Friday 13 June 2025 – Trinity Bridge Friday news briefing
We hope you have had a great week. Please see below our round-up, keeping you up to date and informed about senior people moves from across the hotel sector.
** A round-up of this week’s people moves in the hospitality sector
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Kevin Robinson has taken the role of Chief Operating Officer for Langham Hospitality Group . Kevin brings over 30 years of experience to the role, having previously held leadership roles for Westin and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
Rebecca Van Dyck has joined Airbnb as the new Chief Marketing Officer. Rebecca previously served as CMO for Meta and Levi’s as well as holding senior positions at Apple.
Current Global Head of Marketing, Hiroki Asai , moves into the new role of Chief Experience Officer.
Aahana Dhar has also taken the role of Head of Communications for India and Southeast Asia. She joins from The Coca-Cola Company where she held the role of Senior Manager, Internal & External Communications for India and Southwest Asia.
London-based Resident Hotels has announced the appointment of Julia Gosling to the newly created position of Head of Brand & Marketing. Julia joins from Hand Picked Hotels where she as been overseeing brand development, digital growth and PR for the past eight years.
Cyrus Madan has joined Accor as Director of Development, India & South Asia. Cyrus has nearly three decades of experience across hospitality management and hotel business development, holding previous key positions with brands including Lemon Tree Hotels and Atmosphere Hospitality.
Hyatt appoints Tom Beckett as Director of Development for Western Canada, responsible for aligning the group’s portfolio of brands across the region. Tom joins Hyatt after nearly a decade with HVS where he served as a Hotel Consultant.
Remington Hospitality announces the promotion of Stephen Wittman to the role of Vice President of Food & Beverage from his previous position as Area Director of Food & Beverage for the group
White Lodging has announced the promotion of Anne Tabakian to Vice President of Food & Beverage. She has been with the group since 2016, most recently serving as Corporate Senior Director of Food & Beverage.
Dreamscape Hospitality has appointed Angela Englett as Vice President of Revenue Management. She most recently served as Regional Vice President of Revenue Strategy at Aimbridge Hospitality.
Sean Flanigan takes the role of Acting Managing Director of the Elser Hotel and Vice President of Operations at Highgate . Sean previously served as Regional Vice President for AKA Hotels & Residences in Florida.
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has appointed Julie Hutchison as Hotel Manager for Macdonald, Pittodrie House. She previously held the same role at Norwood Hall Hotel.
James Ferdinando has joined London’s Zeal Hotels as Sustainable Development Lead. He joins the group from RED Construction which constructed the voco Zeal at Exeter Science Park – IHG’s first branded net-zero carbon hotel.
Four Seasons has announced two key appointments for their property in Toronto with Kristi Grotsch taking the role of Hotel Manager and Dario Mazzoli joining as Director of Food & Beverage.
Fairmont, The Palm has appointed two new directors; Stavros Fassaris joins as Director of Food & Beverage, previously serving as Director of Food & Beverage for W, Doha. And Dhavel Patel takes the role of Director of Revenue Management, joining from Hilton Worldwide where he held the role of Revenue Lead.
Accor has announced the appointment of Tarun Jewalikar as Cluster Director of Food & Beverage for Novotel, Dubai Al Barsha and Adagio Premium Dubai Al Barsha. Tarun has been with the group since 2023 and previously held the role of Cluster Food & Beverage Manager
Florian Leven has joined Gili Lankanfushi , a Maldives luxury resort, as Director of Operations. Florian most recently held the role of Director of Operations at Mia Luxury Collection in Vietnam.
Finnish hotel firm Bob W have announced the appointments of Badis Boudjakdji as Director of Real Estate for Iberia, and Renato Sciannimanico as Director of Real Estate for Southern Europe. Badis joins from co-living firm Urban Campus and Renato from private-equity company Tristan Capital Partners.
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