NEW YORK— HOTEL BUSINESS® has learned Nir Margalit, former vp-general counsel for Best Western International, has joined forces with former Carlson Hotels Worldwide president/COO Eric Danziger in Danziger’s latest venture, zipRealty, an Emeryville, CA, Internet real estate transactions service near San Francisco. Danziger left the Minneapolis, MN-based Carlson Cos. division in May 2001. Margalit, who is serving as vp/general counsel, exited Best Western at the end of August, following the departure of Jim Evans, BW’s president/CEO. Evans vacated his office August 30, three months shy of his two-year contract expiring in November, after announcing his resignation to the board of directors earlier in August.— Stefani C. O’Connor
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