Leading hospitality management company Charlestowne Hotels announces the promotion of Maxwell Spangler to the newly formed role of corporate technology & systems manager. Max will now lead data and I.T. support for Charlestowne while expanding strategic portfolio-wide initiatives, including designing, developing and deploying new software and innovative technology systems.
A talented hospitality professional with over 15 years of diverse experience in B2B sales, operations and passion for building a strong business relationship, has been named Strategic Partnership Manager for WHTT (Women in Hospitality and Travel-Tech). Thanh Luu's appointment to WHTT is further the organisation's mission to support, inspire and promote women and underrepresented groups within the hospitality and travel technology industry. With international tourist arrivals projected to plunge by 60 to 80 percent in 2020, there are as many 120 million jobs at risks. WHTT mission to enable professional growth for women and underrepresented groups via education, mentorship and career development. WHTT believes that by inspiring communities to enter the industry and organizations to leverage and retain in the sector, will create more diverse and inclusive leadership. Thanh has held a variety of roles in travel management, both operationally and commercially, for some widely respected brands such as STA Travel and Thomas Cook. Thanh then moved into hospitality SaaS and took up the position of Director of Sales EMEA with Revinate. In the last 15 years, Thanh has led all aspects of complex sales, market penetration, customer relationship management, team development, and strategic partnership management to penetrate the new market with new visions and products.
Dave Moore has been named executive vice president, chief technology officer, overseeing Sabre's global product development team. Moore's team is charged with building world class software products for customers, embracing a unified approach to all product development efforts, as well as driving Sabre's technology transformation, including support for its Google Cloud partnership. This team structure is designed to unlock efficiencies in delivering global products and services while increasing speed to market by leveraging best practices, driving consistency and bolstering global alignment.
PROVision Partners International is pleased to announce David Chestler as Senior Managing Director - Distribution and Technology. Nicknamed "The Revenue Catalyst," the 30-year industry veteran is well-known for being a deeply engaged leader of sales strategy, sales operations, and people management process. Chestler joins the PROVision Partners executive leadership team of Co-Founder and CEO Greg Pesik, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director - Commercial and Revenue Matt Busch, and Senior Managing Director - Business Development and Marketing Gregg Hopkins.
Optii Solutions, the provider of the most advanced labor optimization solution for hotel housekeeping teams, announced today the appointment of Katherine Grass as Chief Executive Officer. Grass has over 20 years in the IT and travel sectors. She joined Optii Solutions from their lead investor, Thayer Ventures, a travel-tech focused venture capital firm and has held senior-level positions with Amadeus IT Group and Amadeus Ventures.
Bryan has extensive experience in the hospitality sector having held CIO/IT Director level positions at Thistle and Guoman Hotels and the Royal Automobile Club and as a consultant to a number of leading hoteliers and vendors in the sector over the past 14 years. He brings to the board a broad range of skills and experience including strategy, data privacy and technology.
Innovation and technology have kept Hilton at the forefront of the hospitality industry. Eder's expanded role will deliver technology alignment across the business and continue the ongoing digital transformation benefiting Hilton's guests, owners and team members. Eder joined Hilton three years ago, bringing with her more than two decades of cross-industry business and technology experience. She has successfully led the consolidation of Hilton's technology architecture, creating a foundation that supports the company's continued global growth.
Blanchard joins IHG with more than 25 years of experience in IT business management, strategy, transformation, architecture governance and program management. In his new role, Blanchard will oversee infrastructure and operations, enterprise architecture, IT security operations, application development, and corporate support. He will be based out of IHG's Americas headquarters in Atlanta, and report to George Turner, Chief Commercial & Technology Officer, IHG.
In this role, Scholefield will be responsible for leading all aspects of the company's information technology and digital strategies. Scholefield will report to Stephanie Linnartz, Group President, Consumer Operations, Technology & Emerging Businesses.
Rosewood Hotel Group's Chief Information Officer, Micah Friedman, joins Hospitality Technology Next Generation's (HTNG's) Board of Governors, the direction-setting body of the organization. Bringing over thirty years of hospitality and technology experience, Micah leads the global IT organization of Rosewood Hotel Group and work with the company's leaders to craft and drive a digital business transformation that will create better experiences for guests, associates, management and owners. Most recently, Micah led travel and hospitality management consulting for Cognizant Technology Solutions and previously oversaw Oracle Corporation's hospitality industry business unit. Prior to joining Oracle, Micah served as Enterprise Architect for a major private equity firm and held technology leadership positions at renowned clubs and resorts. In addition to Micah's extensive experience in the hospitality technology industry, Micah has been engaged with HTNG for about 15 years, including his service as a former workgroup member, workgroup leader, Co-chair on HTNG's Vendor Advisory Council, event speaker and evangelist. Moving forward, Micah told HTNG he is proud to join as a leader of Rosewood. HTNG's Board of Governors now consists of 21 top IT leaders from hospitality companies around the world. These individuals are responsible for technology in over three million hotel guest rooms and world-leading hospitality venues.
Morten Larsen is among the most experienced IT profiles in the hospitality industry, and he now transferring to Core Hospitality, a white-label hotel operator in the Nordics. His new role as Hospitality Applications Manager makes him responsible for developing and improving the hotel operator's technologies.On November 1st, Morten Larsen began in his new role as Hospitality Applications Manager at Core Hospitality, the Danish hotel management company that operates Moxy in Copenhagen, Best Western Plus near Copenhagen Airport, and Hotel Marina north of Copenhagen. Morten wi ll take on responsibility of the development and improvement of the operator's technologies, among which is the property management system Opera. Morten has experience from Micros-Fidelio (since acquired by Oracle), which owns the Opera system, and many years' experience as implementation specialist, IT project manager, IT manager and hotel application consultant from, among others, Bella Sky, RAW IT and, most recently, Brøchner Hotels.
Prior to joining Oracle, Connie was Vice President Hospitality at Beekeeper, and served as senior vice president and general manager of Indra North America, an SAP co-innovation partner for hospitality. She also held senior leadership roles at Pegasus Solutions, Sabre and American Airlines. Rheams holds a Master"s in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.
Prior to working at VENZA, Tyler spent five years working with the public and assisting with their highly personal and confidential needs. Tyler finds helping others to be the most rewarding aspect of the business. Tyler says if you can help others to achieve their goals, you can end the day on a high note knowing that you made a difference. Tyler looks forward to making a positive impact on our client's security and technology goals in the same way.
With the continued growth of VENZA MSP, Greg Oliver joins the team as an IT Specialist.
With the continued growth of VENZA MSP, Patrick Hayes joins the team as an IT Specialist.
CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, today announces the appointment of John Pelant as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, with effect from 1 November 2019. Based in Minneapolis, John will report to Kurt Ekert, President & CEO of CWT, and serve as a member of the CWT Executive Leadership Team.
Amadeus announces that Sylvain Roy has been appointed SVP of Technology, Platforms Engineering at Amadeus (TPE) and will also join the company's Executive Committee.
Kempinski Hotels has promoted Riko van Santen to Chief Information Officer and Member of the Management Board. Since 2012 he headed a team of specialists as Vice President Digital Strategy & Distribution Kempinski Hotels and has been instrumental in the company's digital transition over the past years.
Sean Hoggard takes on the role of Director of Technology after having initially joined ProfitSword in 2008. Previously recognized for his ability to enhance team collaboration and ensure full customer satisfaction, Hoggard's new position will task him with providing oversight for development and technical support teams, and will report to Crutchfield in this capacity. Hoggard is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), and is further credited by colleagues for his expertise in strategic planning, leadership and customer service.
Mainsail Lodging & Development has announced today the appointment of Tom Stoffo as director of technology.