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Appointment General Management

Alex Obertop has been appointed as General Manager at Capella Washington D.C.

Capella
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Alex Obertop
Alex Obertop, former Hotel Manager at Capella Hotels and Resorts’ iconic Breidenbacher Hof in Dusseldorf, Germany, has joined the management team for the company’s newest property, the Capella Washington D.C. Scheduled to welcome its first guests in early 2013 in what promises to be the capital’s most significant hotel opening in recent years, the ultra-sophisticated, 49-room hotel is located in Georgetown, Washington’s most historic and exclusive neighborhood. Obertop comes to Washington D.C. with an impressive track record of opening hotels for the Capella family of properties as well as extensive management experience with The Ritz-Carlton Company. He joined Capella in 2004 as Director of Operations for L’Auberge de Sedona shortly after the Capella Hotel Group was founded. In 2005, he became the opening General Manager at the Parkhotel Euskirchen and, in 2008, was asked to be pre-opening Hotel Manager at the Breidenbacher Hof where he supervised a multi-million dollar re-launch and established an environment of service excellence recognized throughout Europe and the world. Prior to joining Capella, Obertop, who hails from the Netherlands, spent many years working with The Ritz Carlton Company in numerous capacities as well as hotel openings and task force assignments at hotels in Atlanta, Wolfsburg, Germany, Washington D.C., Boston and Key Biscayne.

Alex Obertop is an alumnus of Hotelschool The Hague .

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The Capella Hotels and Resorts collection consists of properties in Singapore, Bangkok, Ubud, Shanghai, Sanya, and Düsseldorf. Joining the portfolio later this year is Capella Hanoi, designed by world-renowned architect Bill Bensley. Set to open in the coming years include properties in the Maldives, Sydney, and Chiang Mai. Capella Hotels and Resorts was named 2nd Best Hotel Brand in the World in the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2020.