Read the latest roundup of U.S.-based new hires and promotions in the hotel industry.

Chief operating officer
Watermark Lodging Trust
Dec. 14, 2021
Promotion
Experience: Zinsmaster has been promoted following his accomplishments as head of asset management and previously head of portfolio management for Watermark.

Chief investment officer
Watermark Lodging Trust
Dec. 14, 2021
Promotion
Experience: He previously worked as head of transactions and before that head of capital markets for Watermark.

Chief accounting officer
Watermark Lodging Trust
Dec. 14, 2021
Promotion
Experience: Miller has been with Watermark over nine years and has served as vice president and controller since 2017.

Director of global travel industry sales, hotels and casinos
Hard Rock International
Dec. 9, 2021
New hire
Experience: His most recent role was regional director of sales and revenue management for Performance Hospitality Management.

Resort manager
Montage Healdsburg
Healdsburg, California
Dec. 15, 2021
New hire
Experience: McIntosh most recently worked as director of rooms at The Maybourne Beverly Hills.

General manager
Conrad Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Dec. 14, 2021
New hire
Experience: Heffron joins Conrad Los Angeles from the Waldorf Astoria Park City in Utah, where he served as general manager since 2019.

General Manager
Emeline
Charleston, South Carolina
Dec. 8, 2021
New hire
Experience: Skinner joins the hotel property after serving as general manager at Hotel June located in Los Angeles.

General manager
Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Dec. 7, 2021
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Cotten-Morris worked in Philadelphia as the general manager of The Bellevue Hotel.

General manager
Goldener Hirsch, Auberge Resorts Collection
Deer Valley, Utah
Dec. 6, 2021
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Malhotra was the operations task force general manager at several Auberge resorts including The Vanderbilt, Auberge Resorts Collection in Newport, Rhode Island, and Primland, Auberge Resorts Collection in Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia.

Associate director of sales and catering
The Plaza Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec. 15, 2021
New hire
Experience: Fernandez brings more than 25 years of sales experience especially in the hospitality industry, including 15 years at the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority.

Director of sales
The Chanler at Cliff Walk
Newport, Rhode Island
Dec. 14, 2021
New hire
Experience: Twiss has 40 years of experience and a background in sales management from Newport Hospitality, Hotel Viking, Newport Marriott and the Hyatt Regency.

Senior group sales manager, West Coast
Turtle Bay Resort
Kahuku, Hawaii
Dec. 9, 2021
Experience: Gilmore brings more than 20 years of hotel and resort experience, including at Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection on the Island of Hawaii; Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort on Oahu; Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Island of Hawaii, and Grand Wailea Resort & Spa on Maui.

Director of sales and marketing
Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Dec. 7, 2021
New hire
Experience: Torres has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 13 years where she has grown with Hyatt and the Hyatt Centric brand.

Director of sales and marketing
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
Dec. 3, 2021
New hire
Experience: Kelly joins Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel from Hyatt Hotels Corp,. where he most recently served as vice president of select sales in Chicago.

Corporate director of restaurants and bars
Donohoe Hospitality Services
Dec. 14, 2021
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Donohoe, he was executive chef and owner of The M Chef Group – New York.

Executive chef
Hotel Viking
Newport, Rhode Island
Nov. 23, 2021
New hire
Experience: Popores most recently served as executive chef for Interstate Hotels & Resorts in Portland, Oregon, and in Captiva Island, Florida.

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