Topic: Food & Beverage

Howard will helm the Park Hyatt's Blue Duck Tavern, bringing 16 years of experience to the position.

Portman Holdings owns the 400-room hotel overlooking the San Diego bayfront, and IHG manages it.

Wallez previously served as the executive chef at Grand Velas Los Cabos (Mexico) resort, where he oversaw five fine-dining restaurants.

While kitchens focus on creating the trendiest menus, hotel purchasing departments should focus on sourcing now-in-demand products at the best prices.

Pery arrived at the resort, located minutes from downtown Santa Fe, N.M., after 11 years with Four Seasons.

The hotel added Christopher Hunter as GM, Noland Dunnan as food & beverage manager and Vincent Isbell as director of engineering.

Nearly of a quarter of consumers have at least one hotel or restaurant app on their mobile device and 70 of users are using the app at least once a week.

The property is partnering with Shedd Aquarium's “Shedd The Straw” initiative to reduce the use of single-use plastic straws throughout the hotel.

Teres is a premium, guest-centric point-of-sale system for both food-and-beverage and retail operations at luxury hotels, resorts or casinos.

Most recently, Deil served as director of catering for the Buffalo Niagara Marriott in Amherst, N.Y.