by Benoit Gateau-Cumin
| The Americas |
Cornell graduate Michael Silberstein has returned to the Crowne Plaza
New York Times Square as Managing Director: He had opened the property
in 1990 � some nineteen years ago. He takes over from Asaad Farag. Silberstein
is also a former President of the (defunct) John Coleman Hotel Company,
(former) owners of the Ritz-Carlton New York, the Ritz-Carlton Washington
DC, as well as the Whitehall and the Tremont in Chicago.
Another Cornell graduate, Louis Daniel, has been appointed General
Manager of Orient-Express� La Samanna, where he replaces Bernard Sarme.
Daniel comes from Sao Paulo where he was responsible for South America
for Grupo Posadas (Fiesta Americana and Caesar Park).
Warren Francis has been appointed General Manager of the Ladera Resort,
St. Lucia. Francis, Cornell graduate, was most recently the Interim General
Manager at the Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour in the Bahamas. He
had previously served as General Manager of Cotton House on Mustique and
General Manager of the Palms in the Turks and Caicos.
Edward Mady has been appointed General Manager of the New York Palace.
For the past twenty-one years, Mady had been with Ritz-Carlton, most recently
as Vice President and General Manager for the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco.
He had previously served as General Manager of the Ritz-Carlton New York.
His first exposure to the New York Palace goes back to when he was its
Hotel Manager and the hotel was still called the Helmsley Palace.
Daniel Hostettler has been named Vice President and Managing Director
for the Ocean House at Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, slated to
open May 2010. He was most recently the Managing Director for Lajitas.
He had previously served as Managing Director at La Posada de Santa Fe
Resort and Spa and the Summer Lodge Hotel and Spa in Dorset, England.
W Hotels appointed William Bunce General Manager of the W Boston Hotel
& Residences, slated to open in September. Most recently, he served
as General Manager of the W Atlanta Perimeter. Bunce originally started
with Starwood in 1994 in the role of Executive Housekeeper for the Westin
Providence. More recently, he was the General Manager of the Sheraton Lexington
and the Sheraton Braintree.
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas has named Bob Jensch General Manager.
He was most recently at the Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott, where he served
as opening General Manager. Jensch had previously held the General Manager
position at the Nazareth Marriott, the Ledra Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton,
Rose Hall, Jamaica.
Stephen Bello has been named General Manager of Dolce Hotels and Resorts�
Lakeway Resort in Austin. He was most recently the General Manager of Hawks
Cay. He previously served as President of Classic Hospitality and General
Manager at the Madison in Washington D.C. and the Hotel Hershey. In addition,
he spent nine years with Ritz-Carlton.
Sheldon Suga is Steven Bello�s successor at the helm of Hawk�s Cay.
A native of Canada, Suga recently served as Senior Vice President and General
Manager of the 2,000-room Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center.
Dean Andrews has joined Hay Creek Hospitality as a principal Partner.
He was previously the President of the North America division of Orient-Express.
After leaving Orient Express in 2008, Andrews was briefly the President
of Santa Monica-based JRK Hospitality.
Paul Kirwin has been named President and Chief Operating Officer by
Northcott Hospitality. He had a twenty-five-year career at the Carlson
Companies, where he most recently served as President of its Americas division.
Matt Felix has been named General Manager of the Renaissance M Street
Hotel in Washington, DC. He was previously the General Manager of the Washingtonian
Center Marriott in Gaithersburg.
John Blanco is the General Manager of the Bristol Buenaventura in Panama
City. He was most recently the General Manager of Hawaii�s Kahala Resort.
Blanco also spent several years with Ritz-Carlton in various locations.
Marco Perry has moved with Joie de Vivre to open the Shorebreak Hotel
in Huntington Beach as General Manager. He had previously served as General
Manager of the Hotel Angeleno, the San Ysidro Ranch and the Heritage House
in Mendocino.
Pieter Knot has been named General Manager at Marriott�s Frenchman�s
Cove on St. Thomas. He was most recently the General Manager at Marriott�s
St. Kitts Beach Club in the British West Indies.
Alejandro Rueda has moved back on property to oversee the Condesa Hotel
in Mexico City for Grupo Habita. He has been with the group since 2001,
most recently as Strategy Manager in the Mexico City corporate office.
He previously served as General Manager for both the Hotel Deseo and the
Hotel Basico located in Playa del Carmen.
Hans Mulders has been appointed General Manager of the Seaview Resort
near Atlantic City. He was most recently with the West Paces Hotel Group
as General Manager of Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa, and the Ocean Place
Resort & Spa. Previously, he was with Noble House Hotels & Resorts
as Managing Director of the Grove Isle Club & Resort in Miami.
Joseph Dadiego has been named General Manager of the Doubletree Guest
Suites Boston. He was most recently the General Manager of the Doubletree
Hotel and Conference Center, Chicago North Shore.
Jim Morrissey has been named General Manager of the Sheraton Music
City Hotel Nashville replacing Hugh Harper, who served as the hotel's General
Manager for fourteen years before retiring last month. Morrissey was previously
a Regional Director of Sales and Revenue Management for Interstate Hotels
and Resorts.
Jacob Ascher has been named General Manager of the Hilton Newark Airport
Hotel. His most recent position was serving as opening General Manager
for the Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport Hotel in Costa Rica.
Karl Kruger has been named Vice President, Managing Director of the
Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, run by Noble House Hotels &
Resorts. Kruger was most recently the Senior Vice President of Operations
for Seattle-based Cruise West. At the Riviera, he takes over from Brett
Schoenfield.
Xavier Moulin has been promoted to the role of General Manager at the
renamed Hotel Frank in San Francisco. He joined the property, previously
known as the Maxwell Hotel, as Assistant General Manager. Previously, he
held various rooms management positions at Raffles L'Ermitage in Beverly
Hills and the St. Regis Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the Ecole Hotelière
de Lausanne.
Danna Holck has been named General Manager of the Rio Mar Beach Resort
& Spa in Puerto Rico. Most recently, Holck was the General Manager
of the Westin San Francisco Market Street.
Brett Schoenfield has been named General Manager of the Vail Cascade
Resort & Spa. He was most recently the General Manager of the Riviera
Resort & Spa in Palm Springs. He spent twelve years at the Homestead
where he had been the President since 2004, after joining as a Rooms Division
Manager. He also spent ten years with Hyatt.
Jon McGaunn has been named General Manager for the Atlantic Hotel in
Fort Lauderdale. He had previously overseen the rooms division for the
Ritz-Carlton Boston, the Ritz-Carlton Boston Common and the Ritz-Carlton
Palm Beach. Most recently, McGaunn worked with PGW based in West Palm Beach,
Fla., as managing director of the PRE Group.
Javier Egipciaco has been appointed General Manager of the GEM Hotel
Chelsea adding to his current responsibility managing the GEM Hotel SoHo.
Egipciaco was most recently managing both the GEM Hotel SoHo and the GEM
Hotel Midtown West.
In Manhattan, the GEM Hotel Midtown West has named Ashley Grogg General
Manager. She was most recently the Front Office Manager at the GEM Hotel
Chelsea.
Matthias Smith has been promoted to General Manager of Orient Express�
Keswick Hall, a property he had joined in August 2007 as Director of Operations,
following six years at the Four Seasons Wailea Maui, which he left as Director
of Food and Beverage.
Mike McNeill was promoted to Vice President, Operations, North American
Hotels and Resorts for Dolce Hotels and Resorts. He previously served the
company as Regional Vice President.
Rob Oosterhuis moves to the Four Seasons Santa Barbara as Director
of Clubs � overseeing the Montecito Country Club and Coral Casino Beach
and Cabana Club. He is returning to Four Seasons after serving as Head
Professional at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
from 2000-2003 and Director of Golf at the Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica
from 2003-2006.
Sage Hospitality has appointed Ed Baklor Divisional Vice President.
Since 1995, Baklor had been with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, most recently
as Senior Vice President, Adventures by Disney.
Dolce Hotels and Resorts has appointed Richard Maxfield Chief Operating
Officer. He was most recently the Senior Vice President of Operations for
Omni Hotels.
Nancy London has been named Westin�s new Vice President and Global
Brand Leader taking over from Sue Brush who is retiring in December after
thirty years with the company. London is currently the Vice President of
Marketing for the Westin Global Brand Team.
Nikhil Bhola has joined the Wyndham Research Triangle Park in North
Carolina as General Manager. Bhola was previously the Director of Rooms
for the Umstead Hotel and Spa.
Hugh Templeman moves to Santa Monica to oversee the Viceroy as Director
of Hotel Operations. He was most recently the Hotel Manager at the Four
Seasons Dublin. Prior to joining Four Seasons in 2003, Templeman spent
six years with Ritz-Carlton in St. Louis, Dearborn and Bali.
Desires Hotels has appointed David Moth Director of Operations. He
joined the company in 2006, and was most recently serving as General Manager
at the Strand Ocean Drive in South Beach. Moth had previously held the
position of General Manager at the Sagamore in South Beach and Interim
General Manager at the Glenn Hotel in Atlanta.
Del Mar Development has named Tracy Ford Director of Property Management
for Hacienda in Cabo San Lucas. Ford has been with Del Mar Development
since 2005, most recently with Villas Del Mar at Palmilla. He had previously
served as Director of Food and Beverage for Starwood Hawaii and Hotel Manager
for the Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa.
Dolce Hotels and Resorts has named Sarah Woodfin Wynn General Counsel.
She was most recently the Executive Vice President and General Counsel
for the Wyndham Hotel Group. Previously, she spent nineteen years with
American Express Travel Related Services Company, most recently as Vice
President and Group Counsel, Travel Divisions.
Cornell graduate Blair Vago has been appointed Chief Financial Officer
of New York City-based 3Sixty Hospitality. He was most recently the Director
of External Reporting for Clipper Windpower in Santa Barbara.
Peter Strebel was appointed Chief Revenue Officer for Dolce Hotels and
Resorts. Strebel formerly was President of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and
previously spent 10 years with Omni Hotels, most recently as Vice President,
Sales and Marketing.
Elizabeth Oliver has been named Controller for the Naples Bay Resort.
Oliver was most recently the Director of Finance for the Daufuskie Island
Resort in South Carolina. She had previously served as Controller for the
Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort and with the Adams Mark Hotel in Charlotte.
Randall Wheelis has joined the Warwick New York as Financial Controller.
He was previously with Pyramid Hotels as Regional Controller. Wheelis also
served as Controller for Tishman Hotels and Rockresorts.
Shane Bruns has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage for the
Hotel Contessa in San Antonio. He was most recently the Director of Culinary
Operations for the Treana Restaurant Development Group. He had previously
served as Director of Food and Beverage for Oro Restaurant & Bar at
San Antonio�s Emily Morgan Hotel.
Antoni Yelamos has relocated to Miami to oversee the W South Beach
as Director of Food and Beverage. For the past nine years, he had been
with Thinkfood Group in Washington, DC, most recently as Director of Development.
Mary Beth Harcarufka has been named Director of Human Resources for
the new Waldorf Astoria Orlando and the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, scheduled
to open in October. She was most recently the Director of Human Resources
for the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort.
Michael Goldrich was appointed Director of Global Web Services and
E-Commerce for Dolce Hotels and Resorts. He was most recently with Starwood
Hotels & Resorts in White Plains as Director, Interactive Marketing
Program Management-Global Web Services.
Dolce Hotels and Resorts has named Daniel Dannenmann Senior Vice President,
Brand and Development Services. He was previously with Marriott International
as Vice President of Global Training.
Paul Dolce was promoted with Dolce Hotels and Resorts to Vice President
of Conference Centers, North America. He was previously the company�s Regional
Vice President and General Manager in Hartford, Conn., and Hotel Manager
and Director of Sales and Marketing in Florham Park.
Stephen Miller has returned to Wyndham Hotels and Resorts as Senior
Vice President of Development. He had previously served in a senior development
role for more than a decade under the former Wyndham International. Most
recently, Miller was Managing Director and Chicago head for DTZ Hospitality
Group.
James Zito has been promoted to Vice President, Interactive Marketing
at the Morgans Hotel Group. He was most recently the Corporate Director,
Interactive Marketing. He had previously served in marketing roles with
Affinia Hospitality.
Meryl Kirschenberg has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing
for the Westin St. Francis and Area Director for Starwood Northern California.
She has been with Starwood since 1995, most recently serving the company
as Director of Pre-Opening Strategy and Operations, New Builds and Transitions.
The Driskill Hotel in Austin has named Brett Boreing Director of Sales
and Marketing. He was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing
for the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio. He had previously served as Director
of Sales and Marketing for the Virginia Crossings Resort, the Northland
Inn and at the Founders Inn.
Sunset Resorts in Jamaica appointed Michele Olivier Senior Vice President
Sales and Marketing. She was most recently the Vice President Sales and
Marketing for the Elegant Hotels Group.
The Chatwal New York has named Gemma Keating Director of Sales and
Marketing. She had previously served as Senior Sales Manager - International
Sales at the Waldorf=Astoria and Towers and Director of Sales and Marketing
at the Stillorgan Park Hotel in Dublin.
The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa (formerly the Ritz-Carton Huntington)
announced the appointment of Jorgen Christensen as Director of Sales and
Marketing. In 2008, he was the Director of Sales and Marketing for the
Langham Place in Beijing. He also served as Director of Sales and Marketing
for the Langham, Hong Kong.
Jim O�Connell joins the Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa as Director
of Sales. He previously spent eighteen years with Marriott International,
holding key positions at the JW Marriott in Atlanta, Marriott�s Grand Hotel
in Point Clear, Alabama, and Marriott�s Marco Island Resort. He was also
with the Gaylord Opryland.
The Abbey Resort & Spa in Wisconsin has named David Hume Director
of Sales and Marketing. He was previously the Director of Sales and Marketing
at the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort in Maryland.
Jessica Henry has been named Director of Sales and Marketing at the
Hotel Derek in Houston. She had previously served as a Sales Manager for
the Hotel Derek from 2004 to 2007 when the hotel was under different management
and rejoins the hotel from Houston's Magnolia Hotel.
Linda Cahue has been named Director of Sales and Marketing at the Wyndham
Palm Springs soon to become the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel at the Convention
Center. She was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing for the
Marriott Houston Airport.
Daemon O�Neil has been named Account Director at the Trump Soho New
York, due to open later this year. His most recent position was as Media
Account Director at the Gramercy Park Hotel.
The Elegant Hotels Group has named Michelle Luces as its new Director
of Revenue Management. She previously worked with Hilton as Regional Director
of Revenue Management and Front Office Operations for the Caribbean and
South American region.
The Four Seasons Silicon Valley has named Paul Kuhn Director of Catering.
Kuhn comes from the Hilton Boston Back Bay where he served as Director
of Catering and Event Services. He was previously with InterContinental
as Director of Catering and Conference Services of the Mark Hopkins.
Linda Poole has been named Director of Catering for the Driskill Hotel.
She was most recently overseeing catering for Ernst & Young. She had
previously worked in catering and sales for a number of hotels in the Austin
area including the Renaissance Austin Hotel, the Austin Hotel and the Austin
Marriott at the Capitol.
Craig Strong has been appointed Executive Chef of Studio, the restaurant
at the Montage Laguna Beach. For the past eight years, he had served as
Chef de Cuisine at the Dining Room at the Langham, Huntington Hotel &
Spa in Pasadena, where he earned a Michelin star. Strong had previously
served in the kitchens of the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, and the Hotel Arts
in Barcelona. At Montage, Strong takes part of the position left vacant
by James Boyce.
Douglas Dodd has joined the Montage Beverly Hills as Chef de Cuisine,
overseeing the Parq restaurant. For the past seven years, he had been with
the Hotel Bel-Air as Executive Chef. He had previously spent two years
as a Chef for the Phoenician in Scottsdale and six years at the Little
Nell in Aspen.
Victor Scargle is leaving his Executive Chef post at Go Fish in St.
Helena to become an instructor at the nearby Culinary Institute of America's
Greystone Campus in St. Helena. His past experience includes chef stints
for the shuttered Pisces in Burlingame, the Grand Cafe in San Francisco
and Julia's Kitchen in the defunct Copia.
In Berkeley, Josh Thomsen is the new Executive Chef at the Claremont
Resort and Spa, which includes Jordan's and Paragon. Thomsen had previously
served in the kitchens at Tao at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, Boa Steakhouses,
and the Lodge at Pebble Beach.
Antonio Perez has been appointed Executive Chef of the Hotel Oro Verde
Ecuador. For the past nine years, he had been with Ritz-Carlton, most recently
at the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall Jamaica. He had previously held culinary
positions for the company at the Ritz-Carlton Boston, the Ritz-Carlton
Phoenix and the Hotel Arts Barcelona.
Thierry Meissonnier has transferred to the Hilton Orlando as Executive
Chef. He has been with Hilton since 1983, most recently as Executive Chef
at the Hilton Chicago. His previous Executive Chef stints include the Hilton
Walt Disney World Resort, the Hilton Guam, and the Hilton Singapore.
The San Juan Water & Beach Club has named Israel Calderon Executive
Chef. Recently, he was Executive Chef at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral
Beach Resort in Cancun.
Kurt Zuger has been appointed Executive Chef for the Westin Westminster
in Colorado. He had been the Executive Chef at the Wigwam Golf Resort &
Spa since 2003. He previously worked at the Buttes, the Scottsdale Princess
and the Arizona Biltmore.
Mary Watson-DeLauder has signed on with Benchmark Hospitality as Chief
Wine Officer, continuing to run her own wine consulting business. This
is a return to Benchmark for Watson-DeLauder, having previously served
for fifteen years as Sommelier at the Lansdowne Resort.
Jared Heber has moved over to BLT in Los Angeles as Beverage Manager.
For the past year, he had been with Gordon Ramsay at the London in Hollywood
as General Manager. He had joined the London initially as Sommelier after
serving in similar roles for Osteria Mozza, Bouchon and the French Laundry.
The Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe has named Wendy McGowan Spa
Director of the Nidah Spa. She was most recently the Spa Manager at the
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Dagmar Woodward is back from the Middle East to take the helm of the
Jumeirah Frankfurt. She briefly was the General Manager of Dubai�s Mina
A�Salam, after being the General Manager of Paris� Royal Monceau.
Emmanuel Richardet has been appointed General Manager for the Sheraton
La Caleta Resort & Spa in Spain, taking over from Gregory de Clerck.
Richardet was most recently the General Manager at Le Méridien Dona
Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort in Portugal.
Alexandre Fougerole is the opening General Manager of the Radisson
Blue Metropolitain in Paris. He was previously in the same capacity at
the Hotel Astor Saint Honoré, also in Paris. Fougerole is also a
former General Manager of Paris� Montalembert.
Arnaud Bamvens has been appointed General Manager of the Pullman Bordeaux
(formerly the Sofitel Aquitania), taking over from Jean-Louis Goube. Bamvens
comes from the Grand Hotel Barrière in Dinard, where he spent the
past four years, after serving as General Manager of Barrière�s
Castel Marie Louise in La Baule.
Franck Brionne has been appointed General Manager of the new La Réserve
in Ramatuelle, near St. Tropez, sister property to La Réserve in
Geneva. He was previously the General Manager of Le Lana in Courchevel,
and spent nine years in various positions at the Byblos (both in St. Tropez
and Courchevel).
The Maybourne Hotel Group has promoted Mark Carnazzola to the newly
created position of Area Director of Finance, London. He was most recently
the Director of Finance at the Berkeley. He had previously served as Finance
Manager at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower, and as Regional Financial Controller
with the Australian and New Zealand Mirvac hotels.
Hilton has named James Glover Vice President, Food and Beverage, for
Europe. He is an industry veteran, who spent six years with Disneyland
Paris, after a four-year stint at the Athenaeum InterContinental Athens.
Glover previously spent fourteen years with Hilton International.
Hervé Laborde, the Director of Finance at the Four Seasons Geneva,
has been promoted to Area Director of Finance, responsible for Geneva as
well as the Four Seasons George Cinq and the Four Seasons Terre Blanche.
He had been the Controller at the Hotel des Bergues since 1999 when it
became the Four Seasons Geneva in 2005.
Joe Queen has joined Thistle Hotels as Executive Chef. He was most
recently in the same position at Craigendarroch on Royal Deeside.
Claridges�s has promoted Steve Allen to Chef de Cuisine, taking over
from Mark Sargeant who is now handling publishing and television ventures
for Gordon Ramsay. Allen was most recently the Head Chef for the hotel.
Chris Staines has joined Hampshire's Heckfield Place as Executive Chef.
He was most recently overseeing Foliage at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
The hotel may be the spot for Heston Blumenthal to open The Fat Duck�s
first London restaurant.
The Gore Hotel has appointed Ness Sekakmia as Food and Beverage Manager.
He was most recently at the Savill Court Hotel as Food and Beverage Operations
Manager.
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James McBride returns to Asia to take over as President of YTL Hotels
and Properties based in Singapore. He was most recently the Regional Vice
President and Managing Director at the Carlyle. He was previously the General
Manager for the Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur before heading to oversee the
Ritz-Carlton Georgetown and the Grosvenor House in London.
Johannes Jahns has been promoted to Director of Asia operations for
Best Western International. He was most recently Best Western's group General
Manager for the UAE.
With Oberoi, General Manager Marc Denton goes from the Oberoi Bali
to the Oberoi Rajvilas. He had originally joined the company in 2006 as
General Manager of the Oberoi Lombok.
Andrew Hendrian has been named General Manager of the Leela Palace
Kempinski Bangalore. He was most recently the General Manager at the Hyatt
Regency Dubai. He had previously overseen the Hyatt Regency Cologne, the
Grand Hyatt Dubai, and the Grand Hyatt Berlin.
The Sofitel Wanda Ningbo has appointed Mok Kok Meng General Manager.
Mok joined Accor in 2004 as Resident Manager with the pre-opening team
for the four hotels in Xi'an Renmin Square. He was most recently the General
Manager of the Grand Mercure and Mercure Teda Hotels Dalian.
Hans Hordijk returns to Asia as General Manager of the Fairmont in
Beijing. He had moved to the US last year to be Vice President of Hotel
Operations, for Echelon Las Vegas. He is also a former General Manager
of the Oberoi Rajvilas.
Mark Heywood has been named General Manager of the Marco Polo Hong
Kong Hotel. His most recent posts were as General Manager of the Shangri-La
Qingdao and at the Kowloon Shangri-La.
With Shangri-La, Siegwald Bierbaumer moves from General Manager of
the Traders Yangon to that of the Shangri-La Guilin. He originally joined
the company in 1992 as Executive Chef of the Shangri-La Golden Sands in
Penang.
Frédéric Lebègue will be the opening General Manager
of the luxe Beach House at Manafaru, a Waldorf Astoria Collection, in the
Maldives. He was previously the Director of Operations at the Hilton Maldives.
Hanno Stamm has been appointed General Manager of the Victoria Angkor
Resort & Spa. He had been at the Victoria Phan Thiet Resort & Spa
as General Manager since May 2007. He had previously held the position
of General Manager for the Victoria Chau Doc Hotel followed by the Victoria
Can Tho Resort.
Jeffrey Chan has been appointed General Manager of Tiens Sego Hotel
Tianjin, which is scheduled to open in August this year. He was most recently
the Resident Manager of the Pavilion Hotel Shenzhen.
Ronan Bianchi takes over from Hanno Stamm as General Manager at the
Victoria Phan Thiet Resort & Spa. He was most recently the General
Manager of the Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa.
Raymond Marcel Zuest takes over from Ronan Bianchi as General Manager
of the Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa. He had been at the Victoria Can
Tho Resort as General Manager since 2007.
Vo Xuan Thu has been promoted to General Manager at the Victoria Can
Tho Resort & Spa. She was most recently the Rooms Division Manager
for the resort.
Lendy Ma was promoted to General Manager of the Aqua Waikiki Beachside
Hotel. She has been with Aqua since 2004, holding the position of Hotel
Manager for the Aqua Palms & Spa and the Continental Surf Hotel.
Susan Weander was promoted to General Manager of the Equus, and the
Waikiki Marina Hotel. Most recently, Weander was Assistant Director of
Sales for the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki.
David Hopcroft has been named General Manager of the Shangri-La Eros
Hotel, New Delhi. He was most recently at the Shangri-La Fijian Resort
and Spa as General Manager.
Alessandro Cabella has joined the Marina Bay Sands project in Singapore
as General Manager for the Paiza Hotel. For the past two years, he had
been the Vice President and Resort Manager at the One&Only Ocean Club.
Francois Foulon has been named Operations Manager at Laos' Villa Maly.
He had previously served as a Corporate Sales Manager for Victoria Hotels
and Resorts and as Train Manager on the Victoria Express.
Ram Hiralal has moved as Resort Manager to the Four Seasons Bali at
Sayan. She was most recently the Resort Manager at the Four Seasons Landaa
Giraavaru. She has been with the company since 2003 serving in upper management
positions for the Regent Kuala Lumpur, the Four Seasons Langkawi and both
resorts in the Maldives.
Boris Blobel has been promoted to Resort Manager for the Conrad Maldives
Rangali Island. He was most recently the Director of Operations for the
Conrad Shanghai.
Warren Hochreiter has moved as Area Director of Finance for the Four
Seasons Maldives at Kuda Huraa and the Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa
Giraavaru, taking over from Art Davis. He was most recently overseeing
the finance department for both the Four Seasons Bali at Jimbaran Bay and
the Four Seasons Bali at Sayan.
Marlon Hirsh has transferred to the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
as Executive Assistant Manager-Rooms. He was most recently in the same
position at the Ritz-Carlton, Bali Resort & Spa.
Christian Gérart has joined the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa
in Bali as Executive Assistant Manager-Food and Beverage. He was most recently
the Food and Beverage Manager at the Oberoi, Mauritius.
Tracey Fentem has joined the St. Regis Bora Bora as Director of Sales
and Marketing. For the past year, she had been with Wymara on Turks and
Caicos as Director of Sales and Marketing. Previously, she had overseen
sales and marketing at the Hotel Derek in Houston and for Ritz-Carlton
for seven years.
Betty Lim has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the
Hard Rock Hotel Penang. She was most recently the Director of Sales at
the Parkroyal Penang.
Linda Li has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of the
Sofitel Wanda Chengdu. She was most recently the Director of Sales and
Marketing of the Sheraton Xiamen Hotel.
Lily Loo has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Sofitel
Shanghai Hyland. She was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing
for the Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao. Jade Woon has been promoted to take
over from Loo.
The InterContinental Hong Kong has appointed Marita Reyes Marcos Director
of Marketing. She previously served as Director of Sales and Marketing
at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, the Peninsula Palace Beijing and at the
Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong.
Biswo Khadka has been named Director of Revenue and Marketing at the
Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Centre. He had previously served
in sales and marketing roles for the Crowne Plaza Zhengzhou, the InterContinental
Phnom Penh and, most recently, at the Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing.
The Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio has named Janelle Cram Director of
Sales and Marketing. Most recently, Cram served as Regional Director of
Sales and Marketing for Prism Hotels, based in Dallas.
Leon Chen has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the
Kingkey Palace Shenzhen. He was most recently the Director of Sales and
Marketing for the Grand Mercure Oriental Ginza Shenzhen.
The Sanya Kempinski Spa & Resort has appointed Steven Deng Assistant
Director of Sales and Marketing. He previously worked as Director of Sales
with the Resort Golden Palm.
Rajan Viswanathan will soon assume the position of Director of Human
Resources at the Four Seasons Mumbai. He joined the company in 1997 at
what was supposed to be the Four Seasons Goa as Front Office Manager and
then moved to the Four Seasons Maldives. He also spent six years as Assistant
Director of Human resources at the Regent Singapore.
Andrew De Brito is transferring to the Four Seasons Shanghai as Director
of Food and Beverage. He comes from the Four Seasons Mumbai, after serving
in a variety of roles in the Maldives, Aviara and Langkawi.
Fabrice Huet has been promoted to the position of Executive Chef, overseeing
the Four Seasons Resort at Manele Bay, the Lodge at Koele as well as the
Golf Clubhouses at Challenge at Manele and Experience at Koele. He was
most recently serving as Executive Sous Chef after serving in the kitchens
at the Four Seasons Hualalai.
Daniela Koch has joined the InterContinental Hong Kong as Director
of Rooms. She was most recently the Director of Front Office Operations
at the Jumeirah Essex House and previously at the Madinat Jumeirah Resort
in Dubai as Guest Services Manager.
Christian Welbled has been transferred as Director of Food and Beverage
from Raffles Dubai to Raffles Singapore. Prior to joining Raffles Dubai
in September 2007 as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage, he held a
similar title at the Fairmont Dubai and the Peninsula Manila.
C.F. Leung has joined the InterContinental Hong Kong as Assistant Director
of Engineering. For the past twelve years, he had been with the Excelsior
Hong Kong as Project Engineer.
The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has appointed Anita Foss as Spa
Manager. She was most recently the Spa Director and Consultant for the
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Philip Barnes has been named Regional Vice President, United Arab Emirates
and General Manager for the Fairmont Dubai. He replaces former Fairmont
Dubai General Manager Kamal Naamani who joins the pre-opening team of the
Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai as General Manager. Barnes had previously
served as General Manager at the Fairmont Vancouver and, most recently,
as Regional Vice President, Middle East, for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts,
based in Dubai.
Jean-Marc Michel has joined Constance Resorts as General Manager of
the Ephelia Resort in the Seychelles. For the past two years, he had served
as Resort Manager for One&Only Le St. Géran. He had previously
served in upper management roles at Reid's Palace and the Carénage
Bay Resort.
Hartmut Noack has been appointed General Manager of the Best Western
Premier Creek Hotel, Dubai. He was most recently the General Manager of
the Hanoi Horizon Hotel.
Jean Pierre Chaumard has been named General Manager of Le Royal Mansour
Marrakech, set to open in November. He had previously overseen the Royal
Palm in Mauritius for twenty years and served at La Mamounia, the Royal
Evian and managed the hotel of the late Shah of Iran, the Empereur Pahlavi.
Romain Meiran, formerly at Le Meurice in Paris, joins Chaumard as Deputy
General Manager. Yannick Alléno, the Three-Michelin-Starred Chef
of Le Meurice, will be consulting for the restaurant.
Claude Rath has been named General Manager of the Mövenpick Resort
& Thalasso in Sousse, Tunisia. He was most recently at Le Méridien
Singapore, which he headed up as General Manager for the past three years.
Sun International has brought back Chris Van Dam as General Manager
of the Palace of the Lost City in South Africa. Van Dam was first appointed
General Manager of the hotel in 2004 before he moved on to the Sahara Sun
Sands and Oasis Hotel in Port Ghalib. He had previously served as Hotel
Manager for the Royal Livingstone.
Jorgen Jorgensen has been named General Manager of the Radisson Blu
in Tripoli. He previously ran the Regent Espanade in Zagreb, following
a stint as General Manager of the InterContinental Dubai.
Rutger Verschuren has been appointed as Complex General Manager for
the complex of Sheraton Tripoli Hotels and Four Points by Sheraton Tripoli
slated to open in 2010. He was most recently the Managing Director of the
Sheraton Macau Cotai Strip. Prior to this, Rutger was Vice-President of
Operations for Dusit International in Thailand for over seven years.
Brenda Le Moine has been appointed as Director of Residences for the
pre-opening of the Marriott Executive Apartments Doha City Center in Qatar.
Her previous assignments include the position of Guest Relations Manager
at the Taba Heights Marriott Beach Resort, Guest Communications Manager
at the JW Marriott Dubai and most recently as Front Office Manager at the
Miami South Beach Marriott.
Christophe Pagni has been named Resident Manager for the Grand Hôtel
du Lagon on Réunion Island. He had previously served in various
management positions for Paesotel e Caselle Resort, the Hyatt Regency Casablanca
and the Hyatt Regency Riyadh.
John Rees has been promoted to Executive Assistant Manager in charge
of Food and Beverage at the Phoenicia InterContinental. He comes from the
position of Area Director of Food and Beverage � resorts - for InterContinental
in Indonesia and Malaysia, based in Bali.
The soon-to-open Traders Hotel in Abu Dhabi has appointed Ahmed Issa
Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously served as Assistant Director
of Food and Beverage for the Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri and for the Shangri-La
Dubai.
Leo Holli has joined the Towers Rotana Dubai team as Director of Food
and Beverage. He was most recently the Food and Beverage Manager at Villa,
Rimal & Rihab Rotana.
Huda Malhas has been appointed Director of Marketing at the Four Seasons
Beirut. She was most recently in the same position at the Four Seasons
Amman after joining the hotel in 2004 as Director of Catering.
Mohamed Karara has been promoted to Director of Marketing at the Four
Seasons Amman. He joined the property in 2005 as Director of Sales after
serving as a Sales Manager at the Four Seasons Sharm El Sheikh.
Karim Fehry Fassy has joined Le Royal Mansour Marrakech as Director
of Sales and Marketing. He was previously at Emirates Palace in Dubai as
Director of Sales.
Greg Kocsis has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage at the
Four Seasons Beirut. He originally joined Four Seasons in 2000 in Newport
Beach as a Restaurant Server. He had been the Director of Food and Beverage
at the Four Seasons Gresham Palace in Budapest since August 2007.
At the soon-to-open Four Seasons Beirut, Huda Malhas has been appointed
Director of Marketing. Huda, a Canadian and Jordanian national, joined
the Four Seasons Amman in 2004 as Director of Catering. In 2007, she was
promoted to Director of Marketing.
Grace Moore is the opening Director of Human Resources at the Four
Seasons Beirut. She previously opened the Four Seasons Dublin, the Four
Seasons Hampshire and the Four Seasons Mumbai.
Gary Robinson has joined the Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri as Executive
Chef, replacing Tim Stanhope, who is now at the Pudong Shangri-La in Shanghai.
Robinson most recently held the same post at the Kowloon Shangri-La.
Holger Jackisch has been named Executive Chef at the Kempinski Hotel
Soma Bay in Egypt. He had previously served as Executive Chef for the Ritz-Carlton
Bahrain and at the Al Qasr-Madinat Jumeirah.
Daniel Nuss has left the newly opened M Resort in Las Vegas, to return
to Abu Dhabi as Executive Chef of the futuristic Yas Hotel, slated to open
by the end of the year. Nuss is also a former Executive Chef of the Luxor
in Las Vegas. His first exposure to Abu Dhabi came in 2000 when he was
the Executive Chef of the InterContinental.
At the Four Seasons San Stefano at Alexandria, Jesse Olsen has been
named Executive Chef, coming from the Four Seasons Cairo at Nile Plaza
where he had been the Executive Sous Chef since 2007. He also held a similar
position at the Four Seasons Los Angeles.
Gerald Hutteau has been appointed Executive Chef of the Mövenpick
in Sousse, Tunisia. His global career has included stints as Executive
Chef at the Regent Grand Formosa, the Sheraton Royal Orchid, the InterContinental
Sharm El Sheik and the InterContinental Bali.
Eric De Blonde was named Executive Chef at the Four Seasons Beirut.
He, who was the Executive Chef of the Four Seasons London for sixteen years,
had moved to the Four Seasons Amman in 2002 and also was the opening Executive
Chef of the Four Seasons Alexandria in February 2007.
Michel Kok has joined the Villa, Rimal and Rihab Rotana Dubai team
as the new Food and Beverage Manager. He had previously served as Assistant
Food and Beverage Manager at the Murooj Rotana Dubai.
Stan Holy has transferred to the Four Seasons Beirut as Director of
Engineering. He was most recently the Director of Engineering at the Four
Seasons Budapest. He has previously served as Director of Engineering for
the Four Seasons Prague. |
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