PARSIPPANY, NJ— Cendant Corporation’s Hotel Group today announced the appointment of Anthony Berger as group president, a newly created position responsible for overseeing the operation, performance and growth of the company’s Ramada and Howard Johnson brands. Reporting to Berger will be Paul Hanley, Ramada president, and Ken Greene, Howard Johnson president. Berger, who will report to Steven Rudnitsky, Hotel Group chairman & chief executive officer, previously was general manager & vice president of sales for the Food Service division of Kraft Foods in Glenview, IL. From 1994 to 2000 he worked for Nabisco Food Service, then based in Parsippany, NJ, in various capacities including vice president of sales. From 1987 to 1993 he was employed by Pepsi-Cola North America, Somers, NY. He joined the company as area marketing manager based in Pittsburgh. He later was promoted to senior marketing manger and in 1992 was named director of the PepsiCo Restaurant Group.
