Colorado’s Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch named Aaron Baxendale executive sous chef of WYLD, the resort’s new signature restaurant.
Scott Becque is the new director of sales and marketing for the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Most recently, Becque was director of sales and marketing for the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights in New Jersey.
Millennium Harvest House Boulder promoted Kate Bleakley to director of operations.
Marc Brugger was appointed managing director for Rosewood Hong Kong, the collection’s first Hong Kong property set to open in 2018.
Texas-based Canyon Ranch has made several leadership changes: Angela Burley as global director of retail and merchandising, Mark Andrew as global director of resorts, and Sean O’Connell as global director of food & beverage.
Colin Clark was named general manager of Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii. Prior to accepting the position with Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Clark served as general manager for Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach in Florida.
Kohler Co. has appointed Gianny Darias as the restaurant manager for its new hotel, Lodge Kohler in Wisconsin. Most recently, Darias was the assistant director of Food & Beverage at La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hong Kong-based Rosewood Hotel Group named Michael Dojlidko senior vice president, general counsel and group head of legal.
Maureen Doran joins Tradewinds Carmel and Carmel Lodge as the new general manager of the two inns located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Destination Hotels appointed Freddy Hernandez area director of marketing and public relations overseeing three properties: Quirk Hotel, YVE Hotel Miami and the Royal Isabela.
Virginia-based Primland appointed Ted Horan general manager. Horan joins Primland after working for almost two years as a resort hotel and hospitality quality assurance consultant in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Dream Hotel Group appointed Jeff Lee as director of food & beverage. Most recently, he worked for Hillstone Restaurant Group where he was executive chef for nearly fifteen years.
Leslie Lew was named vice president of revenue strategy for Provenance Hotels.
Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills named Pete Manfredini as the hotel’s new executive chef.
Sage Hospitality promoted Mustafa Menekse to area director of sales overseeing three independent downtown Denver hotels: The Crawford Hotel, The Oxford Hotel and the soon-to-open Maven Hotel.
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza hired Walter F. Nemeth, CPCE, as director of catering. Nemeth Walter has over 20 years of catering sales and food management leadership. He has been the director of catering at the Georgian Terrace Hotel and the Grand Hyatt Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the food & beverage director at the Doral Forresal Hotel and Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey.
Georgia’s Barnsley Resort appointed Buddy Nichols director of sporting and recreation.
The Chanler at Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island, appointed Lani Shufelt general manager and chief operating officer and seasoned marketing specialist Cherie’lin Toporowski as director of sales and marketing.
Shade Hotel Redondo Beach appointed Sandra Vivas, previously of the Pininfarina-designed luxury boutique Keating Hotel located in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, as general manager.
Halekulani Corporation, which owns and manages Waikiki hotels, Halekulani and Waikiki Parc Hotel, appointed Albert N. Yoza as the hotel’s financial controller.