Sealy Global Hospitality opened its first production facility in China, a 100,000-square-foot plant near Shanghai. It will manufacture bedding for both the Chinese consumer market and the country’s hospitality industry.

Bulk TV & Internet installed DIRECTV television programming in the newly renovated Fairmont Dallas. The service includes 40 free-to-guest HD channels.

Former Suburban Lodges and US Franchise Systems executive Dan Berman joined GlassRatner Advisory and Capital and senior managing director.

Textile manufacturer Welspun USA completed its acquisition of San Diego-based soft goods supplier KOJO Worldwide. The new firm will provide a “total vertical soft goods solution for the hospitality industry,” says the company.

Howard Bergen joined Paramount Lodging Advisors as an associate in the firm’s new Naples, FL office.

New vice presidents at Hospitality Staffing Solutions are Naveen Ahuja and David Valenti. Ahuja is responsible for markets in the West, while Valenti covers the Texas and Florida markets.

Robert Mitchell joined laundry systems marketer Mac-Gray Corp. as director of business development, covering the hospitality and off-campus privatized student housing markets. He joined Mac-Gray from Communications Integrators/GuestLINK.

Kimball Hospitality promoted Bob Bomholt to vice president and general manager. He joined the guestroom furnishings marketer in 2004.

Fourth-generation lighting executive Howard Baldinger formed HD Architectural Lighting. The Bronx, NY-based firm manufactures custom decorative lighting fixtures.

Key West Inns appointed Steve Belmonte as a strategic advisor to the brand and its franchising efforts. Belmonte, former president and CEO of Ramada Franchise Systems, is CEO of Hospitality Solutions LLC.

David Sjolander joined Pegasus Solutions as vice president of product management for distribution services. The former Carlson Hospitality executive most recently was senior vice president of strategy and business development for TRAVELCLICK.

Memory foam mattress manufacturer Anatomic Global hired Elaine Sink as director of customer service. She had been guest services manager and customer service manager for Marriott International.

New directors of business development at Protect-A-Bed are Linda Bill and Vicki McMullan. Bill handles the company’s western region, while McMullan covers the Northeast.

Mobile guestroom key solutions company OpenWays hired Andrew Sanders as vice president of business development. He’s held executive and sales positions with a number of hospitality software firms, including MICROS Systems, Red Sky IT and Multi-Systems, Inc.

Robert Gleason joined hotel hairdryer marketer Andis Co. as vice president of human resources. Most recently, he held the same position with Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin.

Andy Wimsatt joined CB Richard Ellis Hotels as a senior vice president in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Most recently, he was managing director of Molasses Reef, a mixed-use resort in the Turks and Caicos.

Seating manufacturer MTS hired Ken Auger as general manager of MTS Burgess, a joint venture between MTS and Burgess Furniture of the United Kingdom. He replaced Chuck Stahl, who retired in December.

New president & CEO of Amadeus is Luis Maroto, replacing David Jones in a year-long transition. Maroto, an 11-year veteran of the travel technology and transaction processing firm, had been deputy CEO.

K.C. Patel joined HFF as a director in its New York office, focusing on institutional-grade hotel and resort transactions in North America. He had been vice president of joint venture hospitality acquisitions for J.P. Morgan’s alternative property fund.

New vice president of regional sales for Superior Uniform Group is Benjamin Alpert. He had a regional director of sales in the Northeast for the firm.

Lisa Hagen is the new senior vice president/chief marketing officer for Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas. She has more than 20 years experience in sales and marketing at a variety of upscale and luxury hotels and resorts.