The familiar faces spotted in this photo include David Larone of PKF Canada, which is part of now CBRE; Bob Desautels, founder of The Neighbourhood Group of Companies; and Iain Murray, retired faculty member at HFTM…

Ingrid Jarrett to head CVOA. Brad Kramble is new chair of Restaurants Canada. Amex GBT's chief people officer. Kurt Furlong leads IHG Owners Association. Raymundo Patino is GM of Holiday Inn Ottawa East. Meet Westin…

Hospitality industry mourns J. Charles Grieco. Erin Penner joins Superior Lodging Corp. Chef Murray McDonald moves to Spirit Ridge. Doug Lisi and Jill Burke have new roles at CHI. Cameron Woof and Patrick Schofield…

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.

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.

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.

ALLISTON, Ont. — Lou Biffis started the Nottawasaga Inn on a property that was used for sod farming, in Tecumseh, a dry county since 1907. Before he could build a successful motel, he had to change that.