Dorchester Collection is delighted to announce the appointment ofKlaus Kabelitz as general manager of Le Richemond in Geneva. Reporting directly to Dorchester Collection's chief operating officer, François Delahaye, Kabelitz will be based on property at the company's first Swiss address. He brings to the company a wealth of experience, joining the team from his most recent position as general ma...

Acclaimed restaurant leader and wine director Stephane Lacroix has been named Director of Food and Beverage for Dorchester Collection’s newly-transformed Hotel Bel-Air. Lacroix now oversees food and beverage operations at the re-opened property, encompassing its highly-rated Wolfgang Puck restaurant, the beautiful Terrace, The Bar, In-Room Dining and Banquets/Social Celebrations in The Garden Ba...

Dorchester Collection is delighted to announce the appointment of Arabella El Barkouki as director of sales and marketing of Le Richemond . With over ten years of experience in the hospitality and hotel industry and as a fluent French speaker, El Barkouki was previously Dorchester Collection's regional sales director for the U.K. Set on the banks of Lake Geneva, Le Richemond joined Dorchester Col...

Reporting to Ed Mady, west coast regional director USA, Denise brings to the company a wealth of experience, joining the team from her most recent position as general manager of The Four Seasons Chicago where she held the role since 2008. Spanning a long career with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Denise was previously general manager at The Four Seasons Atlanta from 2002 to 2008 and prior to th...

Scanlon, who takes up his new role on 1 March, is currently director of revenue for the hotel's parent company, the Dorchester Collection, where he has been since 2008. He was previously revenue manager at the Dorchester. Prior to joining the Dorchester Collection, Scanlon worked at the Lanesborough from 1991 to 2005, progressing through various roles including night manager, reservations manag...

Pirri will report directly to Christopher Cowdray, chief executive officer of Dorchester Collection. With a career spanning over 20 years in the hospitality industry, Pirri joins Dorchester Collection from his most recent position as regional director of human resources at The Savoy & Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Europe, where he was responsible for executing corporate HR strategy within the Euro...

Widely recognized as a leader in the hospitality industry, Mr. Mady has worked with Dorchester Collection since June 2009, serving as General Manager of The New York Palace, the AAA Four Diamond, 899-room hotel located on Madison Avenue. During his tenure there, he significantly impacted service levels in all areas of the operation and achieved unprecedented results in the area of employee satisf...

Recently appointed Director of Communications of Dorchester Collection, Julia Record is responsible for overseeing media relations for the luxury hotel group worldwide including new brand-wide initiatives such as launching the Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize. Record joins Dorchester Collection following one year as an independent public relations consultant with an international clientele. Wi...

Dorchester Collection is pleased to announce an appointment at its new country house hotel & spa, Coworth Park, opening in late Summer 2010. Lisa Lernoux-Dock has joined the company in the role of Director of Sales for Coworth Park reporting directly to General Manager, Zoe Jenkins. Lisa joins six months prior to Coworth Park’s opening in order to build early awareness of the new property in the ...

Dorchester Collection is pleased to announce the appointment of Zoe Jenkins in the role of General Manager for Coworth Park, its new 70-room country house estate and spa to open in Summer 2010. For the past six months Ms Jenkins has been overseeing the pre-opening project and launch plans as Director of Operations. In her new role as General Manager she will report directly to Christopher Cowdray...

Mr Mady joins from Ritz-Carlton where he has been Vice President and Area General Manager responsible for their properties in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay and Phoenix since January 2002. Prior to that he worked in various General Manager positions for Ritz-Carlton between 1988 – 2002 including 8 years as GM for the Ritz Carlton in New York. A graduate of Saint Clair College Hotel & Restaurant Sc...

Bogle has already established himself as a culinary force, having collaborated with Gilt’s former Executive Chef Christopher Lee since 2004 when they worked together at the Striped Bass in Philadelphia. Bogle went on to join Lee at Gilt where he’s served as Executive Sous Chef since 2006. A graduate of The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Bogle has worked in other renown...

Mr. del Hoyo, who has spent 11 years as General Manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, will continue in this role and will also assume overall regional responsibility for its sister-property, Hotel Bel-Air. In August 2008 Dorchester Collection announced that Hotel Bel-Air and The New York Palace would be joining its portfolio, bringing the total number of hotels to seven. The Collection also include...