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Appointment General Management

Shan Kanagasingham has been appointed as New York City Area General Manager at 1 Hotels

Starwood Capital Group
New York, New York, United States
Shan Kanagasingham
Shan Kanagasingham has been named New York City Area General Manager for 1 Hotels, a new luxury mission-driven brand debuting in early 2015 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 58th Street. Kanagasingham brings 20 years of luxury experience to 1 Hotels where she will oversee leadership and direct daily operations for 1 Hotel Central Park, and 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge Park, opening late 2015, located on the water just south of the Brooklyn Bridge. Prior to joining the 1 Hotels team, Kanagasingham served as the General Manager of The Surrey Hotel, a Relais & Chateaux property located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. During her tenure at the hotel she increased both top line revenue, as well as average daily rate year-over-year, and successfully created a guest-centric service culture that impacted the overall guest experience. Before moving to New York, Kanagasingham served as Area General Manager for Viceroy Hotel Group in Miami, and has previously worked with the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong, Raffles L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills, California and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC.

Shan Kanagasingham is an alumnus of Les Roches Global Hospitality Education – Class of 1992.

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Starwood Capital Group is a private, U.S.-based investment firm with a core focus on global real estate. Since the group's inception in 1991, the firm has raised more than $22 billion of equity capital and acquired over $44 billion in assets. Starwood Capital Group currently has $29 billion of assets under management. Starwood Capital Group maintains offices in Greenwich, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.