Several hospitality companies have promoted and appointed new executives in recent days.
Coast Hotels, a fully owned subsidiary of APA Hotel Canada, has appointed David Ferguson as director, development. Ferguson will focus on growing Coast Hotels’ portfolio of franchised and managed hotels in North America, specifically targeting Canada. Ferguson has a background in hotel management, consulting and valuation, having worked for several hospitality companies. Most recently, he was director and practice co-lead for CBRE Hotels Valuation and Advisory Services group in Canada.
Driftwood Capital, a commercial real estate firm, has added Jay Cooper as managing director of development and construction. Cooper will oversee all of Driftwood Capital’s new, ground-up hospitality developments and value-add hotel renovations along with providing commercial construction and development services to other hospitality-driven real estate sponsors. Cooper, who has held senior leadership roles at Kolter Hospitality and Turner & Townsend, has more than 20 years of experience working across site management, design team consultancy, project management, owners’ representation and development. He also has experience in sustainable construction practices, infrastructure work and historic building restoration.
Foley Entertainment Group, which operates Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara, Calif., has promoted Mia Giobbi Thomas to VP of...
Washington, April 27 Prominent television hosts and journalists have pushed back against online claims that the White House ... Washington, April 27 Prominent television hosts and journalists have ...