Andrea Grigg has joined CBRE Hotels as a senior managing director and global head of hotels asset management to develop and lead the firm’s global hotel asset management and operator selection practice.
Based in Atlanta, Grigg will focus on bringing cross-border hospitality solutions and ownership representation to global hotel investors. She will also oversee operator and brand selection, as well as management contract negotiation services, helping better serve hotel owners by sharing global best practices.
Grigg joins CBRE from JLL, where she spent the last 16 years as a leader in the firm’s hotel asset management practice.
Meanwhile, Sonesta International Hotels appointed Michelle Steffens as VP of operations with responsibility for the managed portfolio of full-service hotels and oversight of the full-service regional operations team.
Steffens joins Sonesta with more than 17 years of hospitality industry experience. Most recently, she was senior vice president of operations at Aimbridge Hospitality. Steffens’ previous roles included senior-level and regional leadership positions at Interstate, Island Hospitality and White Lodging.