The Westin Le Paradis Beach & Golf Resort
St. Lucia

The News: The new property is scheduled to open in 2011.

Specs: Once complete, the 192-room resort will include more than 23,000 square feet of function space encompassing two ballrooms, six conference rooms, and two outdoor pavilions. The resort sits on 554 acres with a one-mile coastline and will feature a Greg Norman-designed golf course.

Extra: Future plans call for the addition of a marina.

News Makers:

• Ashly Gabri has been promoted to vice president of incentives and strategic accounts for Associated Luxury Hotels International. Gabri previously served as director of incentives for ALHI and is based in Atlanta.

• Montage Hotels & Resorts has appointed Bud Campbell, director of sales, West Coast; Michelle Treistman, director of group sales, East Coast; and Kurt Diekhoff, director of group sales for Montage Deer Valley, Park City, Utah.

• John Atkisson has been appointed national group sales manager for the Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key, Fla., overseeing the corporate market. He was formerly director of sales and marketing at the Sirata Beach Resort and Conference Center in St. Petersburg, Fla.

• The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., has named James Gelfand director of group sales. Gelfand was most recently vice president of sales, marketing, and revenue development at PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

• Lancaster (Pa.) Marriott at Penn Square, opening in May 2009, has named Lindsey Tellez executive meetings manager, focusing on small corporate meetings. Tellez comes to the property from The Yorktowne Hotel in York, Pa.

• Gainey Suites Hotel, in Scottsdale, Ariz., has appointed Christine Tetrick as sales manager, focusing on national and regional corporate accounts and small meetings. Tetrick most recently served as marketing coordinator for JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix.