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Going Places

California
  • The San Diego CVB recently promoted Whitney Williams to sales manager. Previously, Williams served as express meetings representative and will now handle the San Diego County market in the hotel meetings sales division. … Mary Harris was appointed executive director of the Santa Ynez Valley Visitor Association. Harris was general manager and sales director at the Essex Conference Center & Retreat in Massachusetts. … Omni San Diego Hotel recently named Gordon MacMitchell its general manager, bringing to the position more than 28 years of hospitality industry experience. He previously served as Omni’s hotel manager and has served as general manager for Destination Hotels & Resorts at Wailea Beach Villas, Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, and other properties. … The InterContinental Mark Hopkins in San Francisco hired Kelly Teo as its senior sales manager. Teo worked as director of sales at Hotel Rex and in small group sales at the Hilton San Francisco and Towers. … Wendy Coale has been named senior sales manager for the InterContinental San Francisco, which is currently under construction. Prior to the appointment, Coale served as director of national accounts for Northern California for Omni Hotels. She has worked with Hyatt Hotels in Charlotte, N.C., and Savannah, Ga., and the Kiawah Island Resort in South Carolina. … Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, which recently took over ownership of the Campton Place hotel in San Francisco, named Vikram Aditya Singh its general manager. Singh served as general manager of the Taj Exotica Resort and Spa in the Maldives and operations director of Taj Safari Lodges in India. He also spent five years with Four Seasons Hotels. … Stacey G. Edinger was appointed director of sales at Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco. Before joining Parc 55, Edinger was director of national accounts for Gaylord Hotels and served as director of sales for San Francisco’s InterContinental Mark Hopkins. Also at Parc 55, Berit Rouse was named director of catering and convention services and Ravi Balan was appointed director of national accounts…. Didier de La Ferriere took over as general manager of the Sofitel San Francisco Bay. De La Ferriere has been with Accor and Sofitel Hotels & Resorts for 12 years, including management positions at Sofitel Madrid Airport and Sofitel Paris la Defense Grande Arche.

Colorado
  • S. Lee Bowden took the reigns as president and general manager of the new Gateway Canyons Resort Properties in Gateway, Colo. Before joining Gateway Canyons, Bowden was managing director of The Sagamore, the private island resort on Lake George in Bolton Landing, N.Y.

Utah
  • Tori Piersante was named director of convention sales for the Salt Lake CVB, focusing on the education market. Piersante brings more than 20 years of hospitality industry experience to the Salt Lake CVB, the last seven of which was spent with the Greater Lansing [Mich.] CVB. … The Utah Valley CVB hired Julia Currey as its sales manager. Prior to the appointment, Currey served as events director at the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce. Currey will help promote the area’s meeting facilities and venues. Melissa Nielson was recently named the bureau’s sales coordinator, assisting with promotion efforts.

Washington
  • The new Hilton Garden Inn Seattle/Issaquah hired Michael Ryan as its general manager and Robin Hudson as director of sales. Both Ryan and Hudson are 15-year hospitality industry veterans. … John Stoddard was named general manager for the recently opened Pan Pacific Seattle. Stoddard was previously general manager for the Wilshire Grand Hotel & Centre in Los Angeles and also managed the Waikiki Resort Hotel in Honolulu. ... Destination Hotels & Resorts appointed Peggy Hawkinson and Kristi Klein as national sales managers at Suncadia, an all-season resort near Seattle. Hawkinson and Klein will focus on developing corporate meeting business for Suncadia.