The following individuals recently launched a business, were appointed to a leadership position or honored for their work in the business community: • Jane Kingston comes to Castle Resorts & Hotels as oceania regional director of sales and marketing. She
The following individuals recently launched a business, were appointed to a leadership position or honored for their work in the business community:
• Jane Kingston comes to Castle Resorts & Hotels as oceania regional director of sales and marketing. She has more than 15 years’ management and supervisory experience in the hotel and hospitality industry. Previously she has worked at the Rendezvous Hotel Auckland, Carlton Crest Hotel in Brisbane, and Hilton Hotels in Sydney. The Hawai‘i-based company now features 26 properties throughout Hawai‘i, New Zealand, Micronesia and Thailand.
• Castle Resorts & Hotels has promoted Mimi Chan to business intelligence manager. She will be in charge of compiling forecasts, monthly sales utilization, financial reports and other competitive information for the company. Chan joined Castle as sales analyst in August 2007. Previously she worked at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa for more than 13 years, holding several positions including commercial property manager.
• Joycelyn Wan joins Castle as corporate revenue optimization manager in charge of monitoring property availability, responding to inventory requests, and reviewing weekly forecasts. She will also assist in reviewing pace, competitive, market and trend analysis. Wan has more than 17 years of Hawai‘i hotel and hospitality experience. Previously she has held positions as reservation manager at Turtle Bay Resort, hotel operator at the Aston Waikiki Banyan and guest history coordinator at the Halekulani.
• Orlando “Dan” Davidson has been named executive officer for the state Land Use Commission. He is currently the executive director of the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corp. and will assume his new duties on May 16. A graduate of the Claremont-McKenna College and the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, Davidson began his career in Honolulu as a private attorney and also served as deputy corporation counsel for the city and county of Honolulu specializing in planning, zoning and environmental law. Among other positions, Davidson served as deputy land director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and also as the executive director of the Land Use Research Foundation.
