Going Places

Aruba

• Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino named Karin Swiers marketing communications manager. Swiers was previously public relations manager at the property.

• Ann Walker was named director of sales and marketing of Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa in Hamilton Parish, slated to open in spring 2009. Walker was an integral part of the sales and marketing department at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., for more than 20 years, serving as executive director of sales and most recently as the resort’s senior director of national sales.

• Russell Daws was named chairman of the board for the Leon County Tourist Development Council (TDC). Previously, Daws was president of the Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, which works with the TDC… Monica Smiley was appointed director of operations for the new Costa d’Este Beach Resort, in Vero Beach. Smiley was the front office manager at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in The Woodlands, Texas. David Rodriguez was named executive chef for the resort. Rodriguez was previously executive chef for the Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center in Somerset, N.J…The Loews Don CeSar Beach Resort appointed Jamie Fritz access sales manager and Amy Jacobsen national sales manager. Fritz most recently served as conference planner and marketing coordinator for Water & Energy Savings Corporation. Jacobsen previously served as the area sales manager for LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels in Fort Lauderdale… The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club named Judy Kilkenny director of catering and conference services. Kilkenny previously served as the senior catering sales manager for Hilton McLean Tyson’s Corner in Virginia… The Orlando/Orange County CVB promoted Zita Steglich to director of convention sales. Previously, Steglich served as senior national sales executive for the CVB… Luis Perillo was appointed regional director of sales and marketing, Caribbean and Central America, for Hilton Hotels Corporation. Perillo most recently served as general manager of the Hilton Barquisimeto in Venezuela.

• The Savannah Area CVB promoted two members of its convention sales team. Larry Browder was promoted to senior director of national accounts and Veronica Enoch was named national sales manager. Browder will manage accounts in the Washington, D.C., area and the Midwest for Savannah. Browder has been with the Savannah CVB for more than 10 years. Enoch, who has been with the CVB sales team for more than eight years, will work with accounts of 150 rooms or less and national diversity accounts... Roy Grimsland joined West Paces Hotel Group, based in Atlanta, as corporate director of sales. Grimsland most recently served as vice president of sales for Regent Seven Seas Cruises… Norman Colburn was named director of catering for the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front. Colburn most recently served as general manager for two properties in the Pensacola market as well as director of catering for the former Adam’s Mark Hotel in Mobile, Ala.