Going Places

Denver’s Oxford Hotel named Afsi Bird general manager.

Georgia World Conference Center appoints Jim Ridgway director of event services.

Joel Harrington named executive chef at Cima in the Westin Riverfront in Beaver Creek.

The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley appointed Adrian Larick regional director of sales and marketing.

Gregg M. Mervis named president and CEO of the Akron/Summit CVB.

Frank Lonardo appointed director of sales for Turtle Bay Resort, North Shore, Oahu.

Sheretha Yarber appointed conventions services manager at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa.

Alison Best named CEO and president of Visit Oakland.

The Inn at Pocono Manor named Lisa D. Green general manager.

Jay Lefkowitz appointed director of hotel operations at Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center.