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Going Places

Florida
  • Monica Schyck was named director of sales for the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee. She replaced Tina Sampson, who was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing for the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, scheduled to open just outside of Washington, D.C. in early 2008. Schyck joins the Gaylord Palms Resort from the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, where she had 12 years of sales experience… Aramark Hospitality appointed Alicia Flynn as general manager for the Emerald Coast Conference Center, located on Okaloosa Island in northwest Florida. Flynn is now responsible for the overall performance of culinary and dining services, including catering and concessions, at the conference center. She was most recently the northern New England regional recruiter for the New England Culinary Institute.

Louisiana
  • The Baton Rouge Area CVB (BRACVB) recently hired Germaine Sibley-Gordon as a sales manager. In her new position, Sibley-Gordon will focus on Southern University and the student/youth tourism and travel markets. Prior to joining the BRACVB, she served as a professor of dance and performing arts at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

Tennessee
  • The Nashville CVB named Kay Witt its senior vice president of sales. A longtime industry veteran, Witt joins the bureau after nine years with the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, during which time she held several high-level positions, including director of sales administration, director of association sales, director of corporate sales, and director of national accounts. Witt also previously worked with the Nashville CVB, as well as several other destination marketing organizations.

Texas
  • The InterContinental Houston appointed Terry Beutler as director of sales, Gary Bauman as director of catering and David Bennett as director of conference services. Beutler joins the hotel from the Houston Marriott Westchase, where she served as director of group room sales. Bauman most recently served as director of event services for the Houston Marriott Westchase. And Bennett joins the InterContinental Houston from the Hilton Americas–Houston, where he served as director of events… The Frisco CVB hired LaChelle Evans and Lisa Carpenter as sales managers. Carpenter, who will focus on corporate sales, joins the Frisco CVB from the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, where she was director of sales. Evans spent the last three years as part of the grand opening team at the Embassy Suites Frisco. In her new role, she is primarily responsible for association and sports-related sales.

West Virginia
  • Benchmark Hospitality announced the appointment of Floyd Hunter as general manager for the Stonewall Resort in Roanoke. Hunter joins the Benchmark property from Pennsylvania, where he was president, COO and general manager of Buck Hill Falls, a private resort situated on 5,000 acres. Prior to that position, Hunter served as president and COO of Hunter Associates, a hospitality management and consulting firm.