HKR Architects appoints two new directors, Bernard Lee and Gordon Pickering, to grow its hotels, resorts and leisure division. Lee, former director of global hospitality for Broadway Malyan, will be leading HKR’s hospitality projects outside the UK. Pickering joins HKR from Reardon Smith Architects, where he did design work on large luxury hotels, to head up HKR’s hotel and leisure sector in the UK… Best Western International names Bittel USA a preferred telephone vendor…Digital interactive TV supplier Acentic provides guest communication and digital entertainment solutions at W Istanbul… Kettal presents its new modular Prêt a Porter collection, with the new Kettal Puur polyurethane foam providing excellent weather-resistance… Cheryl Rowley Design of Beverly Hills, California, promotes Bob LaCour to director of interior architecture, managing the senior project design team and leading notable projects including the remodel of The Peninsula Beverly Hills… Most of the 844 exhibitors and more than 80,000 trade visitors were awarded excellent marks at IGEHO 07 in Basel, Switzerland—the International Exhibition for Industrial and Institutional Catering, Hotels and Restaurants—according to a survey… Avendra, the hospitality industry’s leading procurement services company, hires former Agentrics Chief Financial Officer Robert Heaton for the same role… Brintons opens its new London Design Centre in the Clerkenwell district, a popular area for the design community… Villeroy & Boch earns two 2007 Good Design Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum for Soul Fittings and SmartBench WC… American Hotel Furnishings, a division of American Hotel Register Co., is awarded a contract to provide equipment procurement, project management and freight management services to Comfort Suites Frisco Square at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.