Lauren Shoaf Pace
Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. In her role with DI, Pace will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all of the association’s marketing initiatives. She will oversee the planning, coordination and execution of marketing strategies, advise and facilitate engagement opportunities for partners and members and promote DI products, tools and resources.
Megan Knapp
Knapp takes on the role of senior vice president of events at Newsweek. She brings over two decades of experience managing high-profile conferences across various industries, spending the last decade of her career as president of events at Digiday, where she oversaw a team responsible for producing some of the media industry’s most influential gatherings. She will now drive the vision and execution of Newsweek’s event offerings and create immersive, impactful experiences for audiences worldwide, in both physical and virtual formats.
Amanda Santiago
Pendry Washington DC – The Wharf welcomes Santiago as director of sales and marketing. She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She brings over a decade of experience in group sales and hospitality, most recently serving as director of sales and marketing at the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore.
Sabrina Stubbs
Stubbs takes on the role of group sales manager Margaritaville Beach Resort Nassau. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets. She has worked in the hospitality industry since high school, and throughout her career has served with sales teams at Atlantis Paradise Island, Baha Mar, Hilton and more.
Adriel Terbeche
Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales. She brings over 25 years of sales and leadership at established tourism organizations and has taken on various property, regional and global sales in the leisure, international MICE and airline sectors. While working with Marriott International, she led regional sales and account management teams focused on driving sales to Marriott’s Southwest regional properties, including Anaheim.
Michael Solis
Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel welcomes Solis as director of sales and events. He brings over 20 years of hospitality sales expertise, and most recently served as director of sales and marketing at the Hyatt Rosemont. In an earlier role, he served as area director of group sales for The Royal Sonesta Hotels of Chicago, in which he oversaw sales efforts for three downtown properties.
Courtney Fairbanks and Marisol Morales-Cabrera
Fairmont Dallas welcomes new staff members to key event positions.
Fairbanks is appointed as catering sales manager. She will oversee, manage and coordinate catering sales in addition to building and maintaining relationships with new and existing customers. Fairbanks has spend over a decade gaining experience at properties including The Joule Hotel and Marriott Dallas Las Colinas, and throughout her career has successfully implemented client retention strategies and secured high-volume deals with Fortune 500 companies that resulted in impressive revenue growth. She is known for fostering a growth-oriented team environment.
Morales-Cabrera is promoted to the role of banquet manager. She began her hospitality career with at Fairmont Dallas as a bartender. Due to her exceptional support of her team and dedication to collaboration, she was quickly promoted within the food and beverage department. She most recently held the position of banquet captain at Fairmont Dallas.
Siiri Lobe
Lobe takes on the role of director of sales and marketing at Sheraton Denver Downtown. She brings over 20 years of experience in hospitality and group sales. At Sheraton Denver Downtown, she will oversee group sales and marketing, drawing from her earlier experience in roles such as director of group sales for the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter & Riverwalk, where she saw record-breaking numbers while leading the property through the pandemic and a $100 million renovation.
Katie Tiegreen
Origin Hotel Kansas City, a Wyndham Hotel, appoints Tiegreen as director of sales. She brings over a decade of experience in the Midwest hospitality industry, and has held roles in sales and catering with Prism Hotels & Resorts, Heart of America Group and Martens Companies. Deeply committed to fostering connection and community to her role, she will work to elevate the hotel’s presence and foster ties with the Kansas City Community.
Joseph Zuziak
Zuziak is Hyatt Recency Irvine’s new director of sales and marketing. In his most recent role as director of group sales at Park Hyatt Aviara, he led his team to successfully capture incentive business following a $50-million resort-wide renovation. He brings over a decade of experience, and has held numerous impressive positions, such as director of sales for the Marriott Southwest Group Sales Office. In his new role, he will work to drive hotel performance and commercial strategy, boost revenue and strengthen customer loyalty for Hyatt Regency Irvine.
