Rosario Bianchi M&R Hotel Management, operator of 10 New York hotels, today announced the appointment of Rosario Bianchi to general manager of the 132-room Holiday Inn NYC-Lower East Side at Delancey and Suffolk streets. Bianchi, a 17-year hospitality industry veteran who has served in hotels in New York City, Long Island and Baltimore, will oversee all aspects of the hotel, including operations, sales, marketing, security, maintenance, housekeeping and accounting. Prior to joining M&R Hotel Management, Bianchi was general manager of the Holiday Inn Long Island City-Manhattan View in New York. From 2009 to 2010, he was executive director of rooms at The Garden City Hotel in New York. From 2005 to 2006, he was assistant general manager of the Fitzpatrick Grand Central, and from 2003 to 2005 he was front desk director at the Gramercy Park Hotel, both in New York City. From 2001 to 2003, Bianchi served the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City as a sales manager and a service manager. Earlier in his career, he was a front office manager at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore and worked at the Grand Hyatt New York.