Comings & Goings

Each week, LODGING shares the latest Comings & Goings — new hires and promotions from across the hospitality, hotel, and lodging industries.

Brad LeBlanc

Best Western Adds Brad LeBlanc as Chief Development Officer

PHOENIX—Best Western Hotels & Resorts today announced that it has appointed Brad LeBlanc as senior vice president and chief development officer. LeBlanc will oversee North American...
Comings and Goings

This Week’s Comings and Goings

RLH Corporation has named Vinod Sankar senior vice president and chief digital officer, a newly-created position for the company. Sankar will manage global digital...
Comings and Goings

This Week’s Comings & Goings

Apple Hospitality REIT has announced a new leadership plan. The Board of Directors has added Krissy Gathright, who will retire from her role of...
Comings and Goings

This Week’s Comings and Goings

Davidson Hotels & Resorts has promoted Thom Geshay from chief operating officer to president. Geshay is succeeding John Belden, who will continue in the...
Comings and Goings

This Week’s Comings and Goings

Annette Williston has been promoted to general manager of the Hampton Inn and Suites Halifax-Dartmouth, a New Castle Hotels & Resorts property. She was...
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Leigh Taylor

A Lifelong Love

What initially inspired you to get into the hospitality business? When I was young I always had travel posters on my walls instead of celebrity...
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CoStar: U.S. Hotel Performance Shows Positive Yearly Comparisons

WASHINGTON—U.S. hotel performance decreased from the previous week but showed positive comparisons year over year, according to CoStar's latest data through March 23, 2024....
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A Dual Target: Hotel Executives on What It Takes to Be ‘Bleisure’ Ready

The portmanteau “bleisure”—a mashup of “business” and “leisure”—denotes a phenomenon for our time, a time when technology makes it possible to work, even long-term,...
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