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CHANGING FACES Brenda Weskamp has been named general manager of the Scottsdale Conference Resort. Weskamp most recently served as director of operations for Promus Hotel Corporation in Phoenix, Ariz., where she oversaw the acquisition, renovation...

GOING PLACES * International Conference Resorts of Colorado Springs, Colo., announced that Tiburon Capital, LLC, of San Francisco, acquired the Ocean Place Conference Resort in Long Branch, N.J., from Olympus Real Estate Corporation of Dallas...

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GOING PLACES * International Conference Resorts of Colorado Springs, Colo., announced that Tiburon Capital, LLC, of San Francisco, acquired the Ocean Place Conference Resort in Long Branch, N.J., from Olympus Real Estate Corporation of Dallas...

CHANGING FACES Brenda Weskamp has been named general manager of the Scottsdale Conference Resort. Weskamp most recently served as director of operations for Promus Hotel Corporation in Phoenix, Ariz., where she oversaw the acquisition, renovation...

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