SEATTLE, WA—Yogi Hutsen was appointed chief operating officer of Noble House Hotels and Resorts effective Oct. 1. As COO, Hutsen will assume overall responsibility for the Nobel House Collection, which includes 12 upscale boutique resorts in the U.S., including the famed Little Palm Island Resort & Spa in the Florida Keys. He joins the hotel company after a long career at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Most recently, Hutsen was vice president of operations for Starwood’s hotel group overseeing the company’s 11 properties in Washington and Oregon. Before that, he was general manager for the 891-room Westin Seattle and general manager of the 840-room Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers.
