Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Missouri
- The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau appointed Brien Zamperetti to director of eastern regional sales. Zamperetti, who is based in the bureau’s Maryland office, most recently served as regional director of sales for the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association. He has also led the sales efforts for the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. In his new position, Zamperetti will be responsible for leading and managing a staff of five in the Eastern Regional sales office. …Crestline Hotels & Resorts hired Jason Mueller as general manager for the Silversmith Hotel & Suites in Chicago. The downtown Chicago hotel is managed by Crestline Hotels & Resorts and previously was known as the Crowne Plaza Chicago-Silversmith. Prior to the appointment, Mueller was general manager at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla….The Fairmont Chicago promoted Andre Zotoff to the position of general manager. Zotoff most recently served as hotel manager, and has also worked as director of food and beverage at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. Zotoff also held director of food and beverage positions at the Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco as well as at the InterContinental and Crowne Plaza hotels in New York.
Indiana
- The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association hired Anne Boon as meetings sales manager. Boon has worked in a variety of hospitality industry positions on the East Coast for the past 10 years, including four years as director of facility rentals for the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Most recently, she worked as a sales manager for the Adam’s Mark Hotel Indianapolis. In her role at the ICVA, Boon’s responsibilities include working with organizations to bring meetings that utilize between 50-300 hotel rooms on peak night to Indianapolis.
Minnesota
- Jim Saccoman accepted the role of general manager at Ramada Mall of America Hotel. Saccoman most recently held the position of general manager of Crowne Plaza Bloomington and has served as vice president of the Bloomington Hospitality Association and chair of the Bloomington Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. He brings to the position more than 15 years of experience with Wyndham International….The new Westin Minneapolis named Bill Weiberg general manager and Patrick Clemons director of sales and marketing. Weiberg has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, most recently as a general manager for White Lodging Services Corporation, a hotel ownership, development and operating company. Clemons joins the Westin Minneapolis after serving as director of corporate sales with two independent hotel companies. Other appointments include Sally Ableitner as senior sales manager, Matt Torfin as sales manager, Tracy Vopatek as catering manager, and Matthew Wells as convention services manager.
Missouri
- Alvaro Beltranena has been appointed the director of food and beverage for the St. Charles Convention Center, operated by Global Spectrum. He will oversee all operations of food and beverage, catering and banquet services at the 154,000-square-foot facility.