Nicholas Gold International Hospitality Enterprises (IHE), a leader in the development and management of award-winning hotels in Puerto Rico, has named Nicholas Gold General Manager of the highly anticipated Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in the chic Condado District of San Juan. The December 1, 2014 opening of the hotel's second phase will reveal luxury accommodations, a spa sanctuary with Puerto Rico's first Hammam, two pools and a second restaurant. In his new role, Gold is tasked with managing the property's opening and overseeing all hotel operations, including staff management, recruitment and development, training, scheduling and preparation of annual budgets, communication with guests and outside vendors, and building community relations. A thirty year veteran in the hospitality industry, Gold started his career in his native London as a restaurant manager more than two decades ago before moving on to hotels in Europe, Florida, and even Puerto Rico where he worked for Williams Hospitality at Hotel El Conquistador and Condado Plaza Hotel & Casino. Since then, Gold has managed some of the most prestigious hospitality properties in the U.S. including Enchanment Resort & Mii amo Spa in Sedona, Arizona, Tanque Verde Ranch in Tuscon, and, most recently Amangiri Resort in Canyon Point, Southern Utah. Gold holds a diploma in Hotel Administration from Westminster College in London.