| State's new AT&T chief could revive franchise bill
Look for a new leader on the 21st floor of AT&T's Tennessee headquarters in the downtown tower. Gregg F. Morton is the new president of AT&T Tennessee, replacing Marty Dickens, who retires Oct. 1. Morton, 50, is a career BellSouth employee who held several legislative affairs and public relations jobs with the company in South Carolina and Washington, D.C. He previously was president of AT&T in South Carolina. AT&T bought BellSouth late last year. .
Accor North America Announces Executive Changes
DALLAS (Carrollton) | Accor North America, the largest hotel owner operator in North America, today announced key executive changes. Olivier Poirot was named CEO of Motel 6/Studio 6 and Accor North America. Poirot was previously the Accor North America chief financial officer. Georges Le Mener, Accor North America's president and CEO will retire. Jim Amorosia, Motel 6/Studio 6 chief operating officer, was named president and COO of Motel 6/Studio 6 with expanded duties including day-to-day marketing of the brand. The structure of Accor North America will change--the ANA Mexico hotels will now report to Accor Latin America and Sofitel in North America will report to Sofitel worldwide; therefore, the scope of ANA will be primarily on the economy brands in the U.S.
Chevron Promises Continued Push into Growing Retail and Exploring Alternative Fuels
DENVER, Colo. -- Promising not to rest on their laurels, Chevron North America executives told its marketers, dealers and franchisees that the best is yet to come during the oil company's biannual convention in Denver last week. "Beyond the Horizon" was the theme for the event, which attracted almost 2,500 attendees, according to a company spokesman. In the opening Town Hall session Friday morning, Danny Roden, vice president of North America marketing; Frank Herbst, general manager of the company's Eastern retail region; and Cary Knuth, Herbst's counterpart for the Western region, disclosed the company's achievements since its last convention two years ago in Nashville, Tenn., and outlined new initiatives aimed at growing marketing share in the retail arena. In addition to announcing a one-month extension (until the end of September) of its temporary credit-card fee reduction program and the imminent end of its 75-cent upfront fee on gift cards, Chevron also revealed that next year it would introduce a new co-branded credit card tied to a loyalty program.
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