Going Places

Arizona

• Alex Gregory was named director of sales and marketing for the Royal Palms Resort and Spa near Scottsdale. Gregory previously served as director of sales for the Doubletree Guest Suites in Charleston, S.C.

• The BC Pavilion Corporation appointed Ken Cretney general manager of the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre. Cretney was most recently general manager of Vancouver’s Marriott Pinnacle Hotel.

• Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort & Spa on Del Monte Golf Course hired Jennifer Lewis as associate director of sales. Previously, Lewis was national sales manager at La Quinta Corporation… Stacey Sidles Ollinger was named director of sales for Raffles L’Ermitage Beverly Hills. Most recently, she was director of sales at the Thompson Beverly Hills… Auberge Resorts appointed Coni Thornburg general manager of the Calistoga Ranch in Napa Valley. Most recently, Thornburg served as general manager of The Lodge at Pebble Beach… Michael Mustafa was named director of sales and marketing for the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point. Mustafa previously worked in sales and marketing at numerous Starwood properties.

• Teri Orton took the helm as general manager of the former Ohana Islander Waikiki, which recently closed for a repositioning as the final component of Outrigger Enterprises Group’s Waikiki Beach Walk redevelopment project. Orton joins Outrigger from her most recent position as regional general manager and resort operations/asset manager for Anekona Development. Orton was also general manager of W Honolulu–Diamond Head hotel… Jerry Gibson was named area vice president of Hawaii and managing director of Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa. He most recently served as vice president and managing director of the Hyatt Regency Chicago… Kaanapali Beach Hotel appointed Kalani Nakoa director of sales and marketing. Nakoa was most recently director of sales and marketing for the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa.

• Mundo Imperial in Acapulco named Alberto Andrade general manager of the Resort at Mundo Imperial. Andrade completed 22 years of consecutive service with Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, ans has worked with Marriot International.

• Danielle Babilino was hired as senior vice president of sales for Wynn Las Vegas and Encore. Most recently, Babilino worked on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas project.

• The Las Cruces CVB named Rochelle Miller-Hernandez convention sales manager.

• Mandy Marsh was appointed convention sales manager for Travel Portland. Most recently, Marsh worked as the assistant director of sales for Portland’s Red Lion Hotel on the River.