Steve Dumaine has been with Hotels.com for three years and he replaces Karl Marriott.

Michael Register becomes a partner in Desires Hotels International and VP of development for Desires Hotels and general counsel. Douglas Carrillo has been promoted to EVP and David Moth, director of operations, will be VP of operations.

Jeffrey Farina will oversee strategy and develop hotel management opportunities for the hotel management arm of Windsor Capital Group.

Three new positions were added to the company's U.S. staff: National accounts manager, East Coast sales and special accounts manager, and VP of marketing and communications.

Stephen Taylor joins Hunter Realty as VP and will lead brokerage services at the company's new office in Miami.

Hotel & Motel Management recently spoke with Dan Kornick, who moves into the CIO role after 15 years with Wyndham Worldwide, about the future of hospitality technology.

Cook comes from Richfield Hospitality and will be responsible for the overall operation of a portfolio of hotels, including service levels, revenues and ultimately the profitability of each hotel.

Larry Kaplan and Mark Darrington bring 40 years of combined experience in hotel development, repositioning, acquisitions, finance, valuation and operations, most recently with HREC Investment Advisors in Denver.

Akhil Jain, who formerly held the position of VP of finance and development, becomes president of the management company. He takes over the duties of Raj Jain, who becomes the company's chairman in an advisory role.

Humler replaces Simon Cooper, who has been named Marriott's president and managing director for Asia Pacific.