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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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Kendall Hart and Anthony Taormina Kendall Hart (left) and Anthony Taormina (right) Hart is director of food and beverage, and Taormina is executive chef for Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas. Before joining the Waldorf Astoria property, Hart was food and beverage manager for Vdara Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas.

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F&B Smart Moves in New York, Park City and More

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Lopez will serve as director of food & beverage, bringing with him 21 years of experience in food and wine in the hospitality industry. He will manage all food and beverage processes and events and will establish and uphold exceptional culinary experiences for guests.

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Wellness and Sustainability Top Agenda for Accor Reorganization

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After a two-year Covid postponement, the 10th edition of Accor’s Global Meeting Exchange brought together top clients, company leadership, hotel representatives and partner companies for networking, education and a chance to experience the historic Fairmont San Francisco. Read more about hotels concentrating on sustainability.

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Smart Moves in Portland, Minneapolis and More

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Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, welcomed Maldonado as general manager. Maldonado has spent the last 15 years in hospitality leadership and management, most recently serving as general manager for The Gates Hotel South Beach – A DoubleTree by Hilton. Heu is now area director of food and beverage for Highgate Hotels Hawaii.

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Four Points Searches for the World’s Best Beer

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Winning breweries are crowned their respective hotel’s newest Best Brew (not to mention, gain bragging rights).The The expedition will continue across the globe before winding up at the Four Points Barcelona Diagonal in October. The hotels will showcase a local, craft beer that embodies its surrounding culture.

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5 Smart Moves at Meet Puerto Rico, MPI, Montage & More

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She’ll be holding promo events worldwide in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Mexico City, Chicago, Orlando, Las Vegas, Toronto and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Will Jones Montage International named Will Jones hotel manager of Montage Palmetto Bluff, where he’ll oversee rooms, food and beverage and the spa at the Bluffton, South Carolina resort.

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Champions in the House: Hospitality Tackles Homelessness

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In Maslow’s famous pyramid of the hierarchy of human needs, the most basic is food, shelter and clothing. Travel Association, they proposed a path to making hotels an even better industry to work in. She also creates all food and beverage menus alongside a plan to package leftovers for donation. Jamie Murdock.