Laura Kelner was appointed as the new director of sales for Hamilton County Tourism earlier this year.

In yet another somewhat circuitous career path that found its way winding through the meetings industry, meet KiKi L’Italien, who turned her training in journalism into a job in the marketing department of a small Joplin, Mo.-based association, then on to a larger, Washington, D.C.-based association, and now a thought-leader in the world of SEO and social media in the association segment and beyond.

Ever hear of the “Peter Principle?” That’s where one reached the highest level of their own incompetence. 

Kimpton Goodland announced the appointment of Brian Murray as associate director of sales.

New York Hilton Midtown appointed Diarmuid Dwyer to the position of general manager.