Visit Baltimore, the official sales and marketing organization for Baltimore, welcomed Brian Chung and Christina Ghani to its convention sales and services department.

El San Juan Hotel announced Timothy Arnold as managing director of food and beverage.

The Shores Resort & Spa promoted Owen Chittenden from senior catering sales manager to director of catering.

Kimpton Hotel Palomar San Diego announced the promotion of Astrid Naujokaitis to from director of guest services to hotel manager.

BENCHMARK named Brian R. Wells general manager for The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, which is part of Curio - A Collection by Hilton.

Destination Cleveland, the convention and visitors bureau of Greater Cleveland, announced the addition of Alexis O’Connor and Jennifer Sullivan as national sales managers serving the association market in the District of Columbia.

One Ocean Resort & Spa welcomed Jay Mendoza as the resort chef responsible for Azurea, the signature restaurant serving fresh, coastal cuisine.

Laura Lutter Cole joined the staff of VISIT Milwaukee as convention sales manager. In her position, Lutter Cole will focus on corporate business sales in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

The Ritz-Carlton New York, Westchester announced William Yahr as the new hotel general manager. In his new role, Yahr will be responsible for all operations of the 146-room hotel and the two Ritz-Carlton residential towers.