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Appointments

Jason Doebrich has been appointed as Vice President of Technology at Virgin Hotels

Virgin Hotels, the lifestyle hotel brand by Sir Richard Branson, is pleased to welcome Jason Doebrich as Vice President of Technology. Doebrich, who is based in Miami, will be responsible for the brand's continued growth and innovation in the technology space. Jason brings more than 20 years of leadership excellence in information technology services, including executive management, compliance, system architecture and project management.

Virgin Hotels
Miami, Florida, United States

Michael Mitchell has joined M3 as Vice President of IT and Security

M3, the hospitality sector's #1 cloud-based accounting, financial reporting, and data management platform, announced that Michael Mitchell has joined their team as the VP of IT and Security. Michael comes to M3 with over 20 years in information technology, holding roles such as CIO, CSO, and VP of Engineering. He has experience with software development, data management, infrastructure management, integrations, project management, and extensive leadership.

M3
Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

Taywin (Tex) Khampasri has been appointed as Chief Information Officer at Rosewood Hotel Group

Taywin spent over 15 years in IT, having developed enterprise digital technology and data strategy across hospitality, food, and lifestyle businesses. Prior to joining Rosewood, Taywin held the role of Vice President of IT Digital for Minor International, where he led the design and re-platforming of the company's e-commerce web and mobile application platform. Taking his unique experience to Rosewood, he will design and implement scalable technology solutions that will deliver the very best customer service and optimize business processes further to build the most effective data-driven organization.

Rosewood Hotel Group
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

Mark Kelly has been appointed as Senior Solutions Consultant at Maestro

Maestro is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Kelly as a Senior Solutions Consultant. A Maestro veteran for 23 years, Kelly has been an active part of the Maestro service and management teams since 1996, previously serving as Senior Product Strategist. With extensive experience as a senior sales engineer, Kelly had been a key contributor to the development of Maestro during his tenure. Following a brief two-year post with another PMS vendor, Kelly returns to Maestro to help drive business development, collaborate on new products, reconnect with customers and prospects alike, and re-emerge as one of the company's trusted advisors.

Maestro
Auburn, Alabama, United States

Brent Lessing has been appointed as Chief Information and Digital Officer at Omni Hotels & Resorts

Since joining Omni Hotels & Resorts in 2019 as chief information officer, Brent Lessing has led the Information Technology team, and made strides in improving the company's core infrastructure to move to cloud-based technologies. In his new role as chief information and digital officer, Brent's responsibilities will expand to include CRM and loyalty, and developing the brand's digital strategy to improve the guest experience.

Omni
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Kellie Ann Cahill has been appointed as Complex Commercial Director at Conrad New York Midtown

Kellie Ann Cahill, CMP has been named Complex Commercial Director at Conrad New York Midtown. The 562-room property, consisting mostly of suites, is part of Conrad Hotels & Resorts, one of Hilton's three distinct global luxury hotel brands. Cahill, a certified meetings professional, will lead the commercial sales, events, revenue, and marketing teams at the luxury hotel with a strategic approach to generate business within the entertainment, business, and international leisure segments; all while supporting the property's mission to provide outstanding service to guests. This is a complex role for Cahill which also includes her oversight of these responsibilities at the 1,878-room New York Hilton Midtown as well.

Hilton
New York, New York, United States

Neil Foster has been appointed as Director of Technology at Coast Hotels

Coast Corporate Office is very pleased to introduce Neil Foster as our new Director, Technology. Neil comes to Coast Hotels with broad experience in technology and notable experience in hospitality technology. Neil has led and supported systems and technology since 1997. Along with his work above, Neil has been very involved in and is currently the Global Vice President of HFTP, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals.Neil has been consulting as well and spent the last few years in St. Helena Island connecting private sector businesses with new opportunities in the tourism industry. An avid marathoner and connector of people and organizations, makes Neil a great fit for our team.

Coast Hotels
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sunny Finnell has been promoted to Vice President of Digital Content at Concord Hospitality

Concord Hospitality Enterprises, an award-winning hotel development and management company, is pleased to announce that Sunny Finnell has been promoted to Vice President of Digital Content. In her newly appointed role, Finnell will be responsible for overseeing the digital functions and strategy for hotel openings and acquisitions. She will also lead the development and deployment of a digital webinar and training series that will be built from the ground up to enrich the digital knowledge base of Concord sales leaders across the company.

Concord
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Rob Francis has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Booking.com

As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Rob Francis leads Booking.com's full stack technology strategy to support the company's continued growth as a global technology leader in travel, working to create an even more seamless end-to-end experience for travelers. Having served as Booking.com's CIO and with a history at high-performing organizations in the e-commerce and consumer technology space, Rob's expertise in digital transformation, engineering, software development, corporate systems and evolving tech infrastructures helps to drive the Booking.com vision for products and technology that enable travelers to experience the world.

Booking.com
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kurt Knackstedt has been appointed as Chief Growth Officer at HRS - Hotel Reservation Service

HRS, the leading global corporate lodging platform, named internationally-renowned travel and payment executive Kurt Knackstedt to the new role of Chief Growth Officer, leading the company's expanding payment solutions business. An established payment innovator who led Troovo's growth from start-up to global prominence, Knackstedt is known worldwide in B2B payment and managed travel circles for his pioneering approach to the deployment of virtual credit cards and automated payment technologies.

HRS - Hotel Reservation Service
Cologne, Germany

Richard Wagner has been appointed as Director of Certification and Compliance at Nomadix Inc.

Nomadix® Inc​., a technology leader in hospitality and multi-tenant industries, today announced the appointment of Richard Wagner as director of certification and compliance to drive the adoption of its technology portfolio in global and regional hospitality brands and ownership groups. With three decades of technology implementation and management, and large hotel brand expertise, he will lead Nomadix certification efforts for new products, provide technology guidance to customers, and ensure adherence to technological standards for individual brands.

Nomadix Inc.
Plano, Texas, United States

Florian Daniel has been appointed as Chief Information Officer at H World International

Deutsche Hospitality is taking a further important step along its pathway to restructuring. Florian Daniel has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Information Officer with immediate effect. In his capacity as CIO, Mr. Daniel will be responsible for the areas of Commercial & Business Systems, Digital Customer Experience, Data Science & Analytics, Technology Innovation & Enterprise Architecture as well as Infrastructure & Data Security and Business Efficiency & Integration Capabilities, and advances the digital transformation of the company.

H World International
Frankfurt/Main, Germany