Sotherly Hotels Inc. announced that it has promoted Scott Kucinski to Vice President of Operations and Investor Relations. Mr. Kucinski will help oversee the company's corporate operations activities including capital markets transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, asset management, and investor relations and compliance matters. Mr. Kucinski has served as director of Investor Relations most recently.

The company also announced that it has hired David Surette as Corporate Controller. Mr. Surette will help manage the Company's financial reporting and corporate accounting functions. Mr. Surette previously served as Senior Accountant for Landmark Apartment Trust where he was primarily responsible for SEC reporting.

He is a Certified Public Accountant.