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Angela Westerfield was recently named chief marketing officer of Visit Savannah. Previously, Westerfield spent two years as vice president of marketing and communications at Visit Savannah. Before that she worked at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment for about 16 years, leaving as vice president of marketing. She has also worked for Walt Disney World. Westerfield has...
Michele Turner, vice president, business continuity, global finance, risk management, Marriott International, was recently appointed chairperson of the Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International Board of Directors. She said she looks forward to serving in this leadership capacity and continuing to support the resilience industry. “Being in this arena for over 30 years (and with DRI...
Marriott Vacations Worldwide announced a new organizational structure aimed at driving long-term sustainable growth across its vacation ownership business, exchange and third-party management segment, and future travel-related products and services. With the previously announced 2024 retirement of Jeanette Marbert, president, exchange and third-party management, two executive roles have been created as part of MVW’s senior...
The Los Cabos Tourism Board announced the promotion of Susie Albin-Najera to director of leisure travel and strategic partnerships, U.S. market within Los Cabos Tourism’s private sector trust, FIPROTUR Los Cabos. Due to the growth of the destination, a private trust was created in 2019 as a nongovernment organization in order to establish a needed...
JetBlue Airways announced Jan. 8 that Joanna Geraghty, currently the company’s president and chief operating officer, will succeed Robin Hayes as CEO effective Feb. 12. Hayes will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors until that time, at which point Geraghty will join the board. Hayes will serve as a strategic advisor to...
Wahoo. Yippee. Hallelujah. And gazinga. This year, all around the world, courageous leaders in organizations of every genus and phenotype are finally (finally!) getting rid of (or dramatically updating) annual reviews. Not because you hate them. Not because you had a vindictive boss that one time. Not because your current boss is avoiding them. Not...
Accor named Gilda Perez-Alvarado CEO of Orient Express effective Jan. 1. Perez-Alvarado will also remain chief strategy officer of the Accor Group, and management of Orient Express will be based in Paris. She started her career at PwC before joining JLL Hotels & Hospitality in 2004. “Working in the company’s hotel and hospitality division, she...
Does the idea of providing positive and/or negative feedback make you feel uncomfortable? Whether you are a manager, director, or other senior executive, you are not alone. If one-to-one’s with your direct reports have you feeling like a feedback scrooge, don’t fret. In this blog, Leadology Founder Carrie Skowronski provides three examples and prompts for...
United Airlines hired Kimberly Perkins as a pilot, Perkins announced this month. “Business aviation has been my professional ‘home’ for the past 13 years,” Perkins said in a LinkedIn post, referencing her previous job as a captain on the Gulfstream 650 aircraft, based in Seattle. “I’m immensely grateful to the #bizav community,” she continued in...
Many women who have successfully built a career in the travel industry fell in love with travel when they were quite young. For Pam Hoffee, president of Avalon Waterways, travel was a part of her family but in a bit of a different way. Hoffee’s father was in the Air Force. She grew up hearing...
