• Paul Eckert, the general manager of the Omni Amelia Island Plantation, was appointed president of the 2012 executive board of the North Florida Hotel & Lodging Association. He previously was GM of the Omni Jacksonville Hotel. Additional new board members include Chris Unwin of EcoLab, Scott Burgess of Enterprise Holdings, Stacy Manthos of Fairfield Inn & Suites Airport, Barry Sondern of the Omni Jacksonville Hotel, Jeffrey Oliasami of Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, Mike Wentworth of Sysco Jacksonville, Brittany Lagassee of The Inn at Mayo Clinic and 2007-08 association past President Donald Harris of Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk.
