Michael MagraneMichael Magrane, the face of the Midland hotel in Manchester for 11 years, is leaving QHotels after 14 years to move to London as operations director of GLH Hotels. He takes up his new position in early 2017, when he will oversee 14 hotels in the capital operating under the Amba, Every , Thistle and Thistle Express brands. As well as leaving his role as regional general manager, which encompasses the four-AA-star, 312-bedroom Midland hotel, Magrane will also step down as director of asset development of QHotels, which owns and operates 26 properties across the UK.Magrane started his hotel career with Forte Hotels and was appointed to his first general manager position in 1996. He moved to the Midland hotel in 2005, having previously been general manager at sister property, the Queens hotel in Leeds