Steven Wilmer Steven Wilmer (left) has been promoted to general manager of the 60-bedroom Malmaison Cheltenham, having joined the hotel as deputy general manager in December 2016 when he was selected to join the company’s Rising Star programme. He originally joined the group in 2014 as bistro and events manager at Hotel du Vin St Andrews and was later promoted to deputy general manager at Hotel du Vin Harrogate. Wilmer’s appointment follows the refurbishment of the property’s bedrooms which have taken place since the rebranding and acquisition of the former Montpellier Chapter last year.