Here is a roundup of people recently on the move:
Maurice Alfaro has been appointed director of operations for the Hilton Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut. Alfaro most recently was assistant general manager of the Hilton Woodcliff Lake.
Alexander Bakanov has been appointed general director of Azimut Moscow Tulskaya Hotel. Bakanov previously was a managing director of Azimut Hotel Novyi Bereg.
Peter Bowling has been named managing director of One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico. Bowling most recently was general manager of Capella Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Marc Brugger has been appointed managing director of Rosewood Beijing, scheduled to open in 2013. Most recently, Brugger was general manager of Crown Towers Hotel and Casino Macau.
Louvre Hotels Group, Paris, has named Saurabh Chawla director of international development and acquisitions. Chawla previously was a partner at HVS in London.
Gene Cormier has been appointed executive chef at Fox Harb’r Golf Resort & Spa in Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada. Most recently, Cormier was chef de cuisine at the Swissotel Stamford in Singapore.
Martin Fabiano has been named general manager of U Sunsuri Phuket in Thailand. Fabiano most recently was general manager of the Park Plaza Bangkok Soi 18.
Hyatt on Main, Green Bay, Wisconsin, has appointed Tim Farel general manager. Farel most recently was executive assistant manager/senior director of food and beverage at Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago.
Caroline Goux, director of sales at the Hôtel Le Bristol Paris, has also been named director of sales and marketing, North America, for the Oetker Collection.
Sue Groffie-Gregg has been named sales manager at the forthcoming Home2 Suites by Hilton in Frisco, Texas. Groffie-Gregg most recently was the sales and events coordinator at the Homewood Suites Dallas/Frisco.
Coworth Park in London has appointed Brian Hughson executive chef. Hughson previously was head chef at The Grill at The Dorchester.
Louvre Hotels Group, Paris, has appointed Delphine Jaouen director of asset management. Jaouen previously was a senior manager within the M&A and hotel real estate financing management team at Accor.
Audrey Laurent has been named director of sales at The Bowery Hotel in New York City. Laurent most recently was operations director for the Mercer Hotel.
Jay Lee has been named general manager of the forthcoming Home2 Suites by Hilton in Frisco, Texas. Lee most recently was the assistant general manager of the Homewood Suites by Hilton Dallas/Frisco.
IHG has appointed Douglas Martell vice president, operations, South West Asia. Martell most recently was vice president, food & beverage and operations, for IHG’s Greater China region.
Michael Mustafa has joined the Hilton Anaheim in California as director of sales and marketing. Mustafa most recently was director of sales and marketing at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa, California.
Sorrel River Ranch Hotel & Spa in Moab, Utah, has appointed Richard Potts executive chef. Potts previously was sous chef at Old Hickory Steakhouse at Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, Florida.
Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort & Spa in Hawaii has named Anita Rahman director of sales and marketing. Rahman most recently was director of sales and catering at Andaz San Diego.
Paul Richardson has been appointed chief operating officer, Greater China, for Accor Asia-Pacific. Richardson most recently served as vice president, New Zealand and Fiji, for the company.
Provenance Hotels, Portland, Oregon, has named Zie Zie Senzaki vice president of sales and marketing. Senzaki most recently was director of sales and marketing at the Westin Portland.
George Sotelo has been named managing director of Miami’s Doral Golf Resort & Spa. Sotelo most recently was general manager of One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort & Spa in Hawaii has named Michael Stephens general manager. Stephens most recently was general manager of Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Eaton Smart, Hong Kong has appointed Kitty Tang director of food and beverage. Prior, Tang was director of catering at Langham Place, Hong Kong.
Refinery Hotel in New York City has appointed Randy Taormina general manager. Taormina most recently was general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton in Syracuse, New York.
Julie Vogel has been appointed director of sales at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Dallas/Frisco in Frisco, Texas. Vogel most recently was the corporate group sales manager for the John Q. Hammons Embassy Suites in Frisco.
Gayle Wilkinson has been named general manager of the Homewood Suites by Hilton Dallas/Frisco in Frisco, Texas. Wilkinson most recently was general manager of the Homewood Suites Birmingham/South Inverness in Alabama.
The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain in Avon, Colorado, has hired Timothy Wolfe as general manager. Wolfe most recently was general manager of the Antlers Hilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Philip Wong has been appointed general manager of Dorsett Regency in Singapore. Wong was most recently general manager of Sovereign Hotel, Zhanjiang in Guangdong, China.
In last week’s “People on the move,” Holly Waterbor-Breuche’s most recent position should have been listed as director of sales and marketing at The Setai Fifth Avenue. HOTELS regrets the error.