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Names in News: July 2008

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Joan England was named vice president of Marketplace Performance for Meeting Professionals International.

Ross Klein became Hilton Hotels’s global head of luxury and lifestyle brands; Amar Lalvani was named global head of luxury and lifestyle brand development.

David Berkoski was named director of sales for ME Productions; Sarah Gabel was named executive sales and event manager.

Karyn Atman became vice president of Landry & Kling Cruise Event Services’ online marketplace.

Christopher Vasiliou became president and CEO of travel management company Radius.

David Marriott was named regional vice president of hotel operations (New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and selected New Jersey cities) for Marriott International Inc.

Julie Gorman became national sales manager for the Sacramento [Calif.] Convention & Visitors Bureau’s three-city partnership with Baltimore, Md., and Fort Worth, Texas; Gorman will focus on the western U.S. market.

Michael Stephens was named general manager of the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale [Arizona] Resort & Spa.

Nancy McFadyen became senior national sales executive for the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Stephen J. Stark was named director of operations for the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta.

The Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) named Aretha N. Kelly the citywide sales manager for the Washington, D.C., region.

Richard Forester became executive director of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Kumi Anzalone joined the Greater Raleigh [North Carolina] Convention & Visitors Bureau as a national sales manager of the bureau’s Washington, D.C., sales office.

Sheila Suhrer is now group sales director of the Island Vista resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Cyndi Golden was named assistant executive director of sales of the Irving [Texas] Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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