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Hasham Soliman has been named Opening General Manager at InterContinental London - The O2

Arora Hotels, management and hotel operator of the forthcoming InterContinental® London - The O2, has appointed Hasham Soliman as General Manager of the new 453-room luxury new hotel. With 25 years’ experience in the hotel and hospitality industry, Soliman joins Arora Hotel’s latest and largest new hotel development from his role as Hotel Manager at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London, bringing with him invaluable knowledge of the London market and solid experience managing an extensive conference, events and leisure product in the capital.

IHG
London, United Kingdom
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Michael McGarry has been appointed as General Manager at Holiday Inn Express London - ExCeL

Leading global hotel management company, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, has appointed Michael McGarry as General Manager at Holiday Inn Express London - ExCeL, scheduled to open in June 2015. The new 204 room Holiday Inn Express, a new construction, the UKs first modular built Holiday Inn Express, situated within the Royal Albert Dock development zone, London Docklands, located within walking distance of the London ExCeL Centre and a start journey to London City Airport, Canary Wharf and the O2 Arena.

Aimbridge EMEA
London, United Kingdom
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Henrietta Low has been appointed as PR Manager at Corinthia Hotel London

Corinthia Hotel London announces the appointment of Henrietta Low as PR Manager. Henrietta joined Corinthia Hotel London in February 2012 as PR and Marketing Coordinator following her experience in a variety of creative roles with Tomasz Starzewski, Drumkilbo Designs, Pierre Frey, and National Galleries of Scotland. Working closely with Fiona Harris, Director of International Public Relations Corinthia Hotels, Henrietta has been key in delivering the PR strategy for London and has been instrumental in the success of large projects including the annual Artist in Residence programme and the ‘Power of Sleep’ campaign in 2014.

Corinthia
London, United Kingdom
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Martin Halsall has been appointed as Campus Director at Glion Institute of Higher Education London Campus

Glion Institute of Higher Education, one of the world’s top three institutions of higher education for an international career in hospitality management, appointed Martin Halsall as Campus Director of its campus in London, effective February 18, 2015. The Glion London campus, hosted by the University of Roehampton in the Western part of the city, opened in 2012.

Glion
London, United Kingdom
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Christine Ourmieres-Widener has been appointed as Chief Global Sales Officer at American Express Global Business Travel (“GBT”)

American Express Global Business Travel (“GBT”) today announced the appointment of Christine Ourmieres-Widener as Chief Global Sales Officer. In this role, Ms. Ourmieres-Widener, who was previously Chief Executive Officer of CityJet, will be responsible for GBT’s Global Sales organization and Global Client Group, which work with GBT’s largest prospective and existing customers globally, as well as its Global Business Consulting division. Ms. Ourmieres-Widener, who will officially start with GBT in June, will report to GBT’s Chief Commercial & Technology Officer, Philippe Chérèque.

American Express GBT
London, United Kingdom
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Guillaume Thevenot has been appointed as Head of Vacation Rentals at Voyage Privé

Guillaume THEVENOT ESSEC IMHI 2000 has recently been appointed Head of Vacation Rentals to lead a new Business Unit within the French travel group Voyage Privé. Guillaume was previously working for HouseTrip as their Director of Business Development. Prior to that, Guillaume held different positions with Amadeus, TripAdvisor, Booking.com and Priceline.

Voyage Privé
London, United Kingdom
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Technology and today’s hotel guest

Whilst there has been a continued investment into increasing the hotel guest experience, the UK hotel industry's general lack of investment in technology and gaining insights from business' data – as well as in its online marketing to potential and existing guests – could become one of the most significant stumbling blocks to the sector capitalising on the current upturn in the UK economy.

Kevin Edwards
By Kevin Edwards, Managing Director, Avenue9
London, United Kingdom