Ivan Artolli has been appointed Operations Director in the UK, Belgium and Eastern Europe at Rocco Forte Hotels
Ivan, who will be based at the company’s headquarters in London, will join Rocco Forte Hotels’ management board and oversee operations for Brown’s Hotel in London, The Lowry Hotel in Manchester, The Balmoral in Edinburgh, Hotel Amigo in Brussels, the Augustine Hotel in Prague and Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg. Artolli, originally from Padua in Italy, has an impressive 35 years of experience in the hotel industry and is currently Rocco Forte Hotels’ longest serving general manager with successful spells at Hotel Savoy in Florence, Hotel Amigo in Brussels and at present The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. Prior to joining the company, he held senior positions at among others, the Grand Hotel et de Milan, Villa d’Este Grand Hotel at Lake Como in Italy and Paris’ Plaza Athenee. Reporting into Karim Naffah, managing director Rocco Forte Hotels, Artolli will be working alongside Operations Director Martin Elsner, who oversees the group’s properties in Germany and Italy as well as its new developments.
