Business Travel Executive, February 2018

10Business Travel Executive FEBRUARY 2018 INDUSTRY NEWS People acquisitions and business development Woodworth had been manager of acquisitions and development for Trump Hotels and had also been a select service investment analyst with JLL a commercial real estate services provider HVMG operates 29 hotels in 16 states Margaritaville Holdings has promoted Rick Cunningham to be vice president of hotel development With more than 30 years of hospitality industry experience Cunningham has been with Margaritaville for nearly a year Prior to joining Margaritaville he spent nearly 20 years in various roles at InterContinental Hotels Group most recently as the companys regional vice president of upscale development SH Group the hotel brand management company owned by Starwood Capital Group has announced the appointment of Arash Azarbarzin as president Azarbarzin brings more than 30 years experience in the hospitality field including as a founding member of sbe Hotel Group where he served as president for 12 years He also held leadership roles at W Hotels Resorts St Regis and Four Seasons Loews Hotels Co has named Elizabeth Norberg as chief human resources officer executive vice president Norberg comes to the position after serving as EVP and chief human resources officer of RLH Corporation Prior to this Norberg held various leadership roles in HR at Northwell Health Previously her hotel industry experience included work with Dolce Hotels Resorts and Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide Inc Naples Hotel Group a hotel development and management company has announced that Michael MacCallum has been named regional vice president of operations MacCallums experience includes branded limited extended and select service hotels His most recent position was as area manager with Island Hospitality Stormont Hospitality Group has announced the return of industry veteran John Cooper as principal and executive vice president Cooper is reunited with the company after a 15 year period at other firms where he successfully developed and repositioned more than 35 hotel assets throughout the United States Delta JAL Top On Time Performance Stats Delta Air Lines and Japan Airlines have each been named the best on time performers by two separate aviation data providers According to OAG Japan Airlines led the world in on time performance in 2017 with 85 percent of the carriers flights arriving on time OAGs 2018 Punctuality League also included second place All Nippon Airways with an 84 percent on time record and Delta Air Lines with 83 percent Meanwhile FlightGlobal Incorporating Flightstats named Delta Air Lines as the worlds top on time airline in its 9th Annual Airline OPS On Time Performance Service Awards Delta is the first US based carrier to win in the global airline category with an 859 percent on time record FlightGlobal reported Japan Air Lines came in second in the global airline category followed by ANA Qatar and SAS Delta Private Jets Launches Membership Program Delta Private Jets has launched Sky Access a new online program that offers members unlimited access to empty leg flights in addition to a fixed hourly rate for regular ondemand private jet travel Sky Access members can book unlimited empty legs when an aircraft must return to its home base empty and there is no per leg cost for empty legs Membership is priced at 8500 for the first year and renewal at 6000 Once payment is made members can book as many empty legs as they like at no cost although there may be some fees and taxes according to Lauren Davis director of brand strategy and client experience Furnished Quarters Opens San Francisco Office Furnished Quarters a corporate housing company has opened an office in San Francisco and added new corporate housing inventory in the area The company said it assessed key cities with strong demand for temporary furnished apartments in the US and overseas and based on client demand chose to open the San Francisco location The company currently operates dozens of San Francisco apartments and expects to be running 100 short term apartments in the Bay Area by May 1 The new office will be headed by Tyler Smittle who had been general manager northern California at Aboda Global Housing Management BTE