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Featuring: December 2010.

THE AMERICAS

Interstate Hotels & Resorts has named both Martin Reid and Edward Blum Executive Vice President Development and Acquisitions. Reid had previously served in similar positions with Cheswold Real Estate Investment Management, and Thayer Lodging Group. Blum was most recently with Molinaro Koger and previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance for Europe at Wyndham International.

Loews Hotels has appointed Troy Furbay as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions & Developments. He had most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Kimpton Hotels.

Peter Engel has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer for Marcus Hotels and Resorts. He had joined the company in 2004 as Director of Technology.  

Michael Kohler has been named Senior Counsel for the Marcus Corporation. Prior, Kohler was an associate at Foley &
Lardner in Milwaukee.  

Cornell graduate Robert Cima is taking over as General Manager and Regional Vice President at the Four Seasons Vancouver. He ends the short hiatus he took after serving in the challenging role of General Manager of the now former Four Seasons Aviara. He had previously served as Hotel Manager for the Ritz-Carlton Chicago and General Manager at the Four Seasons Philadelphia.

Lausanne graduate Julien Carralero has been named opening General Manager for the Four Seasons Baltimore, expected to open in late 2011. For the past nine years, he had been serving as General Manager of the Four Seasons Gresham Palace Budapest. He had previously served as Resort Manager at the former Four Seasons Aviara and Hotel Manager at the Four Seasons George V. Prior to joining Four Seasons in 1998, he had spent ten years with Ritz-Carlton.

Rebeca Selley is now the General Manager at the Four Seasons Buenos Aires. She has been with the company for fifteen years and was most recently at the Four Seasons Mexico City as General Manager.

Ricardo Acevedo has moved to the Four Seasons Mexico City as General Manager. He was most recently at the Four Seasons Miami in the same position.

Simon Pettigrew takes over from Acevedo at the Four Seasons Miami as General Manager. He was most recently at the Four Seasons Vancouver as General Manager.

Colin Clark has returned as General Manager to Four Seasons Palm Beach. For the past three years, he had been the General Manager of the Four Seasons Hampshire. His first stint in Palm Beach was as Resort Manager from 2003 to 2007.

MGM Resorts International has promoted Corey Sanders to Chief Operating Officer. A sixteen-year MGM Veteran, he served as Chief Operating Officer of MGM Resorts, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations of the MGM Grand Las Vegas.

Former Mirage President Scott Sibella takes over from Gamal Aziz as President and Chief Operating Officer of the MGM Grand Las Vegas, while Felix Rappaport, the former President of the Luxor and the Excalibur, becomes President of the Mirage.

Former Mandalay Bay President Renée West will move to the Luxor and Excalibur as President, and Chuck Bowling, the former Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has been named President of Mandalay Bay.
 
MGM Resorts also announced that George Corchis, the current President of the company's Mississippi operations, has been promoted to president of MGM Resorts' regional properties. MGM Grand Senior Vice President of Marketing Steve Zanella will take over as General Manager of the MGM Grand Detroit.

Cornell graduate Ilan Segal is now at the Standard Miami as General Manager. He was most recently the General Manager for the Gansevoort South Hotel and Residences. At the Standard, Segal takes over from Matthew Pargament, who has left the company.

Helmut Knipp has been named Senior Vice President Development North America for Langham. He had previously served as Managing Director at CCA International, and General Manager at the Capital Hilton Hotel.

R. Michael King has rejoined the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach as General Manager. He had previously spent over twenty years with the company including the post of General Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Denver and the Ritz-Carlton Cleveland. He was most recently serving as opening General Manager of the Waldorf Astoria Orlando.

Davide Barnes will transition to the Four Seasons Austin as Hotel Manager before taking on a General Manager position still in development. Barnes was most recently the General Manager for the Four Seasons Prague.

Scott Butera has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprises. Butera was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana Entertainment, and had served as Chief Operating Officer of the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino Las Vegas, and Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts.

The InterContinental Dallas has appointed Scott Blakeslee General Manager. He had previously served as Vice President of Strategic Business Development for the Palms Casino Resort and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Harmon Hotel, Spa and Residences, both in Las Vegas.

Steven Parker has been named General Manager of the Langham in Pasadena, the former Ritz-Carlton Huntington, replacing Martin Nicholson. Parker was most recently the General Manager of the Millenium Biltmore, following an international career with InterContinental.

Ronald Hulsey has returned to Ritz-Carlton as General Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Club, St. Thomas. He had previously served as opening Director of Residences at the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, before taking on his most recent position as General Manager for the Cibolo Creek Ranch Resort.

Rockwood Capital has named Antonio Lariño Director, Hotels, based in White Plains. Most recently, Lariño was a Managing Director at Westmont Hospitality. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, most recently as Senior Vice President – Americas, Full Service Development.

Vail Resorts has appointed Bill Rock Chief Operating Officer of the Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort. Since 2005, he had been with Intrawest's Snowshoe Mountain Resort as President and Chief Operating Officer. He had previously served as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of the Durango Mountain Resort in Colorado.

Robert Purdy has moved up to the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa as General Manager. He was most recently the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. Purdy had previously served as Resident Manager of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.

Barbara Readey has been named General Manager of the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay. Most recently, she held the title of Area General Manager of the Denver Marriott Tech Center and had previously served as General Manager at the Renaissance St. Louis.

Anthony Covino has been appointed General Manager of the Four Points by Sheraton Norwalk. He was most recently the General Manager of the SpringHill Suites by Marriott Waterford.

Andy Loges has been appointed General Manager of the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites. Most recently, he spent six years as General Manager of the Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville.

Jeffrey Oliasami has been named General Manager of the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in Florida. He was most recently with the Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center as General Manager. He had previously served for fourteen years as General Manager of the Sawgrass Marriott.

Scott Thomas is now in McCall, Idaho with the Whitetail Club as Managing Director. He had previously served as General Manager at the Sonnenalp Golf Club in Vail and held positions at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles.

The JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown has named Andy Seal Resident Manager. He had previously served as General Manager at the Birmingham Marriott, and the Embassy Suites Columbus Dublin.

The Pelican Hill Resort has appointed Donald Stamets Resident Manager. He had previously served as Hotel Manager of the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach and the Ritz-Carlton South Beach.

Lindsay Williams has been promoted to Director of Finance and transferred to the Four Seasons Seattle. She was most recently serving as Assistant Director of Finance at the Four Seasons Chicago.

Alan Lawley has joined Villa Del Mar Turks & Caicos as Development Director and Operations Manager. He was most recently with Pacrim Hospitality and had previously served as General Manager and Director of Operations of the Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park.

Hilton Worldwide has named William Kornegay Senior Vice President, Supply Management based in McLean. He was most recently with Godiva Chocolatier as Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain.

Lawrence McFadden has been named Vice President, Food and Beverage, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, taking over from Alexandre Gaudelet. McFadden joins MGM with a lifetime of experience with Ritz-Carlton, which most recently included the positions of Corporate Executive Chef and those of Hotel Manager and Director of Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Naples.

Guillaume Paupy has moved to Buenos Aires as Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage, for the Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt. For the past two years, he had been with the Four Seasons Singapore as Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously overseen food and beverage for the Grand Hyatt São Paulo.

Marco Zanolari has been named Director of Food and Beverage at the Beverly Wilshire. He was most recently with the Four Seasons Doha as Director of Food and Beverage.

Laurent Lala has joined the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia as Director of Food and Beverage. For the past five years, he had been overseeing food and beverage operations at the Georgetown Club.

Michael Blaksteen has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage at La Torretta Lake Resort and Spa. He was most recently in the same role for the Makena Beach & Golf Resort in Hawaii.

Lorenzo Mietitore has been promoted to Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Punta Mita. He joined the resort in 2006 as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously served as Director of Restaurants for the Four Seasons Canary Wharf. In Punta Mita, he replaces Miguel Carvalho who has left the company.

Mie Young Reed has moved over as Director of Human Resources to the JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown. She was most recently the Director of Human Resources at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown.

The Wyndham Hotel Group has appointed Gareth Gaston Senior Vice President, Global E-Commerce. He most recently served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for Octopus Travel, based in London.

Michael Doneff has joined Canyon Ranch in Tucson as Chief Marketing Officer. He was most recently the Vice President Marketing at the Viceroy Hotel Group and had previously overseen marketing for SBE.

The Four Seasons Nevis has named Joe LaBreche Director of Marketing, based in New York. He was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing at the Four Seasons Chicago and had previously overseen sales and marketing for the Hard Rock Chicago.  

John Clifford has been appointed Senior Director of Marketing at Delaware North Corporation in their Parks and Resorts Division, based in Fresno. Clifford is a former Vice President of Resort Operations for the Centex Hospitality Group.

Jennifer McMahon has moved as Regional Director of Sales for Interstate Hotels and Resorts, based in Boston. For the past five years, she had been with Interstate as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square. She had previously overseen sales and marketing for the Nine Zero Hotel in Boston and the Muse in New York.

Peter Bruyere has joined the Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver as Director of Sales and Marketing. He had previously served in sales and marketing management roles for the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, the Four Seasons Vancouver and Vancouver's Sutton Place Hotel.

Barceló Hotels & Resorts has appointed Stephanie Eppler Director of Meeting and Incentive Sales, based in Dallas. She was most recently the Director of Global Sales for Kempinski Hotels. Eppler had previously served in sales management positions for the Morgans Hotel Group, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham and Hilton.

Alexis Roberts has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa in Bermuda. She had served as Manager of Marketing, Sales and Research for the Bermuda Hotel Association for the past six years.

Elizabeth Grillos is now in Los Angeles as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Standard Downtown LA. She was most recently with Joie de Vivre as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hotel Los Gatos and Spa. Grillos had previously overseen sales and marketing for the Clift San Francisco.

The Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort has appointed Steve Koth Account Director for Canada and the Northeast United States based in Toronto. For the past four years, he had served as Canada Meeting and Incentive Group Sales Manager for SuperClubs Resorts.

Stephen Deucker has returned to Florida with his transfer to the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island as Director of Sales and Marketing. He had previously overseen sales and marketing for the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota before taking on his most recent role as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain.

Linda Schilling has been named Associate Director of Sales with Rosewood for Little Dix Bay and Jumby Bay, based in New York. She had previously overseen travel industry sales for Noble House Hotels and Resorts and the Fairmont Miramar Santa Monica.

Denihan Hospitality Group has appointed Katie Meyer to the newly created role of Vice President, Public Relations. She was most recently Vice President of Corporate Communications for Hyatt Hotels. Meyer had previously held key public relations roles for Starwood.  

Dan Howard has been named Director of Public Relations for the Montage Deer Valley, opening this month. He had previously managed media relation efforts for the Beverly Hills Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Napa Valley CVB, in addition to serving as Development Director for the San Francisco CVB.

Margaret Rosen has been appointed Director of Catering Operations for the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa. She was most recently the Director of Catering and Conference Services at the Jumeirah Essex House in New York City.

The JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown has hired Raymond Gilbertson as Director of Event Management. He had most recently held a similar role for the Rio Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Sara Johannes steps in to take over from David McIntyre at Wolfgang Puck's WP24 atop the Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles. McIntyre has relocated to London to open a branch of CUT in the Dorchester. Johannes, a Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group vet since 2005, has worked for Puck's Minneapolis restaurant 20.21 and, most recently, at his Dallas restaurant Five Sixty.

The Michelangelo New York has appointed Andres Julian Grundy Executive Chef. Prior to his new position, Grundy also served as Chef de Cuisine at Ken Oringer's Clio for three years and most recently at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon at the Four Seasons New York.

Christopher Lee has left Charlie Palmer's Aureole where he had been the Chef since January 2009. His successor is Christophe Bellanca, most recently of the BLT Group, and formerly of Le Cirque and L'Orangerie. Lee, who had built his name (and Michelin standing) at Gilt at the New York Palace, had also been the Chef at Striped Bass in Philadelphia and Oceana in New York.

Michael Voltaggio will open his new restaurant, Ink, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood early next year. Voltaggio is a Top Chef winner and, most recently, overseeing the Dining Room at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena. Dining Room colleague, Josh Goldman, will follow Voltaggio over to Ink as Sommelier.

Sheridan Su has been named Executive Chef at Comme Ça in the soon to open Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. He had previously served as Executive Chef at Social House and held culinary roles at Wazuzu in Encore and Joel Robuchon at The Mansion, both in Las Vegas.

Benjamin Bailly has moved to Fraîche in Culver City as Executive Chef. For the past year, he had been overseeing the kitchen at Petrossian in West Hollywood. He had previously served as Sous Chef at the Las Vegas outpost of L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon inside the MGM Grand.

Yann Giacomoni has been named Executive Chef at Jumby Bay in Antigua. For the past two years he had served as Executive Chef at the St. Regis Punta Mita. Giacomoni also served four years as Executive Chef of Le Méridien Cancun.

Craig Shelton has been named Executive Chef and Managing Partner of the Inn at Dos Brisas. He was previously Chef and Owner of the Ryland Inn in Whitehouse, New Jersey.

Nathan Rich has joined the Lake Placid Lodge as Executive Chef. He was most recently in Boston, overseeing Asana at the Mandarin Oriental and had served as Garde Manger Chef at the Taj Boston.

David Noto has been named Executive Chef for the Omni Bedford Springs Resort. For the past seven years, he had served as Executive Chef at the Dallas Lincoln Center.

Alan Ashkinaze has moved to Millesime in New York as Chef de Cuisine. He was most recently at the Warwick New York Hotel as Executive Chef. He had previously served in the kitchens for the Waldorf=Astoria and the St. Regis Monarch Beach.

Paul Krawic has been named Executive Chef at the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa. He was most recently the Executive Chef at the Westin Providence.

Jason Weaver returns to Texas as Executive Chef at La Torretta Lake Resort and Spa. He had previously served as Executive Chef at the Adolphus in Dallas and most recently at the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas.

The Renaissance Pittsburgh has named Dean Gress Executive Chef. He most recently worked with the Sage Restaurant Group in Pittsburgh, where he served as a Task Force Executive Chef. Previously, he had served as Food and Beverage Director at the Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport and as Executive Chef at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas Market Center.

The Four Seasons Las Vegas has appointed Shane Kelly Spa Director. He comes from the Bellagio Resort Spa where he had been the Spa Manager since 2006.  

San Miguel de Allende's Hotel Matilda has named Claudia Sierra Spa Director. She had previously served in spa management positions at the St. Regis Mexico City and the Tides Riviera Maya.

EUROPE

Yves Giacometti has moved as General Manager for the Four Seasons Gresham Palace Budapest. He has been with the company for over twenty five years and for the past seven years had served as General Manager of the Four Seasons Buenos Aires and the Four Seasons Carmelo.

René Beauchamp is returning to his post as General Manager of the Four Seasons Prague, taking over for Davide Barnes. Beauchamp was previously the General Manager for the hotel from 2002 to 2008, before moving to his most recent post at the Four Seasons Provence at Terre Blanche.

Award-winning Chef and Restaurateur Raymond Blanc, the founder of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Great Milton, has been named Vice President by its equity partner Orient Express (who bought Richard Branson's shares in Le Manoir a few years ago). As expected, his role will be mostly of a culinary nature with Orient Express' properties worldwide.

Forte dei Marmi's Principe Hotel & Spa has named Andrea Luri General Manager. He was most recently overseeing the Castello del Nero Hotel & Spa.

London's May Fair Hotel has named Anthony Lee General Manager. He had previously served at the Connaught Hotel for thirty one years.

Edith Gerhardt takes over from Lothar Quarz as General Manager of the Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg. She was most recently the Hotel Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Berlin and had previously served as Director of Rooms for the opening of the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong.

Jurgen Sutherland is the new General Manager at the Hilton London Heathrow Airport. He had previously been in Prague with the Corinthia Towers Hotel as General Manager.

Sarah Davidson has been appointed General Manager of the Caledonian in Aberdeen. She was most recently in a similar role at Thistle's Brands Hatch property in Kent.

Sébastien Valentin has joined Accor as Senior Vice President, Financial Communications and Investor Relations. He was most recently with Société Générale's equity research team as Senior Analyst in charge of hotels and leisure.

Gianluca Sparacino has been promoted with Four Seasons to Corporate Director of Food and Beverage for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, based in Geneva. He was most recently serving as Resort Manager for the Four Seasons Dallas after serving as Hotel Manager at the Four Seasons Houston. He had previously been the opening Director of Food and Beverage at the Peninsula Bangkok.

Stephan Van Tilburg has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage at Hotel de L'Europe in Amsterdam. He had previously served in food and beverage management positions at the Sheraton Shenyang Lido, the St. Regis Singapore and the Merrion in Dublin.

CHI Hotels & Resorts has named Brian Pratt Senior Vice-President for Distribution, Loyalty Programs, Partnerships and Management Information Systems, based in Malta. He had previously served in tech related positions for Starwood, Bank of Boston and the Ford Motor Company.

Dolce Hotels and Resorts has promoted Karine Pinson to Regional Director of Sales and Marketing for Europe. She was previously the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Dolce Chantilly outside Paris. She had previously held sales roles for the Hotel Concorde St. Lazare and the Hotel Concorde La Fayette, both in Paris.

Stephanie Greger has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Rocco Forte Collection's Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily. She was most recently the Director of Sales for Starwood's Hotel Cala di Volpe, the Hotel Pitrizza, the Hotel Romazzino and the Hotel Cervo.

PRCo has appointed Pippa Isbell Chief Executive. She is the former Vice President, Corporate Communications for Orient-Express Hotels in London.

Amber Aldred has joined the Ritz London as Public Relations Manager, reporting to Director of Marketing and Development, Ruth Jones. Aldred was most recently with the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group as Advertising Manager.

Amsterdam's Hotel De L'Europe has named Richard van Oostenbrugge Executive Chef. His most recent stint was at Restaurant Envy on the Prinsen Canal in Amsterdam.

Michal Dedera has been promoted to Director of Rooms and joined the Four Seasons Canary Wharf. He was most recently serving as Assistant Director of Rooms at the Four Seasons Prague.

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Andrew Harrison has been appointed General Manager at the Four Seasons Mumbai. For the past three years, he had been General Manager at the Four Seasons Mauritius. He had previously served as General Manager at the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, and Resort Manager at the Four Seasons Palm Beach and the former Four Seasons Aviara.

John Shigely, until now the Executive Vice President of the MGM Grand Las Vegas, has been tapped to spearhead MGM Resorts' gaming interests in Asia, primarily in Macau.

Mikael Svensson has moved to the Hyatt Canberra as General Manager. He had previously served in the same position for the Hyatt Regency Hua Hin.

Swiss-Belhotel International has promoted William Vincent to Regional Director of Operations and Projects. He was most recently the General Manager of the Golden Palm Tree Sepang in Malaysia.

Pascal Prigent has been named General Manager of the Golden Palm Tree Sepang, taking over from William Vincent. He was most recently with Universal Resorts in the Maldives, overseeing both the Velassaru Resort and the Kurumba Resort. Prigent had previously been on Mauritius, overseeing the Anahita Residences and Villas, the Beau Rivage and the Paradis Hotel.

Joerg Boeckeler has transferred as General Manager to the InterContinental Melbourne Rialto. He was most recently in the same position at the InterContinental Düsseldorf after a stint overseeing the InterContinental Berchtesgaden.

Raed Rabie has been appointed General Manager of the Evason Ma'In Hot Springs and Six Senses Spa. He was most recently at the Hilton Sharm Dreams Resort as Director of Operations and previously served as Regional Director of Sales (Egypt) for Hilton International based in Cairo.

Susan Noonan has been appointed General Manager for the Six Senses Con Dao, opening in Vietnam this month. She was most recently at the Six Senses Yao Noi in Thailand as General Manager.  

Cheah Chin Kim has been named General Manager of the ParkRoyal Serviced Suites Kuala Lumpur. She was most recently the General Manager of the ParkRoyal Serviced Suites Singapore. She had previously served as General Manager of the Fraser Place Langsuan in Bangkok.

Stephen Alexander has been named General Manager of the Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel in Shanghai. He was most recently based in Hong Kong with Regal and had previously opened the Regal Jinfeng Pudong in Shanghai.

Danny Yeo Jin Chuan has been appointed General Manager of the Sofitel Dongguan Royal Lagoon and the Sofitel Dongguan Golf Resort. He had previously served as Hotel Manager for the Sofitel Xi'an on Renmin Square.

Makram Najjar has been named General Manager of the Swiss-Belhotel Doha, taking over from Michel Sursock. Najjar was most recently the General Manager of the Holiday Inn Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia.

Rizal Sultoni has been named General Manager the Arion Swiss-Belhotel Bandung in Indonesia. He had previously served as Director of Food and Beverage for the Hotel Ciputra Jakarta.

Indra Siswanto has been appointed General Manager at the Swiss-Belhotel Silae in Palu, Indonesia. He was most recently the General Manager of the Mitra Hotel in Bandung and previously served as Director of Sales at the Swiss-Belhotel Borneo.

Swiss-Belhotel International has appointed Terence Yan Vice President – Finance and Administration. He comes from the Hong Kong Parkview Group where he spent thirteen years, most recently as Group Financial Controller of the Beijing Parkview Green.

Hanoi's Metropole has appointed Max Binda Resident Manager. He was most recently the Director of Rooms at the Mandarin Oriental Marrakech.

The Four Seasons Koh Samui has named Lubosh Barta Resort Manager. He started with the company six years ago at the Four Seasons Bangkok as Director of Food and Beverage, before taking on his most recent role as Resort Manager at the Four Seasons Chiang Mai in 2007.

Sebastian Hinsch has transferred to the Four Seasons Hualalai as Director of Food and Beverage. Since 2008, he had been in a similar position at the Four Seasons Houston. He had previously held food and beverage management positions with Four Seasons in Jackson Hole, Sydney and at the Pierre.

Matt Sutter has joined the Peninsula Tokyo as Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously overseen food and beverage at the Capella Singapore, the Hyatt on the Bund and the Park Hyatt Seoul.

Chris Glaessel has moved as Executive Assistant Manager Food and Beverage to the Fullerton in Singapore. He was most recently in the same position for the Pudong Shangri-La.

Timothy Stanhope steps in for Glaessel in his new role as Director of Food and Beverage at the Pudong Shangri-La. He was most recently serving the hotel as Area Executive Chef and has been with the company for over ten years.

Demeiter Vaubell has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for the Six Senses Con Dao. Vaubell was most recently the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Six Senses Zighy Bay in the Sultanate of Oman.

Goh Tee Kay has been appointed Director of Sales for the ParkRoyal Serviced Suites Kuala Lumpur. He was most recently the Director of Sales at the Doubletree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur.

Matias Martinez has moved as Executive Chef to the Banyan Tree Macau. He was most recently serving in the same position for the Banyan Tree Mayakoba.

Thomas Bähner is the new Executive Chef at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. He had previously served as Executive Chef at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, the Grand Hyatt São Paulo and the Grand Hyatt Amman.

Robert Blackborough has joined the Pudong Shangri-La as Executive Chef. He was most recently in a similar role for the Dubai Atlantis Hotel Palm Jumeirah.

Frédéric Meynard has joined the Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa as Executive Chef. He was most recently the Executive Chef at the Hilton Hanoi Opera. He had previously served in culinary roles for the Sofitel Metropole Hanoi and the Sofitel Wanda in Beijing.

The Kowloon Shangri-La has appointed Peter Ng as Executive Chinese Chef for Shang Palace. He was most recently the Executive Chef for the Hong Kong Golf Club.

The Six Senses Con Dao has named Richard Lee Executive Chef. He was previously the Executive Chef for the Evason Ma'In Hot Springs & Spa Jordan.

Elizabeth Baxter has joined the Six Senses Con Dao as Rooms Division Manager. She was most recently the Revenue Manager for the pre-opening team at Evason Ma'In Hot Springs & Spa in Jordan.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

Accor Middle East has appointed Tristan Beau DeLomenie as General Manager Hotels. He had previously overseen Accor Thailand and Accor Denmark.

Camilla Guyatt is the new General Manager of Kasbah Tamadot in Morocco. She comes from Cotton Bay Village in the Turks and Caicos. At the Kasbah, she takes over from Kenton and Leesa Jones, who now head sister Virgin property Necker Island, replacing longtime Necker Island management couple Gordon Overing and Nathalie Gingrass who have left the group.

Eric Pere has joined the Corinthia Palace in Tripoli as General Manager. He was most recently serving as Development Director for Orient Express. He had previously held the post of General Manager at the Bora Bora Lagoon Resort, an Orient Express property.

Philippe Belhay has been named General Manager for the Winter Valley Dead Sea by Swiss-Belhotel in Jordan. He had previously served as General Manager for the Hertfordshire Golf & Country Manor House & Spa and Le Royal Hammamet Resort & Spa.

Lothar Quarz has transferred as General Manager to the Ritz-Carlton Dubai International Financial Centre. He was most recently in the same position at the Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg.

Nick Yarnell has been promoted to Hotel Manager and has joined the Four Seasons Marrakech. He was most recently in Paris at the Four Seasons George V as Director of Rooms.

The Four Seasons Marrakech has named Tiago Castro Director of Food and Beverage. He was most recently with the Four Seasons des Bergues in Geneva as Director of Food and Beverage. He had previously served as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Ritz Lisbon and at the Grand Hyatt São Paulo.

Christophe Chabaud has moved as Director of Food and Beverage to the Four Seasons Sharm El Sheikh. He was most recently the Director of Food and Beverage with the Four Seasons Hualalai. Chabaud had previously served as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Palm Beach.

Philippe Seguin is Vice President, Sales and Distribution for Accor Middle East. He joined the company in 2002 and, since 2006, had served as Vice President Sales and Marketing for Accor Hospitality Egypt, based in Cairo.

Hilton Worldwide has appointed Emma Corcoran Director, Corporate Communications, Middle East and Africa. She was most recently with InterContinental as Global Communications Director.

Christophe Gillino is returning to Marrakech to join the Four Seasons Marrakech as Executive Chef. He had previously served as Executive Chef at La Mamounia, before taking on his most recent role with the Four Seasons Nile Plaza in Cairo as Executive Chef.

The Grand Millennium Al Wahda in Abu Dhabi has named Gus Moustakas Executive Chef. He had held various culinary positions with the InterContinental Abu Dhabi and the Al Bustan Palace Hotel Muscat.

The Burj Al Arab hotel has named Mansur Memarian Chef de Cuisine for Al Mahara. He had previously earned a Michelin star at both Jagdhof Glashutte and the Pavilion restaurant in Innsbruck, Austria.

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