HOSPA 2013 Hospitality Financial Management and Revenue Management 'Overall Student of the Year' awards also announced, together with winners of each examination category of the HOSPA Education and Training programmes in Financial Management and Revenue Management
Hilton London Kensington welcomes Linda Griffin as general manager, following her successful stint as general manager at Athenée Palace Hilton Bucharest. Griffin brings extensive hotel management experience to the role, with over 30 years of service in the hospitality industry.
Leading hospitality technology provider, eRevMax, is pleased to announce the release of its new corporate video outlining the company's focus on continuous innovation and the provision of intelligent solutions for hotel online distribution management.
William (Bill) Beckler is today announced as keynote speaker for the HSMAI Europe 4th Annual Revenue Management conference, London February 6th 2014. Bill is the CEO of recently launched AllTheRooms.com and well-known in the industry from his previous role as Director of Innovation at lastminute.com. Bill brings to the conference an enviable depth of knowledge of the online travel space, coupled with skills in digital marketing, strategy, big data analytics and innovation.
London is the most sought after location in the world for investors looking to acquire a hotel, according to LuxuryEstate.com. The international real estate portal has revealed that the UK capital now accounts for 13.5% of all searches on its website focused on hotels for sale, reflecting the strong rise in visitor numbers since the 2012 Olympics that has seen a 7.7% increase for the first six months of 2013 compared to the same period last year.
The Waldorf Hilton, London, welcomes Alison Palin as general manager fresh from her successful period as general manager at Hilton Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Palin brings extensive hotel management experience to the role, with nearly 30 years of service in the hospitality industry.
UK based Getabed.co.uk, an award winning independent B2B bed bank, has integrated with eRevMax, the leading provider of hotel online distribution solutions, to further expand connectivity options available to its fast growing portfolio of hotel partners. Accommodation providers will now be able to make immediate ARI (Availability, Rates and Inventory) updates on the channel through eRevMax's RateTiger solution.
With over 25 years in the events industry, Kate Northrop has joined Mondrian London at Sea Containers as Director of Events, with vast experience in production, on-site operation, logistics and execution of high profile events. Prior to joining Mondrian London, Kate worked as a freelance Event Producer for The Katie Piper Foundation, developing their fundraising gala dinner, including events logistics, securing celebrity entertainment, creating fundraising activities and handling all branding and marketing relating to the event.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] today announces that Tom Singer will step down from the Board and his role as Chief Financial Officer on 1 January 2014. He will be succeeded by Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson, who joined IHG in August 2004 and has held a number of senior positions, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of IHG's Europe and Asia, Middle East & Africa regions. Paul will take up his new position and become a member of IHG's Board and Executive Committee on 1 January 2014.
eRevMax's TigerTime with leading OTAs proved to be a hit at WTM 2013. The sessions generated significant interest among the travel industry with a 'standing room only' turnout.
PPHE is pleased to announce that certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries have entered into a facility agreement with Aareal Bank AG (Aareal) to refinance three of the group's four owned London hotels - Park Plaza Riverbank, Park Plaza Victoria and Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes - and five Dutch hotels which it operates and owns - Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam, Park Plaza Vondelpark, Park Plaza Eindhoven, Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport and Park Plaza Utrecht (the London and Dutch hotels, together the Hotels). At the group's option and subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, the facility will also refinance the existing development facility for the recently opened art'otel amsterdam, which matures in Q1 2014.
Dorsett Hospitality International is pleased to announce that the group has received re- development planning permission from The City of London Corporation to drop-down and rebuild The Matrix building located at 9 Aldgate which flanks the Aldgate tube station and the 18th century St Botolph Church into a hotel to be known as Dorsett City, London, the groups 2nd hotel in London.
iRiS Software Systems, the award-winning hospitality apps provider, and One Canada Square have teamed up to install iRiS' F&B app at their stunning bar and restaurant. One Canada Square is the brainchild of Tom and Ed Martin of the award-winning ETM Group (also responsible for The Botanist restaurant and bar on Sloane Square) and with interiors by renowned architects David Collins Studio, expect only the highest quality food, drink and service set against the most elegant of backdrops. The iRiS F&B app is the perfect addition to enhance the guest experience even further.
Hilton London Metropole welcomes Gareth Quin as director of sales, fresh from his successful role as director of sales at Hilton London Wembley. With over eight years of experience in the hospitality industry, Quin brings extensive hotel sales expertise to his new position.
As the trendy East London neighborhood of Shoreditch emerged as the city’s hub of technology and social media companies, it was inevitable that bars, restaurants and hotels would adapt to serve the young cosmopolitan types who work at such businesses. One of the newest examples of this transformation is the Ace, the international debut of an American boutique hotel chain that has revamped a former stuffy Crowne Plaza business hotel here.
With technology adoption on a rise, the expectations of travellers have also increased manifolds. Thus a hotel's technology offerings play an important role for guests when they are booking an accommodation.
The winners of the 2013 'Career Investment Development Scholarships' of HOSPA – the UK's leading educational organisation for hospitality professionals involved in Financial Management, Revenue Management and IT – were announced on Thursday (21 November) at HOSPA's Annual Conference and Exhibition, HOSPACE 2013, held at the Sofitel Hotel, London Heathrow at Terminal 5.
Mr Rey will continue as General Manager of InterContinental London Park Lane and now also oversee InterContinental London Westminster. This new position has been designed to create a greater alignment between InterContinental Hotels in London further develop the InterContinental brand in the capital. A true hotelier from the outset, Mr Rey undertook his training at Ecole Hôtelière Les Roches, Switzerland. In 1984 he began his career at InterContinental Medellin in his native country of Colombia and has remained with the company ever since. During his time with InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Mr Rey has worked across departments throughout North and South America, Middle East, Australia and Europe.
eRevMax, leading online distribution and channel management solution provider for the hospitality industry, today announced the appointment of John Seaton as Vice President - Sales, EMEA and APAC. John will be responsible for the continued growth of the RateTiger and Connect solutions across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific region focusing on further growing its geographical footprint and, developing new market segments.
Laura brings a wealth of knowledge with more than 5 years’ experience of working for the IHG group. She joins the team at Holiday Inn London Heathrow - Ariel, following a successful career at Holiday Inn Express Slough, before joining the Holiday Inn Gatwick – Worth, taking it through a £5m refurbishment which reopened in April 2012.