Park Hyatt St. Kitts announces industry visionary Flor van der Vaart as resort’s new General Manager. Van der Vaart will lead the executive team to a monumental November 1st opening of the brand’s inaugural Caribbean property, and island’s first luxury beach resort.
Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe Harbour, scheduled to open Summer 2017, announces the appointment of its executive team. Park Hyatt St. Kitts will be the first Park Hyatt in the Caribbean region and the island’s first luxury beach resort. Julian Moore, a hospitality industry veteran, has been appointed General Manager. Mark Guthrie joins the team as Director of Sales & Marketing.As General Manager, Julian Moore will oversee all resort operations and its current journey to opening. An Australian native, Moore is a passionate hotelier who started out as a bellman at The Regent in Melbourne, and spent the next three decades in specialized leadership positions from Dubai to Thailand. Most recently, Moore spent two years as General Manager at Park Hyatt Hadahaa in the Maldives, where the resort garnered prestigious recognition under his guidance. In fact, Moore was recognized as Top General Manager for the Maldives at the 2014 Linara Travel Awards.
Mark Guthrie, with more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry, leads the sales, marketing and communications initiatives for Park Hyatt St. Kitts. He joined the Hyatt family in 2008 as the director of sales for Hyatt Regency London, The Churchill. In 2013, he moved to the U.S. as the director of sales, marketing & events at Park Hyatt Washington, D.C.
Julian Moore has been named the General Manager of the highly anticipated Park Hyatt St. Kitts, which is expected to open in late 2016. Park Hyatt St. Kitts will be the brand’s first Park Hyatt resort in the Caribbean.