Appointments

Previously working with notable brands such as Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Ritz-Carlton Hotels & Resorts and most recently, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Shamim brings years of experience in global sales in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer sectors to Margaritaville.

Mr. Rodio, who is currently CEO of Affinity Gaming, will be transitioning to Caesars during the next thirty days. He will join the Company's Board of Directors and be based in Las Vegas.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announced the appointment of Ben Trodd to the role of Senior Vice President, Sales and Hotel Marketing, consolidating the hotel marketing, hotel sales and Worldwide Sales Office teams under a single leader.

Radisson Hotel Group today announced the appointment of Kristen Richter as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer in the Americas. Richter previously served as Vice President, Revenue Optimization for the Americas at Radisson Hotel Group.

Johnson was previously the General Manager of Great Wolf Lodge Wisconsin Dells, responsible for its 80,000-square-foot waterpark and 450 pack members.

Kistler brings more than 25 years of experience in leadership roles at best-in-class consumer organizations. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Client Partner at Symphony AI.

Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE: HGV) announces the promotion of Yoji Ishii to vice president of Asia sales. In his expanded role, Ishii will be responsible for developing and executing sales strategies in Asia.

Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced today that it has appointed Brad LeBlanc as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer. LeBlanc will oversee North American development and will report directly to David Kong, President and CEO of Best Western Hotels & Resorts.

In advance of the opening of the first Four Seasons hotel in Spain, Christoph Schmidinger has been appointed opening General Manager to oversee the new luxury hotel set to open in late 2019.

A veteran of Silicon Valley with 17 years of experience leading large scale digital businesses at top global technology companies including Amazon, Yahoo! and AOL, Rafiq will be a key leader as MGM Resorts embarks on its major digital transformation under MGM 2020.