Emma Ringdahl joins CPG Hotels as the business development manager. Ringdahl will look after the corporate business in Wellington and the South Island and will be based out of Fable Hotel in Christchurch. She has spent the last three years with Orbit World Travel as a client services manager and within the groups and events team. Prior to Orbit Travel she worked at Broughton Hall Estate in the UK as part of the estate leadership and management team. Catherine Bygate has been promoted to sales and marketing manager at Marlborough Civic Theatre Trust after starting with the organisation earlier in the year as a part time event coordinator. Bygate was previously production services coordinator at Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre in Australia. She has also been event liaison for Hurunui Tourismwhere she produced the successful Hanmer Springs Fete since 2019. Bygate also runs her own business, Over the Ditch, which sells fashion accessories across New Zealand. Eduard Sarton has been appointed general manager of Cordis Auckland. Sarton started in early October, bringing extensive management experience from across Asia. Sarton started his career in food and beverage at Shangri-La Group, holding a number of senior roles. He has since held general manager positions with Rosewood Hotels and Resorts since 2014. His most recent assignment was general manager for the New World Saigon Hotel, a Rosewood hotel where he managed an inventory of 520 rooms. Jeanette Henshaw has joined ChristchurchNZ Business Events in the new role of business development manager – New Zealand. Henshaw joins ChristchurchNZ from Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) where she has been responsible for delivering the MEETINGS and conference events. Previously she was with Auckland Convention Bureau for six years as marketing and business events services manager. Chris Peak has joined Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) as events manager, responsible for BEIA’s key events including the annual MEETINGS exhibition. Peak has been with The Conference Company in Auckland for the past eight years, managing the delivery of in-person, hybrid, and virtual events across New Zealand and Australia for the globally-recognised professional conference organiser (PCO). Carey White is the new director of human resources at Cordis Auckland. White has extensive experience in human resources, especially in hospitality environments where he has worked at a number of international hotel groups including InterContinental and Shangri-La. His work experience has seen him complete assignments across the Maldives, Fiji, UAE, Dubai and New Zealand. Sam Horsnell has been appointed director of sales conference and incentives for Millennium Hotels and Resorts based in Auckland. With over 14 years of hotel operations experience, Horsnell has advanced through progressively more responsible positions in both the hotel and national operations throughout New Zealand with Millennium Hotels and Resorts. Colin McClean is the new general manager for Edgewater Resort beginning in December. McClean was previously general manager hotel operations at SkyCity Entertainment Group based in Auckland and held hotel manager and director of sales roles within the group. Previously McClean was with Accor in management roles throughout New Zealand. Richard Gamlin has joined Jet Park Hotels as group general manager. Gamlin, who has many years of experience managing large hotels overseas in the Philippines, Thailand, China and Vietnam, is thrilled to be back home in New Zealand, where he began his career as a chef in the Royal NZ Airforce. His more than 24 years’ worth of hospitality experience includes time with Hilton, Amari and Teal Vista. Jake Downing has been appointed as director museum and commercial services for Tākina Events including the convention centre operational team. He was previously head of tourism at Wētā Workshop. As a member of Wētā’s executive team, Downing developed Wētā’s tourism operations, including the Wētā Workshop Unleashed experience in Auckland. [PEOPLE ON THE MOVE [16] meeting newz [nov dec] 2022
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