Elizabeth DeLaurentis, IIDA, LEED AP, joined the Orlando office of VOA Associates … HVScompass and JN+A recently finished the first phase of the guestroom renovation at the historic Willard InterContinental in Washington D.C. … Wilson Associates named Hemanshu Parwani as its chief financial officer … IHG has again partnered with Savannah College of Art and Design to create Candlewood Suites’ new guestroom décor. A similar graduate program led to Staybridge Suites makeover last year … The Peabody Orlando is nearing the end of a $450-million expansion set to open later this month, which includes the renovation of current guestrooms and a new tower with 750 rooms. When complete, the hotel will have 1,641 rooms and 300,000 sq. ft. of meeting space … BBG-BBGM recently promoted Clark Anderson to principal of the Scottsdale office, Stephen Luk and Tony Machado to senior associates and Daphne Wu to business development manager … Stonehill & Taylor Architects in New York won a competition to redesign the Hilton New York, with renovations on the first 500 rooms scheduled to begin next year and the remainder in 2012 … The Hilton Anatole in Dallas and EDG Interior Architecture + Design is set to unveil a renovation of it Atrium II space this fall highlighted by a large-scale kinetic sculpture suspended 50 feet overhead … The Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference returns to Miami Beach Sept. 14-15.