Newsletter 26 May 2023 (copy 01)

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26 May 2023

** a round up of this week’s people moves in the hospitality sector
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Rolf Lippuner returns to hotel operations as General Manager of Fairmont Riyadh after a stint as acting CEO of AIUla Development Company.

Crowne Plaza Kochi has promoted Tittu Koikkaran to Director of Sales & Marketing. Tittu was previously Director of Sales.

Andaz Delhi has announced the appointment of Prriti Paayal as the New Director of Marketing & Communication. Prriti previously worked at Suridhi Commercial Infra Private Ltd in Leasing & Marketing.

Grant McKegney appointed Director, Technology at Coast Hotels Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of APA Hotel Canada. Grant joins from Canadian North Airlines where he served as Director of Information Technology.

Yoav Gery announced as Chief Development Officer for Viceroy Hotels & Resorts. Yoav most recently served as President of Knotel.

Zien Group, parent company of Eden Hotels, has announced the appointment of Rosalind Chan as their new Director of Marketing. Rosalind joins from LabTech Group where she was Chief Marketing Officer.

Jose Luis Duran Sanles to join Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel as General Manager. Jose was previously at Anantara Siam as Hotel Manager.

Frederic Kolde steps into the role of Hotel Manager at Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel after previously serving as Resort Manager at Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort.

Anantara Eastern Mangroves introduces big leadership changes with six new appointments. These include Akram Al Ameer, General Manager; Rahil Khan, Director of Sales & Marketing, Nicola Mandolini, Operations Manager; Frederico Villoni, Executive Chef; Bernhard Kolsch, Director of People & Culture and Ali Jani, Marketing & Communications Manager.

Robert Whitfield joins Auberge Resorts as Area Vice President. Robert was mostly recently Managing Director of the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort & Spa, California.

Dev Thakur has been appointed Director of Food & Beverage at JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar.

Remington Hotels Dallas have announced the promotion of Keith Oltchick to Chief Development Officer. Keith was previously Executive Vice President of Business Development.

Patricia Carre has been elevated to the position of Hotel Manager at Fairmont Washington. Previously, Patricia served as Director of Operations.

Holiday Inn Agra has announced the appointment of Priti Thakur as Director of Sales & Marketing. Her previous role was as the Director of Sales at the Taj Madikeri Resort & Spa in Coorg.

Rahul Singh to become the new Director of HR at Grand Hyatt. Rahul joins from Hyatt Regency Mumbai where he held the role of Director of Human Resources.

Three new appointments announced by The Jumeirah Group. Ermanno Zanini has been appointed Regional Vice President for Southern Europe & the UK; Christina Sancenon is General Manager of the Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa; and Gianluca Priori has been appointed General Manager of The Carlton Tower Jumeirah and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel.

Ika Pranoto appointment Director of Food & Beverage and Catering Sales at Four Seasons Jakarta.Prior to this promotion, Ika was the Director of Catering & Conference Services at the same venue.

Saurav Batabyal appointed Director of Sales for Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre and Hyderabad International Convention Centre.Previously he served as Director of Sales at Le Meridien Hyderabad.

Heekyung Chung is joining the newly relaunched Hyatt Regency Danang Resort & Spa as Director of Sales & Marketing. Her prior position was as Director of Sales & Marketing for Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok.

Angsana Laguna announce the appointment of Jan Lorenzen as Director of Food & Beverage. Jan joins from ONYX hospitality where he was Cluster Director, Food & Beverage.

Dorchester Collection has announced that CEO, Christopher Cowdray will be Company President from July and Helen Smith and Eugenio Pirri have been appointed joint CEOs. Helen was previously Chief Customer Experience Officer and Eugenio, Chief Culture & Operations Executive.

Erik Grazetti to join Viceroy Chicago as Director of Sales & Marketing. Erik joins from The Peninsula Chicago where he was Head of Sales & Marketing.

Ashford Castle announce the promotion of Regina O’Donoghue to Director of Marketing & Revenue, previously Sales Office Manager, and Shane Brett, a previous member of the sales team, to Director of Sales.

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