Sonesta International Hotels Corp. named Carlos Flores president and CEO,

effective next week, the company announced Thursday. An executive vice president at Sonesta since February 2012, Flores replaces retiring president and CEO Bill Sheehan. Sonesta, which currently has a portfolio of 55 properties in eight countries, has grown from three to 25 hotels in the United States since 2012, and Flores was instrumental in that growth, according to Sheehan.