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- The Sofitel LA appointed Jimmy Legg as director of sales and marketing, Ruena Suppiah as director of corporate travel sales and Tammi Jones as director of events. Legg is leading the Sofitel LA’s sales, marketing and event teams after successfully serving as director of hotel and entertainment sales at the Mondrian Hotel, also located in Los Angeles. As director of corporate travel sales, Suppiah is responsible for developing corporate accounts for the Sofitel LA. Suppiah joins the property from the Sofitel San Francisco. Jones, who in leading the hotel’s events department works closely with its sales department, SIMON LA restaurant and Stone Rose Lounge, joins the hotel from The Standard Downtown LA, where she served as director of catering and events…Vickie Mendoza was named national sales manager for Associated Luxury Hotels International’s national sales office in San Francisco. She joins Associated Luxury Hotels from the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in Sonoma, Calif., where she was responsible for the resort’s group sales efforts in San Francisco, San Jose, the Midwest, and in international markets…Barbara Piagari was named director of sales and marketing and Julie Shkolnik was appointed director of sales for Kor Hotel Group’s Viceroy Santa Monica Hotel. Piagari most recently served as director of sales and marketing for Le Meridien Sunny Isles Beach, a spa resort-hotel in Florida. Shkolnik joins the Viceroy Santa Monica from Kor Hotel Group’s Chamberlain West Hollywood hotel, where she had served as director of sales since 2004.
Colorado
- The Copper Conference Center at Copper Mountain, situated approximately 75 miles west of Denver, promoted Hope Guinle to conference sales manager responsible for the Washington, D.C.-area association and government markets, as well as the Colorado corporate market. Guinle has been with Copper Mountain since 2002, starting as a group ticketing coordinator and later joining the conference sales team as sales coordinator in January 2005. Prior to joining Copper Mountain, Guinle worked as a sales associate for the Outdoor Retailer and Fly-Fishing Retailer trade shows and the accompanying Fly-Fishing Retailer trade magazine.
Washington
- Dave Dreher was named general manager and Jim Cacabelos was named director of sales for the Embassy Suites Bellevue, located near the Meydenbauer Center convention facility in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue. Dreher joins the Embassy Suites Bellevue from the nearby Embassy Suites Lynnwood, where he served for the previous four years as general manager. Cacabelos has taught the local CMP course since 1998 and is a Seattle-area native…Allen Anderson was appointed director of sales and marketing for Skamania Lodge, a resort located in Stevenson, Wash. Prior to joining Skamania Lodge, Anderson was the director of marketing at Ocean Hammock Resort in Palm Coast, Fla., where he managed all sales, marketing and promotional activities for the oceanfront golf resort.