Sandra Olivia
Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside, Florida, announces Oliva as director of marketing. She’s been with the company since 2011, most recently as director of sales and marketing at Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel on the French Riviera.
Koji Akaboshi
Akaboshi joins Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside, Florida as hotel manager. He’s worked for the brand at various properties for more than 20 years.
Amanda Hills
Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. appoints London-based Hills Balfour as its European sales, marketing and public relations representative. The agency specializes in travel, tourism and hospitality and has thorough knowledge of the United States. Amanda Hill, president of Hills Balfour, is excited about a new direct flight connecting Nashville to London and intends to spread awareness about Music City USA’s culinary, festival and music scenes.
Michael Schoonewagen
Ahead of its 2019 opening, Dominica’s first beachfront, five-star resort, Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica, names Schoonewagen general manager. Over the course of his 30-plus year career, he’s worked at luxury resorts in Europe, South Pacific, Indian Ocean and Caribbean, including stints at Belmond La Samanna in Saint Martin and The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort.
Dan Dolan
Benchmark Resorts & Hotels names Dolan director of sales and marketing for The Abbey Resort and Avani Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Previously, he worked as an account executive for Creative Group, a full-service corporate group meeting and incentive business, and as president of Adjoin Meetings, a meeting planning company. Dolan has also been director of sales and marketing at Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, and got his start in the field at Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe.
Todd Lindvall
Lindvall has taken on the advanced role of area general manager of the new Residence Inn by Marriott Stamford Downtown in Connecticut. He’ll continue overseeing sister property Courtyard by Marriott Stamford Downtown, as he’s been doing since 2001. Lindvall has dedicated 30 years of his career to hospitality, mostly with Marriott.
Tina Mazzullo
Residence Inn by Marriott Stamford Downtown in Connecticut hires Mazzullo as director of sales and marketing. Most recently, she was general manager with Dream Hotel Group. Previously, Mazzullo served as director of sales for Island Hospitality in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
