ON THE MOVE
PlannersClement joins Agenda: Kansas CityTricia Clement has been hired as event coordinator for Agenda: Kansas City, a destination management company serving the Kansas City, Mo., area. Clement will create and produce interactive events for company clients. Prior to taking the position, she was catering sales manager at Kansas City’s 217-room Hotel Phillips.
Poshkoff now heads Triad ConferencesJeri Jo Poshkoff recently was named president of Triad Conferences Inc., a Minnetonka, Minn.-based meetings and events management firm. Poshkoff has worked for companies such as Citigroup and Carlson over a career spanning more than 25 years.
Zimmerman moves to Classic MeetingsMichele Zimmerman is now national sales director for Classic Meetings Inc., a meeting and event planning and management company based in Charleston, S.C. Previously, Zimmerman worked for All Access Sports and Event Marketing.
SuppliersKristopher Colig has been named director of food and beverage at the 500-room Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio.
Christi Joy Lecky has joined the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau as a sales manager.
Suzannah Jayne Mills has been named general manager of the 325-unit Trump International Hotel & Tower New York.
Scott Obley has been appointed director of group sales for the 546-room Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Maui, Hawaii.
Jennifer Smith has been named national sales director of the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Terry Worden has been appointed general manager of the 471-room Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. The property will open in South Boston’s Seaport District in the beginning of January.
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“I believe in providing a
spirited environment in which associates can succeed.”
Steve Vissotzky, general manager of the
Hyatt Regency Dallas, was the recipient of Hyatt Hotels &
Resorts’ 2006 Donald N. Pritzker Award of Excellence, an accolade
that honors the chain’s most outstanding GMs. Prior to arriving in
Dallas, Vissotzky managed Hyatt properties in Miami and Cambridge,
Mass. The Hyatt Regency Dallas features 1,122 rooms and 160,000
square feet of function space.
Why do you think you won the
Pritzker award? It was for years of work -- 28 to be
exact -- my entire career. What I’m most proud of is being involved
in people’s careers. I’ve learned that if you provide an
environment in which employees and managers can enthusiastically
dedicate themselves to the art of service, wonderful experiences
occur. And 2006 was the best year in the history of the Hyatt
Regency Dallas in terms of revenue, profit and service scores. I am
very proud of this hotel and each of our 600-plus associates.
How would you describe your
management style? I believe in providing a spirited
environment in which associates can succeed. I encourage managers
to become active in directing their own business.
What has been the key to your
professional success? My sense of humor and competitive
nature. I’m very team-oriented and truly believe in surrounding
myself with talented people.
If you weren’t a GM, what would
you do? I’d be an artist. Architecture or design takes a
close second.