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- The Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa recently promoted Sandy Rankin to senior sales manager. Rankin will be responsible for the incentive, insurance and specialty markets, as well as for accounts in Arizona, California, the Midwest and East Coast.
British Columbia
- Tourism Richmond appointed Gayle Morris director of sales. Morris will be responsible for the development and promotion of Tourism Richmond’s growing meetings and events market. Morris most recently was director of sales for the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre.
California
- W Hotels Worldwide named Michael Pace general manager of W San Francisco, replacing Toni Knorr, who recently took over the general manager duties at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco. Pace joins W San Francisco from Kimpton Hotels, where he led various San Francisco hotels as general manager since 1998, most recently at the helm for the Hotel Serrano. While at Kimpton Hotels, he created and launched the company-wide EarthCare program, one of the leading environmental programs in the hospitality industry… The Edward Thomas Collection hired Scott Evans as vice president of sales and marketing for its three independently owned and operated properties—Shutters on the Beach and Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, and Hotel Andalucia in Santa Barbara. Previously, Evans served as director of sales and marketing with The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company… Chris Kandziora was named director of sales and marketing for the Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. Kandziora previously was associate director of sales at the Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel in Minneapolis… The San Jose CVB hired Heather Turner as national sales manager. Turner will focus on promoting San Jose to various East Coast regions. She previously worked with Hyatt and Wyndham hotels as well as with the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore CVBs.