Going Places

Dominican Republic

• Luxury Retreats at Cap Cana appointed Frank Maduro vice president of sales and marketing and Marilyn Cairo director of marketing. Maduro previously served in numerous capacities at Sandals and Beaches Resorts, including account director, marketing manager and most recently national director of sales. Cairo previously worked for Ask Me About Destination Weddings/Honeymoons, a sales and marketing company for resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Prior experience also includes sales event coordinator, sales manager and marketing programs manager at Sandals and Beaches Resorts.

• Danielle Courtenay was named chief marketing officer of the Orlando/Orange County CVB. Courtenay joined the Orlando CVB in February 1995 and recently served as senior vice president of global publicity and public affairs. Prior to joining the Orlando CVB, Courtenay was vice president of The Zimmerman Agency, an advertising and public relations agency in Tallahassee… David J. Sargent was hired as senior vice president of convention sales and marketing for the Orlando CVB. Sargent was most recently the area director of sales and marketing for the Hiltons of Chicago. Prior to that, he served as the director of sales and marketing at The Westin New York at Times Square and Sheraton New York… Susan Lomax Greer was named associate vice president of global publicity for the Orlando CVB. Greer has more than 15 years of public relations and publicity experience in the hospitality industry with Universal Orlando Resort and Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas, among others… The Hilton Garden Inn Palm Coast at Town Center, due to open in February, hired Annette M. Ruiz as director of sales. Ruiz was most recently director of sales and catering for Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Runnemede, N.J. Prior to that, Ruiz worked as the sales and catering coordinator for The Four Points by Sheraton in Harrisburg, Penn... Wende Blumberg was appointed general manager for Mission Inn Resort & Club, located on Lake Harris in Howey-in-the-Hills, near Orlando. For the past 10 years, Blumberg has worked with Hilton Hotels Corporation, serving most recently as general manager of the Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel. For several years she was general manager for The Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, in Gainesville… Tony Aslanian was named director of sales and marketing for The Peabody Orlando. He has more than 25 years of experience in hotel sales and marketing with Hilton Hotels Corporation and Marriott International, with 13 of those years in New York City.

• The JW Marriott New Orleans appointed Etienne Tardy director of sales and marketing. Tardy’s appointment follows his most recent position as the director of corporate sales for the New Orleans Marriott. Prior to that, he was senior sales manager at the JW Marriott New Orleans and San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk.

• Viktoria Kuglics was hired as director of sales and marketing for Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort on St. Thomas. Previously, Kuglics served as the director of sales at the Courtyard by Marriott Munich City Center in Munich, Germany. She also held management positions for Marriott International in Orlando, Florida and Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Tim Bailey was named general manager of the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center hotel in Virginia Beach. Bailey rejoins Crestline Hotels & Resorts from Marriott Vacation Club International, where he was general manager of the Timber Lodge and Grand Residence Club in Lake Tahoe, Calif.... Tade Allen was promoted to director of sales and marketing for The Founders Inn and Spa, located in Virginia Beach. Since 2006, Allen has served as director of sales for the property. Prior to that, Allen held positions with the Radisson Hotel Tampa and the Omni Jacksonville Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla.