Virtuoso has named Lori Kresse vice president of hotels and resorts.

Lori Kresse
Kresse was most recently senior vice president of client service and integrated marketing at New York-based agency Spherical. There, she worked with hotel and hospitality clients like Aman, Proper Hotels and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. Before that, she was an account manager at Huge and iCrossing/Hearst, working with brands like Google, Hilton and Marriott.
At Virtuoso, Kresse reports to Rakesh Dewan, vice president of global partner relations. Her main focus is overseeing the travel agency network's hotel program, Virtuoso Hotels & Resorts, and the team that works with Virtuoso's preferred partners.
She is based in New York.