Shah is AHLA’s new VP for government affairs

Chirag Shah is now the senior vice president of federal affairs for the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Previously he was AAHOA’s vice president...

Forrest and Johnson join AAHOA executive team

Michael Forrest as AAHOA’s new vice president of franchise relations. Ashli Johnson is the association’s new vice president of education. Forrest previously held franchises and...
Dorothy Dowling

Best Western’s Dowling wins HSMAI’s Albert E. Koehl award

Dorothy Dowling, Best Western Hotels & Resorts’ senior vice president and chief marketing officer, received the Albert E. Koehl Lifetime Achievement Award by the...
Michael DiMaria

DiMaria will be GM of VHG’s Kinley Chattanooga Southside

Michael DiMaria will be general manager of Vision Hospitality Group’s Kinley Chattanooga Southside when it opens this spring in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Previously he was...
Robert Stuckey

Stuckey is AAHOA’s new VP of business development

Robert Stuckey is AAHOA’s new vice president of business development. Previously, he was director, transitions and brand compliance for Davidson Hotels. Stuckey also worked for...

Sinha is diversity manager at Greystone

Pranika Uppal Sinha is now diversity, equity, and inclusion managing director at Greystone commercial real estate finance company. Previously, she was senior manager for...
CALIFORNIA-BASED HOTELIER Sunil “Sunny” Tolani

California hotelier named top entrepreneur by Yahoo Finance

CALIFORNIA-BASED HOTELIER Sunil “Sunny” Tolani has been named a top entrepreneur by Yahoo Finance. Tolani’s the Prince Organization was named one of the fastest...

Collazzo is new VP of analytics for STR

Isaac Collazo is the new vice president of analytics for STR. Previously, he was vice president of capacity at InterContinental Hotels Group. Previously, Collazo conducted...

Merali is president and partner at Stonebridge Cos.

Aly-khan S. Merali is now president and managing partner of Stonebridge Cos. in Denver. Founder Navin C. Dimond will remain CEO and will assume...

Noble Investment Group fills three executive positions

Noble Investment Group has made three new appointments to its senior management lineup. They are Ben Brunt as chief investment officer, Jim Conley as...