Marco FrikMarco Frik has been appointed general manager of the four red-AA-star Holbeck Ghyll country house hotel in Windermere in the Lake District, replacing Joe Nichols, who has moved on to a role outside hospitality. Frik has joined the 30-bedroom property from his role as general manager of the Macdonald Old England hotel, also in Windermere. He previously worked across various InterContinental Hotels Group properties for 11 years, including the Crowne Plaza Leeds, Holiday Inn London Sutton and InterContinental Malta. He also held general manager positions with Le Meridien in Dubai, Egypt, India and the UK. Nichols, who was with the hotel for two years, is now working for estate agency Ashdown Jones as a business development manager.