QHotels has appointed Michael Lavizani as General Manager at Forest Pines Hotel & Golf Resort, located on the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire border.
Michael brings over 30 years’ experience working in the hospitality industry, beginning his career at Principal Hotels and Paramount Hotels before going on to gain management experience as Managing Director of MSL Hotels and Cosmopolitan Hotels, and General Manager at Shrigley Hall Golf & Country Club.
He joined QHotels in 2012 and has since managed the group’s Bridgewood Manor in Kent, Telford Hotel & Golf Resort and, most recently, Mottram Hall in Cheshire.
He joins Forest Pines to grow the four-star hotel’s significant conference and events offering and drive its new leisure facilities, following a £500,000 investment.
The funds have been invested in developing two new fitness studios in the hotel’s state-of-the-art Health Club, the refurbishment of 68 hotel rooms and improvements to the resort’s renowned championship golf course.
Located 11 miles from Humberside Airport, just off the M180 motorway, Forest Pines also has a purpose-built state-of-the-art conference and events centre, complete with 12 conference and meetings rooms for up to 450 people. General Management Europe United Kingdom Broughton