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Robert Whitfield has been appointed as Regional Director UK General Manager at The Dorchester at The Dorchester

Dorchester
London, United Kingdom
Robert Whitfield
Dorchester Collection has announced the appointment of Robert Whitfield as Regional Director UK and General Manager at The Dorchester from May 8, 2017. In his new role, Mr Whitfield will oversee operations and strategies for the iconic London hotel as well as for the other two UK properties of Dorchester Collection: 45 Park Lane, London and Coworth Park, Ascot. Mr Whitfield joins from his most recent position of Regional Vice President and General Manager for Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Hawaii, where he has worked since 2007. Prior to this, Mr Whitfield worked as General Manager for three years at Four Seasons, Silicon Valley, and six years at Four Seasons Resort, Nevis. Having studied at the Hotel and Catering International Management Association at Brighton University, Mr Whitfield began his career in London as a Senior Assistant Chief Steward at the Intercontinental Hotel Park Lane before moving to the Grosvenor House Hotel as Assistant Restaurant Manager and later The Athenaeum Hotel as Food and Beverage Manager. Mr Whitfield then became Deputy General Manager at Dukes Hotel, London, before his first General Manager role at the Royal St Lucian Hotel in the West Indies.
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The Dorchester Collection is the successor to the Dorchester Group, originally established in 1996 to manage a portfolio of some of the world’s foremost luxury hotels in Europe and the USA. The launch of Dorchester Collection in 2006 signalled a change to the strategic goals of the company. By applying its unrivalled experience and capability in owning and operating some of the world’s great individual hotels, the company’s vision is to...