Nicholas NorthamLeading hotel management company Interstate Europe Hotels & Resorts today announced that Managing Director for the UK Robert Crook will be retiring and hospitality executive Nicholas Northam will join the team from 24 October 2016. Robert will continue in an advisory role to the Company through 2017. As Managing Director for the UK, Northam will play a pivotal role in the company’s growth, leading Interstate’s UK senior management and support teams to continue providing superior returns for hotel owners. Northam brings more than 33 years of hospitality and leadership experience to the role, including more than two decades of hotel operations oversight for 63 Marriott properties with Whitbread Hotel Company, and most recently, ten years as Vice President – Asset Management with Realstar Hotels, overseeing a portfolio of 35 properties. During Robert Crook’s time with the company, Interstate’s portfolio has reached 80 properties including signed pipeline. Collectively, Interstate Europe Hotels & Resorts comprises 106 hotels – including signed pipeline – in 10 countries across the UK, Europe and Russia/CIS.