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VIRAL “VICTOR” PATEL and Mahmood “Mike” Merchant are new members of Best Western Hotels & Resorts board of directors. Patel will represent several Midwest...

GEOFF BALLOTTI, PRESIDENT and CEO of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, is the second recipient of the Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award. The award...

Delana Meyer is vice president of digital media and strategy and Jeanne Smith is vice president of revenue for Peachtree Hotel Group. Both positions...

Chirag Shah is now the senior vice president of federal affairs for the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Previously he was AAHOA’s vice president...

John Kelly is now chairman of the board of directors for Best Western Hotels & Resorts. He succeeds Ishwar Naran and joins new president...

MIT SHAH, FOUNDER and CEO of Noble Investment Group is the Penn State School of Hospitality Management in the College of Health and Human...

PEACHTREE HOTEL GROUP and its affiliates added five executives to its management teams. These new appointments aim to strengthen the company’s ability to support...

GEORGE LIMBERT, RED Roof's president, has submitted his resignation and will step down from his position on July 12. Limbert has accepted an executive position outside...

Lenny King is now director of IT for Greenville, South Carolina-based auroHOTELS. Previously, he was director of IT for restaurant chain Taco Johns. Prior to...

BIJAL PATEL, CHAIRMAN of the California Hotel & Lodging Association, received AAHOA’s Political Forum Award for Advocacy. His work with initiatives to help hoteliers...