Harry Sladich, president and CEO of the Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau, is resigning to become an executive with Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp. Sladich has led the CVB for five years, a tenure in which the organization’s revenues have increased by 47 percent, according to a press release announcing his resignation.

His last day at the CVB will be April 23. In early May he’ll begin his new job as executive vice president of sales and marketing at Red Lion, overseeing all aspects of sales and marketing for the hotel chain.