Marcus Hotels & Resorts Names Joseph Khairallah COO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Marcus Hotels & Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corp. (MCS) announced the appointment of Joseph Khairallah as chief operating officer or COO and Jeff Peterson as vice president or VP of operations.

Commenting on Khairallah, the company said he began a 30-year career with Hyatt Hotels in 1983 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York, N.Y. and has worked in various locations and roles for the global hospitality company. In his most recent role as vice president of rooms, spa and security for Hyatt Americas Group, Khairallah supported 383 hotels and was directly responsible for the oversight of 155 properties, playing a lead role in opening the new luxury Andaz Maui at Wailea resort in Wailea, Hawaii.

Peterson joins Marcus Hotels & Resorts with 18 years of hospitality industry experience in a variety of roles at Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He joined Hyatt in 1991 as director of finance and most recently served as vice president, corporate transactions/global asset management. Most recently, Peterson served as chief financial officer of Ticketmaster Resale, a division of Ticketmaster/Live Nation, the second largest company in the online resale ticket industry, the company noted.