John Washko has joined SearchWide Global as a business development consultant. He has more than 30 years of resort sales and marketing experience and will specifically support the hotels and resorts sector. Most recently, Washko served as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Mohegan Sun. He previously held leadership positions at properties, including Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas and The Broadmoor in Colorado.

Jenny Reyes has assumed the role of Area Director of Human Resources at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta. She joined InterContinental last year. Her diverse experience includes human resources roles at Kimpton Shane Hotel and Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center, as well as international positions in the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and other destinations. She’s tasked with overseeing employee satisfaction, developing efficient hiring practices and ensuring human resources compliance standards and practices.

Jonathan Eaton, PT, is the new in-house physical therapist at The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa in Hots Spring, Vriginia. He has more than two decades of experience in physical therapy and a deep specialization in this highly targeted, hands-on modality. The hotel said he will introduce an advanced therapeutic technique rarely available in resort settings: Fascial Counterstrain (FCS), a cutting-edge approach to healing and restoring mobility.

Jim Redington is now General Ganager at the JW Marriott Chicago. He has more than 30 years of experience in hospitality. Redington recently served as hotel manager at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, the largest Marriott-managed property on the East Coast. There, he oversaw operations for the 1,996-room resort, working closely with sales, marketing and revenue management teams to optimize performance across group and transient segments.

Rudi Heider has been appointed General Manager at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport. A seasoned hotelier, he has led a variety of teams across international borders. He was Director of Operations at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta. Now on the West Coast, in his spare time, he enjoys skiing, tennis, cooking, and long walks in Pacific Spirit Park with his wife and their dog, Spätzle.