Appointments and promotions at Air Canada and Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center

Air Canada has announced it has named Mark Galardo as chief commercial officer. He has been executive vice president of revenue and network planning and president of cargo; he will retain his role as president of cargo. In addition, the carrier promoted Mark Nast, executive vice president of marketing and digital and president of Aeroplan, the airline’s loyalty program, to COO. Finally, Craig Landry will assume the role of chief innovation officer and president of Aeroplan; he has been COO.

Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center has named Scott Siebert as general manager, Joy Lynch as director of group sales and Russ Mitchell as director of sales and marketing. Located 10 miles from San Diego, the property has 1,600 rooms and 477,000 square feet of event space.  It is scheduled to open May 15.