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Raina Spasov has been appointed as General Manager at The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection

The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection, today announced the appointment of Raina Spasov as General Manager. In her new role, Spasov will oversee operations of the 154-room hotel, located just outside Chicago in the exclusive suburban enclave of Oak Brook, Illinois. She joins the hotel’s accomplished group of female executive leaders, including owner Tely Nagle, Operations Manager and stakeholder Karla Caldera, and Director of Sales & Marketing Jill Hare, among others. 

First Hospitality
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
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Raina Spasov has been appointed as General Manager at Hilton Chicago Oak Brook Hills Resort

Somnium Hospitality Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Raina Spasov as the new General Manager at the Hilton Chicago Oak Brook Hills Resort. In her new role, Raina will oversee all aspects of the Resort's operations and ensure an exceptional guest experience.With over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Raina brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her position, specifically to the Oak Brook Hills Resort where she began working in 2013 as an Executive Assistant to the General Manager. Over the next 10 years, she served as the Operations Manager, Director of Rooms, Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing and finally Resort Manager before being named the new General Manager in January 2024.

Hilton
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
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Victor Martinez has been appointed as Executive Chef at The Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center

The Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center is putting an exclamation point on a multi-year, $25 million property wide transformation with the introduction of a transcendent Executive Chef. Chicago-native Victor Martinez, who's worked his way up from his father's bistro as a teen to some of the most respected kitchens in the country, n ow looks to redefine hotel dining in the suburbs. By bringing an experiential, farm-to-fork culture to culinary operations at Oak Brook Hills Resort, Victor is setting out to change the way people think about hotel food outside the city.

Hilton
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
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Nathan Kartsen has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at The Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center

A native of Owego, Illinois, Kartsen graduated from Roosevelt University in 2001 with a Bachelors of Science in Hospitality and Tourism. Kartsen pursued his first role as a professional hotelier as an Events/Convention Sales Manager role with Hiltons of Chicagoland (Hilton Chicago, Palmer House Hilton, Hilton OHare). From there, he went on to become the Assistant Director of Sales at the Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, on his way to becoming their Director of Sales. After excelling in sales generation at the Holiday Inn, Kartsen took a position as Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hyatt Lisle, and then at Millennium Knickerbocker, before being recruited by Portfolio Hotels & Resorts as the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center. Kartsen most recently became the newest board member of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Hilton
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States