Carlos Lopez and Stephanie Tablada
Lopez is general manager and Tablada is director of sales and marketing for Kimpton Grand Roatan Resort & Spa in Honduras.
Lopez comes from Grand Roatan Caribbean Resort in Honduras, where he worked as general manager since 2015. Lopez has spent the majority of his more than 17 years of hospitality experience in his home country, El Salvador, beginning his career with InterContinental San Salvador, where he worked as front office manager, and sales and marketing manager. He later became general manager of Comfort Inn Real San Miguel and Comfort Inn Real La Union Hotel.
Tablada, a Miami native, most recently worked at Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel in South Beach, Miami, as director of sales and marketing for the last six years. She has also worked at Royal Palm South Beach Miami as associate director of sales and Mondrian South Beach Miami as international sales manager.
Rose Noble
Noble is president and CEO of Washington’s Visit Spokane, effective May 15. Noble was president and CEO at Galena Country Tourism in Illinois. Before working with Galena Country Tourism, Noble worked as an art fair coordinator for DubuqueFest in Iowa. She also founded and was director of the regional craft show Handmade City, which served the Illinois/Iowa region.
Fernando Santana
Santana is resort manager for Grand Hyatt Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas. He most recently worked at Hyatt Regency Frisco in Texas as general manager; before this, he worked in the same role at Hyatt Regency Key West in Florida.
Santana’s expansive stint with Hyatt Hotels also includes positions at Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort as executive assistant manager, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort in California as executive assistant manager and Hyatt Regency Dallas in Texas as director of rooms.
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David Ecija
The Beverly Hilton named Ecija general manager. Ecija previously worked as cluster general manager for Hilton West Palm Beach and The Ray Hotel, Delray Beach, Curio Collection by Hilton in Florida. Ecija’s professional relationship with Hilton Hotels has also included general manager roles throughout Europe, including Hilton ViIlamoura As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa in Portugal, Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona, Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok, DoubleTree by Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok and Hilton Sao Paulo Morumbi.
Jed Arricivita
Arricivita is commercial director for Alma Resort. Arricivita previously worked as director of sales at The Peninsula Bangkok for nearly 10 years. Before this, he was director of sales at Shangri-La Bangkok and Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa in Cebu, and director of business development at Makati Shangri-La in Manila.
Pamela Laite
Development Counsellors International (DCI) named Laite director of business events. Laite joined DCI in 2020 as account executive. Before this, Laite worked as business development manager at Fredericton Convention Centre in Toronto and director of industry relations, member care and events for Tourism Toronto. She is based in DCI’s Toronto office.
Tyler Poitras
New York’s Lake George Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau named Poitras senior sales manager. Poitras previously worked at Trustco Bank as senior universal banker. His experience in the hospitality industry began in 2015 with Walt Disney World in Florida, where he led multiple F&B locations, including Hollywood Studios and Wilderness Lodge. He also worked as front desk supervisor at Disney’s Pop Century Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Matias Tugores
Tugores is general manager for Thompson Playa del Carmen in Mexico. Tugores has lengthy hospitality experience in Mexico and other Latin countries, including Iberostar in Canary Islands; The Excellence Collection in Puerto Morelos, Mexico; Catalonia Playa del Carmen in Mexico; and Shibari Tulum in Mexico.
Tony Hodgins
Hodgins is general manager for Pennsylvania Convention Center. Hodgins comes from Freeman, where he worked most recently as vice president and general manager during his 30-year stint with the company.
Robert Cameron
Cameron is director of group sales for The Boca Raton in Florida. Cameron previously worked as a hospitality consultant in Palm Beach, Florida. He also worked as regional director of sales and marketing at TPG Hotels & Resorts, general manager at Kimpton Solamar San Diego and director of sales and marketing at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.
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