Connecticut
- Joan M. Esneault was promoted to vice president of resort sales for Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods. She most recently served as executive director of resort sales for the two properties.
Maryland
- The Doubletree Inn at the Colonnade in Baltimore named Amy O’Connell director of sales. Prior to joining the facility, O’Connell served as senior sales manager for Baltimore’s Tremonts.
Massachusetts
- The Westin Boston Waterfront appointed Stephen Nass director of sales and marketing. Nass previously served as director of sales and marketing at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, P.R.… Hyatt Regency Boston hired Philip Stamm as general manager, Jeff Stewart as director of food and beverage and Susan Williams as associate director of sales. Stamm previously served as general manager for Hyatt Deerfield in Deerfield, Ill., and Boston’s Hyatt Harborside. Stewart was most recently assistant food and beverage director for the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Williams held the position of associate director of sales for the Hyatt Regency Jersey City, [N.J.]… The Boston Convention Marketing Center named Deborah Stinebert director of national accounts. Stinebert most recently served as director of national accounts for the Washington, D.C., office of the Peabody Hotel Group.
New Jersey
- Nathaniel Waldron was named director of conference services for The Heldrich, in New Brunswick. Waldron was most recently the director of conference services for Dolce Basking Ridge, New Jersey, formerly the North Maple Inn... The Heldrich also appointed Meaghan A. Cannon sales manager. Cannon previously was the association and convention market senior sales manager for the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel… Seaview Resort & Spa in Galloway named Donna Vitale senior account executive. Vitale was previously associate director of sales for the Ocean Place Resort & Spa, in Long Branch… Montvale-based Dolce International appointed Carl L. Cohen chief sales and marketing officer. Cohen was previously a senior vice president at Starwood Hotels and Resorts… Meetings Media appointed 30-year business-to-business sales veteran Steve Zarolnick as the regional sales manager of Meetings East. Zarolnick, based in West Keansburg, covers New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, as well as Ontario and Quebec.
Pennsylvania
- Melanie Koscelnak was promoted to director of sales and marketing at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. She previously worked as sales manager and director of group sales for the property... William Courtney Lowe was named director of sales and marketing for Bedford Springs Resort. Most recently he held the position of acting general manager for the Equinox Resort & Spa in Manchester Village, Vt.
Vermont
- Michael Chagnon was appointed director of sales and marketing at The Equinox, in Manchester Village. Chagnon was most recently the director of sales and marketing at the Don CeSar Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, Fla… Topnotch Resort and Spa, in Stowe, hired Elizabeth Baum as its national sales manager. Baum joined Topnotch from the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach, Fla., where she was national sales manager… Kim Lambrechts was hired as director of food and beverage for the new Stowe Mountain Lodge, scheduled to open this month.
Washington, D.C.
- Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) named Jolene Butler director of sales for the Mid-Atlantic region, based in its Washington, D.C., office. Butler joined ALHI from KSL Resorts, where she served as director of regional accounts… ALHI also promoted Corinne Routhier to national sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic region, where she is responsible for sales in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Routhier previously served as sales manager for ALHI’s Mid-Atlantic region and was senior sales manager at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel.