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Ron Pellerine has been appointed as General Manager at Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto

Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto announces the appointment of Ron Pellerine to the position of general manager of Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto. Pellerine joins the hotel from the 317-room Langham Hotel, Boston where he served as general manager from 2015 to March 2017. Pellerine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts with over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, covering all aspects of hotel operations, including a particular passion for food and beverage. 

Bertrand Mangeot has been appointed as General Manager at Kimpton Saint George

Born and raised in France, Mangeot brings an extensive background in hospitality. He began his career in Luxembourg at KPMG before returning to France to work for Karibea Hotels, assisting the Chief Financial Officer. From there, Mangeot moved to New Y ork City, where he held multiple positions at InterContinental Barclay. Here, Bertrand’s skills established him in the InterContinental family, enabling him to move to the InterContinental Hotel Cleveland, where he held various senior titles over the span of seven years. He then joined the InterContinental Toronto Centre, where he continued to successfully lead and manage multi-million dollar projects.

Maria Chung has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at Kimpton Saint George

Born in Hong Kong, Chung moved to Toronto in pursuit of fulfilling her lifelong ambition to work in the hospitality industry. Her hotel career was launched in 1990, when she played an instrumental role in the opening of InterContinental Toronto Yorkville, where she spent 10 years. Subsequently, she worked in various senior sales and marketing positions for InterContinental Toronto Centre, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts U.S. and Caribbean and the Westin Prince Toronto. Next, Chung helped to introduce the Thompson Hotels brand to Canada joining the Thompson Toronto team. T hereafter, she held various managerial positions at the Toronto Congress Centre before moving to the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, where she was responsible for sales and marketing.

Carolina Avaria has been appointed as Chef Concierge at Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

As both President of Les Clefs d'Or Canada and global Director of Communications for Les Clefs d’Or, the professional organisation for the world’s best hotel concierges, Avaria will continue to uphold the remarkable reputation held by the Chef Concierge role at the company’s flagship hotel. Avaria is one of only five women who hold the position of President in Les Clef d’Or organisations in 45 countries around the world.

Julie Holmen has been appointed as Sales Leader for Canada, International Markets at Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has selected Julie Holmen to serve as Director of Business Development covering Canada, Europe and Asia, effective December 4, 2017. Based in Toronto, Holmen will be responsible for revenue generation and management of strategic partnerships for the association and the MPI Foundation within her assigned markets, and reports to Evan Casey, MPI’s Vice President of Global Sales.

Shane Downey has been appointed as Hotel Manager at The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Shane joins The Sheraton Centre from The Marriott Marquis in Doha, Qatar where he has been the Director of Food and Beverage since October 2012. During his time in Qatar he was responsible for the entire Food and Beverage Operation that included Culinary, Events and 11 of Qatar's top performing Restaurants and Bars, having all been nominated for over 75 culinary and service awards under his leadership. Shane brings a vast amount of operations experience in all disciplines to the team; he has held many senior roles globally spanning over 15 years. He has worked on 3 Continents during his time in hospitality that include Europe, The Middle East and North America.

Kimpton Announces Plans for Toronto

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced today a four-star Kimpton hotel in the high-end neighborhood of Bloor-Yorkville in Toronto, slated to open in mid-2018. Amid Bloor-Yorkville"s luxury retail and cultural destinations, the Kimpton will offer access to the energy and activity of one of the city"s most exciting epicenters, right at the intersection of Bloor and St. George Streets.

The Rainmaker Group to Showcase Hospitality Revenue and Profit Optimization Cloud at HITEC 2017

The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), the market leader in revenue and profit optimization solutions for the gaming and hospitality industry, is set to demonstrate its full suite of cloud-based solutions to attendees of HITEC 2017, taking place June 26th – 29th in Toronto, Canada. In addition to demonstrations of the proven Rainmaker revenue management, intelligence and rate-shopping solutions platform, which includes guestrev®, grouprev®, revcaster® and revintel®, attendees visiting HITEC booth #1852 will get an in-depth look at several newly released enhancements to Rainmaker solutions, which provide additional features and functionality to help Rainmaker clients maximize profit from every segment of their business.