manager, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle. In his most recent role, Dennis was promoted to General Manager at Fairmont Mayakoba, where he spent more than two years before moving back stateside as Managing Director, Fairmont Grand Del Mar, one of TripAdvisor’s Luxury Hotel in the United States.

Accor
San Diego, California, United States
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Will Ovando has been appointed as Sales Manager at InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco

The InterContinental San Francisco and InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco welcome Will Ovando as Sales Manager, handling Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Healthcare, and Medical Device markets as well as all medical education groups. Will has been part of the InterContinental Hotels Group for more than five years, having spent time at the Holiday Inn Civic Center in San Francisco as a Sales Manager working with SMERF (social, military, education, religious and fraternal) groups. Prior to his career in the hospitality industry, he held various positions in finance, title and escrow, and with non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity and Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment.

IHG
San Francisco, California, United States
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Karyna Flores has been promoted to Senior Sales Manager at InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco

Karyna Flores was recently promoted to Senior Sales Manager for the InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco where she handles large pharmaceutical, insurance, and financial market clients. She first joined the InterContinental San Francisco team in 2014 as a Sales Manager and later Business Development Manager, bringing an extensive background in hospitality to the hotel. Her first positions in the hospitality industry were with The Mandarin Oriental Manila and The Bellevue Manila Hotel and she later spent several years working for Delta Airlines and Qatar Airways as a flight attendant. In 2012, Karyna transitioned back to hotels and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, working as a Guest Services Agent for The Doubletree by Hilton in Berkeley and later the Hilton in Concord as Sales and Catering Administrator.

IHG
San Francisco, California, United States
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Sonia Rollins has been appointed as Director of Human Resources at InterContinental San Francisco

New Director of Human Resources Sonia Rollins joins the InterContinental San Francisco team from Meadowood Resort & Spa in Napa Valley. She brings more than 15 years of director level experience in human resources to her new position working with hotels like the Claremont Hotel & Spa in Berkeley and its 700 employees to the Pan Pacific Hotel with an employee base of 250. She spent more than ten years with Le Meridien Hotel in San Francisco as Director of Human Resources where she saw the hotel through a brand transition, worked with the hotel’s 230 employees, and served on the Executive Committee Board supporting the hotel’s mission, vision, and values. Outside of the hotel industry, Sonia has worked with the Bay Club Company as Corporate Director of Human Resources, overseeing 23 locations between Northern and Southern California.

IHG
San Francisco, California, United States
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Estrella Navarro has been promoted to Senior Sales Manager at InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco

Estrella Navarro has been promoted from Sales Manager to Senior Sales Manager for the InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco. She first joined the team in 2014 and has worked with numerous markets from hi-tech to renewable energies as well as SMERF (social, military, education, religious and fraternal) groups to entertainment and production companies, and more. Prior to moving to San Francisco, Estrella worked for the InterContinental Madrid in the areas of food and beverage and sales and marketing and has held positions with Meliá Hotels International and Hotel Eurostars Isla Cartuja. She has a degree in Business Management and Tourism Management from the University of Sevilla and a master’s degree in Communication, Event Management & Protocol from the University of Cambridge.

IHG
San Francisco, California, United States
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Greg Wiener has been appointed as Executive Chef at Vintage House and Hotel Villagio at The Estate Yountville

Chef Greg Wiener brings more than 20 years of diverse culinary experience to his new role as Executive Chef at The Estate Yountville, in Napa Valley, California. Chef Wiener will fulfill his lifelong dream of returning to Napa Valley when he assumes responsibility of overseeing food and beverage operations at The Estate Yountville for the recently-renovated Vintage House, the soon-to-be completed Hotel Villagio, as well as for all events at ‘The Venues at The Estate.’ The Venues make up a total of 55,000 sq. ft. of indoor and outdoor lush event space, including The Pavilion, The Groezinger, The Barrel Room and a new addition arriving in Summer 2018, The Gallery. Events held in each of these distinctive spaces will have outstanding culinary offerings under the leadership of Chef Greg.

Vintage House
Yountville, California, United States
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John Remmers has been named General Manager at Hotel Vitale

Hotel Vitale, a Joie de Vivre hotel, is pleased to announce that John Remmers has been named General Manager. Remmers will assume the Hotel Vitale role as part of his new assignment as Area General Manager for Two Roads Hospitality in San Francisco, where he will also oversee Joie de Vivre’s The Marker. With 32 years of experience managing hotels and boutique hotel brands, John is perfectly suited to step into this leadership position and guide two distinctive, San Francisco Joie de Vivre properties.

Two Roads Hospitality
San Francisco, California, United States
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Dawn Aronson has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at Carmel Mission Inn

Kokua Hospitality, LLC, an independent hotel management company based in San Francisco, announces the appointment of Dawn Aronson as director of sales and marketing (DOSM) at Carmel Mission Inn (3665 Rio Road, Carmel, CA). Located in the heart of Carmel, California just off the West Coast’s scenic Highway 1, Carmel Mission Inn joined Kokua Hospitality’s growing West Coast portfolio in early Q3 of 2017. The coastal boutique property features 165 guestrooms, over 4,500 square feet of meeting space, a restaurant and bar, a fitness center, as well as an outdoor pool, Jacuzzi, and private gardens.

Kokua
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
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Jacqueline Volkart has been appointed as General Manager at The St. Regis San Francisco

Prior to joining The St. Regis San Francisco, Ms. Volkart served as general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she was recognized by Worldwide Branding for excellence in hotel management and earned the hotel a Green Hotel Award from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. The hotel was the first full-service facility to receive the accolade in the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Program. Ms. Volkart has also held hotel manager and general manager roles at The Ritz‐Carlton, Key Biscayne, The Ritz‐Carlton, Battery Park, and The Ritz‐Carlton, Coconut Grove. At The Ritz‐Carlton, Key Biscayne, Ms. Volkart led the property in obtaining its first AAA Five Diamond Award.

Marriott
San Francisco, California, United States