CVBs

Christopher Baum has been named president and CEO for the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority. He most recently served as the senior vice-president of sales and marketing at the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. 

Karen Bolinger has been appointed  CEO for the Melbourne Convention & Visitors Bureau in Australia. She previously served as general manager of strategy and marketing for the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales and, before that, general manager of the Sydney Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau appointed Salma Gottfried as senior vice-president of marketing. Gottfried formerly was executive director of brand leadership at the Dallas-based advertising agency Dieste. She has also served as director of public relations and advertising for the Loews Anatole Hotel (now the Hilton Anatole Hotel) in Dallas. 

Christophe Ley has been named director of Meetings, Incentive, Congress and Exhibitions for the San Francisco Travel Association. Ley most recently worked for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. From 2000–2007, he served as the tourism sales manager for the San Francisco Travel Association.

The Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau has promoted Robin O’Connor to director of sales and services. O’Connor was the bureau’s assistant director of sales. Prior to that, she was manager of global accounts with the meeting-planning firm HelmsBriscoe. She has also held the post of national sales manager at CVBs that include Baltimore, Fort Worth and Sacramento. 

The Scottsdale (Arizona) Convention & Visitors Bureau has made several new appointments: Kelli Blubaum, formerly national sales manager for the bureau, has been promoted to director of sales and services; Erika Pumphrey, who has held sales and marketing positions with Marriott and the Fiesta Bowl, has been named national sales manager for the Northeast; and Stuart Evans, who formerly worked in sales at two Florida properties—the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, and the Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor—has been named national sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic. 

The Anaheim/Orange County (California) Visitor & Convention Bureau has named Stacey Geyer as director of its meeting and convention solutions department and Deborah Josue as Western sales director for the meetings and convention sales division. Geyer was previously director of convention services and director of promotions and special events at the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau. Josue was previously senior sales manager at the Monterey (California) Conference Center. 

The Hampton Convention & Visitors Bureau in Virginia has appointed Susan Walski and Tiffany Carr to group sales managers. Walski was area director of sales for the Residence Inn and SpringHill Suites in Williamsburg, Virginia. And Carr was most recently national sales manager at the Kingsmill Resort, also in Williamsburg.

HOSPITALITY & SUPPLIERS

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has appointed Jennifer Fox president. Fox was the chief operating officer of managed operations for Continental Europe at the InterContinental Hotels Group. She has also held leadership positions in brand marketing with Sheraton and InterContinental and been general manager of several luxury hotels around the world. She succeeds Chris Cahill, who recently resigned from his position as president to focus on his duties as chief operating officer of Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, Fairmont’s parent company. 

In Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Antlers Hilton has named Timothy Wolfe general manager. Wolfe has more than 25 years of experience in hotel management and was most recently area general manager for the RDA Hotel Management Company, where he oversaw the Sheraton/Denver West in Lakewood, Colorado, and the Burnsley All-Suite Hotel in Denver. 

Rebecca Kendig was named director of sales and marketing at Il Lugano Hotel & Residences in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Kendig has spent more than 10 years in management-level positions and was most recently director of sales and marketing at the Crowne Plaza Fort Lauderdale at Sawgrass Mills Mall. 

The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, has promoted Amy Pfeiffer to director of resort sales. Pfeiffer has been with the resort for 14 years, most recently as senior sales director. Prior to working for Disney, she held sales positions with Hilton and Marriott hotels and the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland. 

Glenwood Hot Springs, a 107-room resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, has named Jeremy Gilley director of sales and revenue. Gilley was most recently director of revenue at the Hotel Colorado, also in Glenwood Springs.

Ken Williams has been named director of trade show sales at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Williams has more than 20 years of experience in the meetings industry, most recently as director of marketing and sales at the Denver Merchandise Mart. 

The Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort & Spa in Honolulu has appointed Donna Lynn Nakai director of event services. Nakai previously worked at the Hilton Hawaiian Village as catering meetings and convention manager, but most recently worked as director of food & beverage at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.