James Grosso Named Complicated Managing Director for Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria Orlando

Chris Akoury named Basic Supervisor for the Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek

Hilton Bonnet Creek Complicated, composed of Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria Orlando, is delighted to announce two new management positions with James Grosso as Complicated Managing Director for Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria Orlando and Chris Akoury because the Basic Supervisor of Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. Mixed, the 2 executives provide greater than 65 years of progressive expertise within the hospitality business, nearly all of these throughout the Hilton enterprise.

As a frontrunner in hospitality, Complicated Managing Director James Grosso will oversee the administration of every day lodge operations; budgeting, planning, and growth; and the execution of strategic gross sales and advertising initiatives for the Bonnet Creek Resort Complicated. Grosso started his 37-year tenure on the Parsippany Hilton in New Jersey, the place he specialised in occasions earlier than making his mark in Washington DC as Assistant Director of Catering & Occasions at each the Washington Hilton and Capital Hilton. After relocating to Florida, he took on the function of Director of Catering & Occasions on the Hilton within the Walt Disney World Resort, and after a sequence of promotions, grew to become the Complicated Basic Supervisor including Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace Disney Springs Space to his remit, a place he held for greater than 23 years.

Over 20 years on this function, he continued to refine his management abilities, overseeing numerous features of lodge operations from managing budgets and monetary efficiency to making sure visitor satisfaction and worker engagement. Grosso has been named Hilton’s Basic Supervisor of the Yr thrice, received Lodge of the Yr 4 instances, and obtained a number of prestigious Genius of the And Awards.

As the brand new Basic Supervisor of Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Chris Akoury additionally brings 20 years of senior expertise to this pivotal function, main the lodge workforce throughout day-to-day operations and strategic efforts to drive bookings to the property. He joins the Orlando workforce from AAA 4 Diamond Hilton Quick Hills, New Jersey, the place he held the function of Basic Supervisor for six years, demonstrating experience in strategic planning, income administration, and advertising campaigns. Previous to becoming a member of Hilton Bonnet Creek Complicated, Akoury held progressively senior positions, together with Vice President of Operations/Asset Administration at Friendwell Group of Corporations, Basic Supervisor of Embassy Suites Parsippany & Embassy Suites Piscataway at Hilton, and Director of Meals & Beverage at Interstate Lodges & Resorts.

As long-standing hospitality professionals, Grosso and Akoury are deeply rooted within the hospitality business, possessing intensive information of the Orlando market and a historical past of remarkable achievements, making them the perfect match for continued success.