Wyndham Hotels and Resorts announced the appointment of Danna Holck as general manager of the 600-room Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG reported an operating loss of 44 million euros in the traditionally tough first three months of 2009. In the current business, year the biggest German airline was not able to live up to its record success of the previous year, due to a world-wide depression as well as the on-going poor economic climate.

Two Princess ships will sail to the Caribbean during summer 2010, more than doubling the line’s capacity for the season. Passengers will have the option of five itinerary choices, as well as sailings from New York and Florida.

PhoCusWright has added Jake Fuller as senior analyst, finance and analytics. Fuller brings 15 years of financial expertise in the area of travel and hospitality. He will head the development of The PhoCusWright Research Subscription: Financial Edition, lead related research projects and assist with conference activity associated with travel finance.

The Leading Hotels of the World has accepted the following new member hotels: the 150-room Hotel Villa Magna in Madrid; the 229-room PuLi Hotel and Spa, to open in Shanghai this summer; the 188-room Elysian in Chicago, set to open in July; the 150-room The Mark hotel in New York City, which will soon reopen after a renovation; and the 320-room Tivoli Sao Paulo-Mofarrej.

The Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) recently elected a new executive committee headed by Frank Comito of the Bahamas Hotel Association at its annual Leadership Conference during the ARDA Convention earlier this month in Orlando.