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Yu Jin was promoted to vice president and department head of the corporate information systems and technology of Four Seasons Hotels worldwide at the beginning of 2008. Four Seasons has 76 hotels in 32 countries and plans to grow to 200 hotels by 2012. Yu Jin can be reached at Yu.Jin@fourseasons.com. When I asked her about her plans for the summer, she explained, "I will be heading to Austin for the American IT conference on June 15. I am the one hosting it. After getting back, I will go on an Alaskan cruise and to Banff for two weeks (vacation). One week after returning from vacation, I will go to Bangkok in Asia and Budapest in Europe for two regional IT conferences. By the time I get back and have a breath break, it will be the end of August. The first of September, I have to attend Hospitality CIO Summit. That's my life in the summer. All those events are in addition to my daily work."

Jocelyn BŽrard joined Nexient Learning Inc. as executive vice president, leadership and business solutions, at the beginning of the year. He is leading two of their business lines. Nexient is the largest provider of learning solutions to private and government in Canada. The two business lines he is managing have twice the revenue that he used to lead in his previous job. He can be reached at jberard@nexientlearning.com.

In the series of KS Thursday (an informal get-together held every last Thursday of the month for nine months of the year), Dan Dorsey hosted a lunch for KS alumni at his office, Canadian News Wire, on April 23. During this occasion, Dan also explained his business and why one should issue a press release, the role of Newswire, and how to effectively interact with the media. Dan Dorsey can be reached at daniel.dorsey@newswire.ca. To learn more about these events, please contact Sanjay Chadha at schadha2006@kellogg.northwestern.edu.