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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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David Nowak Hawaii’s Hilton Waikoloa Village named Nowak director of food and beverage. Nowak most recently worked as food and beverage specialist at Premier Hotels & Resorts in Guam. He is the recipient of the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2005 and Best New Chef by Food & Wine in 2006.

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Marigliano has been resort manager, director of food and beverage and sales manager for catering and events at properties from the U.K. He has been general manager for several brands and properties throughout his career, including The Lanesborough London hotel, Regent Hotels & Resorts in Taipei, Taiwan and more.

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Its growth as a major technology hub—in 2015, Forbes named it the top city for tech growth in the United States—has gone hand-in-hand with its expanded food and beverage options, and several attractive new hotels, including the 1,012-room JW Marriott Austin, which has 112,000 sq. of event space. The hotel’s 21,000 sq.

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and Mandarin Oriental, Taipei where he served an instrumental role in opening. Westgate Park City Resort & Spa, a premier Utah resort, announced that Ivan Ruiz is now serving as food and beverage director and executive chef. His prior roles include hotel manager of Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C., Felipe Facchin.