St Giles Hotels has announced the appointment of Cesar Avery as the new general manager for Manhattan portfolio which consists of two Manhattan side-by-side properties – The Tuscany and The Court. Avery, a nominee for the 2010 HSMAI Big Apple Chapter General Manager of the Year Award, is a hospitality industry executive with experience leading upscale boutique hotels in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Avery joins St Giles after nearly a decade with the 130-room boutique Roger Smith Hotel in New York where he served as general manager for 8 years. Prior, he worked as their director of marketing. During his tenure the property’s rooms division revenue rose by 40 percent, with average rates increasing by 25 percent.
Avery’s former hospitality posts include the Country Inn & Suites in Cedar Falls, Iowa as assistant general manager; Best Western New Hampshire Suites & Sheraton National at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. as director of sales and marketing; and the Melrose Hotel in Washington as director of business travel – his last position before joining Roger Smith in New York.
Avery holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management from Upper Iowa University and is a 2007 graduate of the General Managers Program at Cornell University.