Going Places

Alabama

• Rusti Price rejoined the Wynfrey Hotel at Riverchase Galleria in Hoover as director of sales and marketing. Price was previously a rooms division executive for the hotel and most recently was the director of operations for Integral Hospitality and general manager for the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham. Price also served as general manager of the Holiday Inn in Homewood and director of operations for Jackson Hospitality Services in Birmingham.

• The Greater Miami CVB promoted Ileana Castillo to associate vice president of convention sales. Ileana was previously the director of the CVB’s Meetings Express Department… The Orlando/Orange County CVB promoted Zita Steglich to director of convention sales. Most recently Steglich served as the CVB’s senior national sales executive… The Orange County Convention Center promoted Kathy Hogan to director of sales. She was previously a senior sales manager for the center, responsible for the Northeast convention market. The convention center also promoted Sandra Dailey to supervisor of exhibitor services, responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the exhibitor services section, as well as training and scheduling for all events… Froilan Ramirez Jr. was named general manager of Sanibel Island’s Casa Ybel Resort. Ramirez was previously resort manager and director of operations and revenue management. He succeeds Awilda Rivera, who is now working for the property Villas Caleton in the Dominican Republic... Hawks Cay named Signe Bjorndal as director of sales and marketing and Joni Barkley as director of sales. Bjorndal was formerly sales and marketing director at Cheeca Lodge, while Barkley served as director of sales and marketing for the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine.

• Mark Shore was appointed executive director for the Williamson County CVB. Shore most recently served as head of the Charlottesville Albemarle CVB in Charlottesville, Va. Shore also served as president of the Virginia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.

• The Frisco CVB hired Denise Stokes as the public relations and communications manager and Jennifer Kimble as tourism and convention services manager.

• David Yamada was appointed general manager at the Westin St. John Resort and Villas. Prior to his new position, Yamada served as general manager of the Renaissance Oklahoma City Hotel and Convention Center. He also was general manager at Bay Point Marriott Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla.

• Marsha Twiss, CMP, was named director of rooms for Lansdowne Resort, located near Leesburg. Twiss was formerly director of catering and conference services for Lansdowne. The Arlington CVB named Terry O’Neill director of corporate and government accounts. O’Neill replaced Joe Bedsole, who was promoted to director of state accounts. With over 10 years in the industry, O’Neill brings to the position a history in sales and marketing, most recently with Sage Hospitality Resources as the associate director of sales in Omaha, Neb.