Sara Glenn promoted at AccorHotels. Mike Macklem joins CWB Franchise Finance. Reetu Gupta now on Zonetail's Board of Directors. Chip Rogers moves from AAHOA to AHLA.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Lake Louise Inn, managed by Atlific Hotels, is saving energy, water and waste by being the first hotel in the world to employ a SHARC Energy System Piranha

TORONTO—Expedia is a company based on constant A-B testing, and it has come up with a number of ways to help hotel partners, including a sophisticated rate-setting system and integration with Amazon's Alexa and Google.

Robert Pratt is now president and CEO of Sandman Hotel Group and The Sutton Place Hotels. He replaces Taj Kassam, who moved to parent company Northland Properties Corp., where he is senior vice-president.

VANCOUVER — Jon Zwickel, who recently resigned as president and CEO of the Canadian Vacation Ownership Association, has turned his attention to several projects through his company, InnVentures.

Travelodge adds Mark Collins and Cathy Bayou. HNL CEO joins TIAC Board. Kevin Frid retires from Accor. Sébastien Gagné new GM as Intercontinental Montreal. Shelley Rideout joins DP Murphy Group.

IHG will remove all plastic straws from its global network of hotels by the end of next year, and sustainability-minded hotels are finding alternatives to single-use plastic bottles, including reusable bottles and water…

Designers Harry Christakis and Jocelyn Malcolm pitched their recommendations for a $15,000 and $20,000/room overhaul to two “dragons” at the Western Canadian Lodging Conference session.

Corbin Staniloff joins CBRE Vancouver. CHI promotes Abjahit Patel, Maureen Sulliven. Darlene Doerkson joins Tourism HR Canada board. Erin O'Brien at Deloitte. Radisson hires James Pawlikowski. Jon Mamela and Andrew…

ORHMA Windsor winners. RLH Corp. exceeds franchise goals. Hotel Monville wins four awards at AHQ. Montreal's J'ai changé campaign a winner. Christiane Germain one of Canada's 100 top influential women.