Going Places

Alabama

• Tynette Lynch, who currently serves as president of the Alabama Travel Council, was named general manager of the Wynfrey Hotel at Riverchase Galleria in Hoover. Lynch joined the Wynfrey in 2005 as the director of sales and marketing.

• The Greater Miami CVB appointed Sonia Fong to director of convention sales, responsible for citywide association and corporate business from the Washington, D.C., area as well as Chicago market… Melissa G. Hampton was named director of group sales of the Hilton Miami Airport hotel in Miami. Hampton most recently served as director of sales of the Birmingham Perimeter Park Hilton in Birmingham, Ala... Russell Jenkins was promoted to director of sales and marketing for the Doubletree Coconut Grove Hotel in Coconut Grove. Previously, Jenkins served as senior sales manager for the Conrad Miami… Andrew Zinni was hired as general manager for Costa d’Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach. He was most recently the director of operations for The Chattanoogan, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

• Amy Acosta was named director of catering for the Doubletree Guest Suites hotel in Raleigh-Durham. Acosta most recently held the position of catering manager.

• Benchmark Hospitality International appointed Laura Batchelor director of conference services for The Chattanoogan. Batchelor was previously director of catering and resort services for Vermont’s Mount Snow Resort in West Dover.

• The Dallas CVB appointed Ann C. Murray to director of sales Midwest. Murray most recently served as director of worldwide accounts for the Chicago worldwide sales office of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts… Sara Plaster was named director of conference services for Hotel Contessa in San Antonio. Plaster previously served as manager of conference services for the hotel… James Gross was appointed general manager of the Sheraton Austin Hotel. Gross joined the hotel from California’s Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, where he served as general manager… Richard Lundt was hired as general manager of the Marriott Plaza San Antonio. Previously, Lundt served as general manager for the Omaha Marriott in Omaha, Neb.… Benchmark Hospitality International, based in the Woodlands, Texas, named Albert Lacle regional vice president of sales and marketing. Lacle previously served as executive director of sales and marketing for Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.… Ruth Buck was named director of sales for the Embassy Suites San Marcos Hotel & Conference Center in San Marcos, expected to open this fall…The Adam’s Mark Hotel Dallas named Billie Lewis sales manager for its Washington, D.C.-area association markets. Lewis was previously national sales manager for the Peabody Hotel in Memphis… Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center hired Gay Haynes as the hotel’s director of sales and marketing. Previously, Haynes was director of sales and marketing at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta … The Arlington CVB named Joe Bedsole director of corporate and government accounts. Most recently he worked in sales and marketing at The Adolphus Hotel in Dallas… Joseph Palmieri was named general manager of the Hilton Americas-Houston. Palmieri previously served as general manager of the Hilton Lincoln Centre in Dallas… Libby Brown was promoted to director of catering and convention services of The Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa… Michelle K. White was appointed director of sales of the Homewood Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco.

• Caneel Bay, a Rosewood Resort on St. John, appointed Edward Gannon resort manager. Previously, Gannon served as general manager and executive chef at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

• Mark C. White was named director of sales for Wintergreen Resort, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains… Mark Galbreith took the helm as director of sales for Lansdowne Resort, in Lansdowne. He was previously the director of corporate sales for the Wardman Park Marriott, in Washington, D.C.