Amel ZIANI-ORUS ESSEC IMHI 2011 has been appointed as Learning and development manager for Dorchester collection-Le Meurice. Prior to that Amel has worked for Starwood and Jumeirah as a business excellence/quality manager for 6 years.
Pierre GUILLEMNOT ESSEC IMHI 1993 has been promoted to Vice President of International Sales Henny Penny Corporation. Pierre started working with Henny Penny in 2000 as Regional Sales Manager Northern Europe for 6 years. Then he held different positions such as Division Sales Manager Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia, APAC & EURAFME Division Sales Manager and more recently: Director of Sales APAC & EURAFME Divisions
Monika MOSER ESSEC IMHI 2010 has been appointed Managing Director for Wilson Associates, Atelier Tristan Auer, the new European office in Paris. Wilson Associates is one of the top architectural design companies leading in the hospitality design industry worldwide. Monika was previously Director of Rooms and Spa at the Hotel Fouquet’s Barrière in Paris and has, in key positions, taken part in luxury hotel openings, such as the Hotel Shangri-la Paris, Four Seasons Hotel George V and Hilton Hotel Arc de Triomphe.
Christophe GALVIN ESSEC IMHI 1996 has been appointed Director of Operations for Groupe Bertrand (Second largest restaurant group in France). Prior to that Christophe was F&B General Manager for Fauchon during one year. Upon graduation Christophe started his career with Groupe Flo where he stayed 17 years, holding many different executive positions.
Further to a lacklustre month of May with destinations posting conflicting results, June seemed to herald a recovery throughout France. Depending on the category and zone, this recovery amplified the positive results or helped make up for the negative performances recorded since the start of the year. The good weather and the announced beginning of economic recovery doubtless favoured this, although June 2015 is being compared to June 2014 which was particularly quiet given the lack of major events.
Sébastien Bazin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Accor, said: "Once again, AccorHotels has undertaken numerous initiatives to secure its lead and improve its performance. Our teams have united around our strategic priorities – restructuring of the property portfolio at HotelInvest, swift rollout of the digital plan, selective hotel development, revamping of the food and beverage offering and cultural transformation. The benefits from these initiatives have contributed to our good results in the first half, which include a significant increase in revenue and EBIT, strong cash flow generation, more robust positions in the fastest-growing markets and an improvement in the value of our hotel assets.
On 9 July 2015, the French National Assembly took an important decision by adopting in the final vote of the 'Law Macron' the deletion of any rate parity clauses from contracts between hoteliers and Online Travel Agents and qualifying the term of the contracts as "mandate contract". This is the first decision at legislative level in Europe to ban explicitly rate parity clauses from such contracts. With this decision hoteliers in France regain their entrepreneurial freedom and will be able to offer their customers any trade or tariff advantage they consider appropriate. France is thus the second country after Germany, where public authorities decide to ban rate parity clauses from OTA contracts.
Arnaud LECOCQ H95 has been appointed as General Manager for SJA Hotels Group. Prior to that Arnaud has been three years Director of Operations and three years Deputy General Manager for BNP Paribas Hipark Residences. Arnaud has also eleven years of experience with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
A mixed bag in May: some regional destinations post real growth in RevPAR, with Paris, Lille, Marseille and others recording a drop. Does the explanation lie in the bank holidays or the timing of the school holidays? In May, the French hotel industry was laughing one day and crying the next. Results varied widely throughout France, with some destinations recording sharp drops in RevPAR and others strong growth.
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment Annette Botticchio recently promoted to Regional Vice President of Sales for France, for lead the new office Hyatt Sales Force in Paris.
Marion BRAMI ESSEC IMHI 2009 has been appointed as Business Developer for HEMA. A Dutch discount retail chain owned by the British investment firm Lion Capital LLP since 2007. The chain is characterized by relatively low pricing of generic housewares, offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items for personal and household use. Prior to that Marion was Business Developer at ‘’Pomme de Pain’’ for nearly 3 years. Marion joined ‘’Cinq à Sec’’ as Franchise Business Developper upon graduation.
April's results were generally somewhat gloomy. However, a closer look reveals a contrasting hotel landscape. After the brief lull in March, the Capital began to slide again. On the other hand, regional cities benefited from the school holidays, allowing them to record relatively good trading results in April.
The hotel universe has definitively entered the digital era. This observation is true at all team and management levels, although it has only recently become a widespread view.
AccorHotels ramps up its digital drive by transforming its AccorHotels.com distribution platform into a marketplace open to a selection of independent hotels. This service will gradually become available to hoteliers in the first target markets starting at the end of June 2015, and guests will be able to access it from July 2015. In time, the objective is to offer more than 10,000 hotels in 300 key cities worldwide, or a three-fold increase in the number of hotels on AccorHotels.com. This initiative is part of the Group's transformation which kicked off in 2013.
The situation started to pick up a little for the French hotel industry in March. Although hotels did not record exceptional results, March did allow the first trimester to close on a positive note, particularly in Paris. This was especially the case for Budget and Midscale hotels, and to a certain extent, Upscale hotels, too.
CapitaLand's wholly owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), welcomed the visit by Singapore's President Tony Tan to its newly opened Citadines Suites Arc de Triomphe Paris, as part of its celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of trade relations between Singapore and France. Ascott also announced today its target of 10,000 apartment units in Europe by 2020.
Is the order of the hotel world undergoing major changes? It is enough to look at how the world hotel ranking has changed to be convinced. At the head of the ranking, where volume counts and thus where the economy and midscale hotel industry feed portfolios thanks to the franchisees, the domination of Anglo-Saxon groups is being contested by the new Chinese players that can rely on an immense territory that is still under supplied and has considerable financial means. TYPO3SEARCH_begin
Aurélie SIMON ESSEC IMHI 2005 has been appointed Head of strategic projects & Asset management for Groupe Maranatha, based in Marseille. Upon graduation Aurélie joined Louvre Hotels Group Paris as Project Manager and worked there for more than 3 years. Then, she settled her own company Pyxis Hospitality, a consulting company specialized in hotels’ project management.
n anticipation of its second original short film, the Marriott Content Studio in collaboration with the company's flagship Marriott Hotels brand today released the trailer for French Kiss. The mystical romance shot in Paris and the Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysees will have its worldwide premiere on May 19. French Kiss, starring Tyler Ritter(The McCarthys), reminds us that travel should inspire and delight, and that anything is possible if you just believe.
Thomas HACHEM ESSEC IMHI 2011 has been promoted to Front Office Manager Four Seasons George V. Upon graduation Thomas joined Georges as Manager in trainin g for 2 years and successively hold the position of Executive Assistant and Guest Relation Department Manager.