Kaleidoscope Travel Group appoints new Group Chief Executive Officer Kaleidoscope Travel Group, the parent company of the UK’s largest escorted tours operator, which includes Travelsphere, Page & Moy and Just You, has appointed William Burton as the new Group Chief Executive Officer. Burton joins the Kaleidoscope Travel Group from the Rural Payments Agency where he held the position of interim Chief Operating Officer, leading a staff of 4,000 officers and inspectors. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the company with over 15 years' experience in the travel and hotel sector at companies including British Airways, Thomson Holidays, Thistle Hotels, Air Miles and Kuoni in a variety of top level sales, marketing, operations and general management positions. Burton is a Chartered Marketer by profession and holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD European Business School.

Panorama Hospitality: Miyuki Tani new Chief Financial Officer Panorama Hospitality is pleased to announce the appointment of Miyuki Tani to the post of Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific as of November 1, 2008. Ms. Tani brings a wealth of expertise gained over 15 years working for major corporations in the US and Japan. After Ms. Tani’s graduation from The College of St. Catherine in the United States, she worked at Arthur Andersen LLP in Illinois for four years. Ms. Tani also worked at Premier SKK, Moore Strategic Value partners LLC and then Hudson Japan LLC. Immediately prior to joining Panorama Hospitality, Ms. Tani served as Chief Operating Officer for Unified Capital Japan, Inc., where she managed a staff of thirty five. She was responsible for investment and asset management operations as well as acquisition management where she was exposed to financing, structuring, raising capital and coordination with international investors.

Travis Blaney new Director of Food and Beverage at Cheyenne Mountain Resort Benchmark Hospitality International has appointed Travis Blaney director of food and beverage for the award-winning Cheyenne Mountain Resort, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Laura Neumann, vice president and general manager, made the announcement. Travis Blaney has served Benchmark Hospitality International in several key roles during the past five years.  Most recently, as corporate food and beverage manager he was on assignment for the company at Cheyenne Mountain Resort. Previous to this, Mr. Blaney was project food and beverage manager for Benchmark Hospitality, responsible for opening the company’s newest properties, including Naples Bay Resort.  He has also served as director of restaurants at West Baden Springs Hotel and French Lick Resort Casino, where he led the opening of thirteen revenue centers between the two sister properties. Mr. Blaney began his tenure with Benchmark Hospitality International at Lansdowne Resort, the company’s east coast flagship property.  While there, he quickly progressed from assistant restaurant manager to opening clubhouse dining room manager upon Benchmark’s launching of The Golf Club at Lansdowne, the Mid-Atlantic’s premier private golf facility. Prior to joining Benchmark Hospitality International, Mr. Blaney invested three years with Hilton Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility while studying at the University of Pittsburgh. He is relocating to Colorado Springs.