Florida
- Jim Oliver was appointed general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale. For the past three years, Oliver served as regional vice president of operations for the Southeast, Caribbean and Latin American region. He also honed his operational skills at 12 Ritz-Carlton hotels and helped five Ritz-Carlton hotels achieve five-diamond, five-star and Malcolm Baldridge awards… Shaukat Wadiwalla was promoted to general manager of the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale. Previously, Wadiwalla was corporate director of food and beverage for HEI Hotels and Resorts.
Tennessee
- Richard Pauley was named director of sales and marketing for The Chattanoogan, in Chattanooga. Pauley was previously director of sales at French Lick Resort Casino in French Lick, Ind. Prior to this, Pauley was director of sales and marketing for the Radisson Hotel Cincinnati Riverfront in Covington, Ky. Pauley has also served as director of sales for the Five Seasons Country Club of Crestview Hills, Ky. He has also worked with the Quad Cities CVB of Davenport, Iowa, serving as the organization’s executive director.
Texas
- The Greater Houston CVB hired Allen Kantorowitz as national account manager for the Northeast, based in the New York City area. His role will be to develop the corporate and association markets for the region. He started his hospitality career with the New York CVB in membership over 20 years ago. His experience in hotel sales in the New York City area includes the Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Downtown, Marriott and Radisson, and most recently as the director of sales with La Quinta Inn & Suites in Secaucus, N.J.