MEETING PEOPLE
Hilton has
appointed
Jane Lyons
as general
manager for
West Hotel
Sydney, the
first Curio
Collection by
Hilton Hotel
in Australia. She returns to her home
country of Australia following an eight-
year hotel management career overseas
working for Langham Hotels & Resorts
at their London and New York properties. AccorHotels
has appointed
Glen Erickson
as general
manager of
Novotel
Melbourne
South Wharf.
The hotel is
currently
under construction, set to open March
2018, and forms part of the Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre
expansion project. Crowne Plaza
Surfers
Paradise has
appointed
Steven Oakley
as general
manager and
Tasha Wade
(pictured) as
director of
sales and marketing. Oakley was
previously GM at QT Museum Wellington.
Wade was global sales manager MICE for
Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Langham
Hospitality Group.
Kerry Bell
has been
appointed
international
bid manager
at the
Gold Coast
Convention
and Exhibition
Centre. She
has had previous roles at The Star Gold
Coast, Gold Coast Tourism, Palazzo
Versace and RACV Royal Pines. She was
also part of the inaugural team at the
GCCEC in 2004. Malaysia
Convention
& Exhibition
Bureau has
appointed
Premala
Danapakiam
(pictured)
as senior
manager,
business events and Tuty Elyanie Medali
as assistant manager, event support.
Danapakiam was previously director of
sales and marketing at the Borneo
Convention Centre Kuching. Daydream
Island Resort
and Spa in the
Whitsundays
has appointed
Jayson Heron
as its new
director of
sales and
marketing
based in Sydney. He joins Daydream
Island from The Star Sydney where he
was director of sales. Prior to that he
held a variety of roles with Hilton and
Crown Resorts in Melbourne.
Next Hotel
Brisbane has
promoted
hotel
manager
Justin
McConnell
to general
manager after
nine months
with the company. McConnell joined
Next Hotel Brisbane from Brisbane's
Emporium Hotel, where he was
executive assistant manager. Georgina
Torrington
(pictured)
has been
promoted
to director
of sales &
marketing
at New
Zealand’s
Brook Serene, moving up for her
previous role of marketing manager.
Joining the sales and marketing team
is Simone de Jong as new business
development manager. Cameron
Miller
(pictured) and
Elizabeth
Mulquiney
have joined
O’Reilly’s
Rainforest
Retreat as
business
development executives. Mulquiney was
previously with Gold Coast Tourism as
business events sales coordinator, while
Miller has worked within some of the
world’s largest hotel chains.
iVvy has expanded its executive team with Courtney Robinson
promoted to chief marketing officer, Rachael Grimsey appointed
as chief sales officer and Kim Van Coller is the new head of
strategic partnerships. Todd Severson has been appointed chief operating officer at
AGB Events. He was most recently director of games services
for four years with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Garrick Loft has been appointed as senior sales manager at the New
Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC). He was most
recently the head of partnerships role at APX Travel Management. Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, Gold Coast has appointed Nick
Clarke as director of sales & marketing. He was previously at
Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach.
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