Thomas EngelhartRezidor announces the appointment of Thomas Engelhart as Area Vice President Nordics, effective 1st February 2014. Based in Stockholm, he will be responsible for all of the group’s 58 Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson hotels in the Nordics, and will report directly to Olivier Harnisch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Rezidor. Thomas, a Danish/Norwegian national, has an extensive background in the hospitality & service industries. He is a hotel management graduate from Hosta / Glion Group (Switzerland) and MBA from Ceram University/Theseus – Grand École (France). Having held General Manager positions in different hotels in Scandinavia, he was subsequently appointed President of First Hotels. He then joined American Express, responsible for Supplier Relation Group for the Nordics and the Netherlands before being promoted to Vice President Merchant Services EMEA Airlines.