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Appointments

Patrick Blache has been appointed as Vice President of Information Technology at John Q. Hammons (JQH) Hotels & Resorts, LLC

John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts (JQH) today announced that Patrick Blache has been promoted to vice president of information technology. He previously served as corporate senior director of information technology for the Springfield, Missouri-based company, which is a leading private, independent owner and manager of hotels in the United States. With more than 18 years of comprehensive experience in a multi-site, multi-host, network environment, Blache is responsible for continuing to guide JQH’s IT strategy at the corporate and portfolio levels, including 35 hotels and more than 1 million square feet of superb meeting space. He is located in JQH’s headquarters in Springfield and reports to Christopher Smith, JQH’s senior vice president of administration and control. As vice president, Blache continues to oversee planning, organization, security and execution of all IT functions for JQH. Prior to joining the company in 2015, Blache served as director of technical services for Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver. His career also includes work as a systems engineer for Acxiom Corporation in Little Rock, Arkansas.

John Q. Hammons
Springfield, Missouri, United States

Jason Segebrecht has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer at First Hospitality

Segebrecht comes to FHG with 20 years of experience in the real estate industry with an extensive background in IT and accounting. Previously, he served as the director of financial applications administration at General Growth Properties, where he was responsible for leading a team of people that supported internal and external financial reporting applications.

First Hospitality
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jonathan Greensted has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Travelodge (UK)

Travelodge, one of the UK’s largest independent hotel brands today announces the appointment of Jonathan Greensted to the newly-created position of Chief Technology Officer. Jonathan will report directly to the Chief Executive, Peter Gowers. Within his new role Jonathan will be responsible for ensuring innovative technology drives the business forward, through the development of the company’s customer-facing and internal technology applications.

Travelodge
Thame, Oxon, United Kingdom

Bira Bains has been appointed as Head of IT at Arora Group

Bira Bains has been appointed to the position of Head of IT, effective 5th September. Bira hasconsiderable experience in the IT sector, working in a number of specialist IT roles for various firms, over the course of his 20 year career. Most recently, Bira worked as a Programme Director for Cambridge University Press for four years where he was responsible for a number of business transformational programmes. Previous to this, Bira worked for SAP as a Development and Programme Manager responsible for implementing SAP and rolling it out across a number of companies. His appointment will afford, current IT & Purchasing Director Sunny Roda, the time and opportunity to focus on the development of the Group’s purchasing activities, ensuring Arora’s purchasing operations optimise all returns to support the Group’s growth and financial stability.

Arora Group
Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Gustaf Burman has been appointed as Senior VP, Information Technology at Montage International

Montage Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointment of Gustaf Burman as senior vice president, information technology. An accomplished technology executive with over 20 years of global experience building and managing domestic and international teams, Gustaf is responsible for developing and executing the technology strategy for the company.

Montage
Laguna Beach, California, United States
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Dennis Wong has been appointed as Area Director of IT at InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco

The InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco are proud to announce the following new hires and promotions across the revenue, accounting, and IT teams at the InterContinental San Francisco and InterContinental Mark Hopkins. New Area Director of IT Dennis Wong brings hospitality experience from several San Francisco area hotels to his new position with the InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco. He spent the last two years working in hospitality as IT Manager at four Kimpton Hotels & Resorts properties and was most recently the Area IT Manager for Noble House Hotels and Resorts, including the Argonaut and Tuscan Hotels. Wong is responsible for day-to-day operations and troubleshooting of IT issues, infrastructure upgrades, desktop deployment, and more.

IHG
San Francisco, California, United States

Ken Barnes has been named Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Omni Hotels & Resorts

Omni Hotels & Resorts appointed Ken Barnes as the new CIO for the luxury hotel brand. In this role, he will be responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of all information technology. He will help drive Omni’s business objectives by providing the enterprise-wide information technology vision and leadership for operating a reliable and stable infrastructure and leading the deployment and management of current and emerging technology products, services and systems across the organization. Barnes joins Omni from GuestTek Interactive in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he served as the SVP of global service responsible for managing technology service and support for the company. During this time, his team exceeded annual recurring revenue targets by more than 12 percent. Prior to that, Barnes worked for White Lodging Services for two decades, most recently serving as VP of information technology. In this role, he was responsible for the company’s IT operations, as well as capital budgets for more than 170 hotels.

Omni
Dallas, Texas, United States

RP Rama has been named India's Top Travel & Hospitality CIO at India's CIO Power List 2016

CIO Power List provides the perfect setting for India’s mightiest CIOs and undeniably the most powerful personalities of the year. It’s a recognition for CIOs who have created boundless possibilities and scale by using information communication and technology with a genuine obsession to deliver superlative performance. On May 12 and 13, CORE Media honoured India’s most influential and dynamic IT leaders shaping business at CIO Power List 2016. The gala two-day event was hosted at Lonavala’s iconic Fariyas Hotel, with KPMG as the Knowledge Partner. The selection was based on the CIO’s online reputation, business publications and technology magazines, combined with data on awards, honours and recognitions won, achievements till date, a random sampling of social media engagements, and a nation-wide survey of peers in the CIO community. And finally there were inputs from the CIO himself/herself on their key moments in the last 12 months.

HFTP
Mumbai, India

Rom Hendler has been appointed as Founder - Managing Partner at InnoVel - Venture Capital

Rom HENDLER ESSEC IMHI 1999 is now Founder and Managing Partenr of InnoVel - Venture Capital Tel Aviv, Israel.InnoVel is a travel and tourism VC based in Tel Aviv that functions first and foremost as a new breed of innovation center, channeling resources, talent, and know-how to the industry. The vision of InnoVel is to revolutionize the travel and tourism industry by creating an ecosystem where new technologies can flourish. Rom joined Las Vegas Sands Corp in 2000 where he spent 16 year working successively as Revenue Manager,Director of Revenue Managment and VP Strategic Marketing for The Venitian/The Palacio Resort hotel and casino. Then, he held the positions of Corporate VP of Strategic Marketing , SVP, CMO and interim Chief Information Officer and CMO and as Chief Administration Officer for the last 3 years.

ESSEC IMHI
Tel Aviv, Israel

Bob Ducy has been appointed as Director of Engineering at The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa

The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa is proud to announce the appointment of industry veterans Toby Scott-Long as director of operations, Bob Ducy as director of engineering and Tim Wright as director of security. With more than half a century of combined experience, Scott-Long, Ducy and Wright will continue to elevate the iconic resort’s legacy in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. Joining the team with more than 35 years of experience under his belt, Bob Ducy will manage daily engineering and landscaping department operations. Ducy previously served as the director of engineering at The Fairmont Orchid Hawaii, The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Pointe Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and various Marriott Hotels & Resorts. Ducy is credited with managing more than $40 million in property capital investment projects while increasing J.D. Power guest ratings through innovative new maintenance practices.

Starwood
Tucson, Arizona, United States

Jane Pendlebury has been appointed as Chief Executive at HOSPA

The Board of Directors at HOSPA – the Hospitality Professionals Association – is delighted to announce that, with immediate effect, Jane Pendlebury has been appointed the new HOSPA Chief Executive. Jane, who has played a key role in HOSPA’s success over the past two years as leader of HOSPA’s Membership and Events Office, succeeds Carl Weldon as the Association’s Chief Executive.

HOSPA
Haslemere, Surrey, United Kingdom

Tawicha Trakulyingyong has been appointed as Group Director of Business Process Improvement at Centara Hotels & Resorts

Mr. Tawicha Trakulyingyong has joined Centara as the Group Director of Business Process Improvement to help drive the improvement of business efficiency across the organization and also to oversee the IT department from strategies to operation management with the aim to increase business competitiveness with the right technology investments. Trakulyingyong has extensive experience in business process improvements and IT strategy, project and operation management in various industries – including retail, manufacturing, banking and financial services. Prior to joining Centara, he held key leadership roles with multinational companies based in Thailand, UK and USA including Tesco Lotus, Minor International, Charoen Pokphand (CP), IBM Service Delivery, and Computer Science Corporation.

Centara
Bangkok, Thailand