Overseeing Fairmont Chateau Whistler's restaurant operations including The Wildflower Restaurant, Portobello, The Mallard Lounge, The Chalet, and Whistler’s only AAA Four-Diamond rated hotel restaurant, The Grill Room, is Executive Sous Chef, Derek Bendig.
Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler announces the appointment of Joerg Rodig as General Manager. Previously serving as the Hotel Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, Rodig is excited to make the move two hours north up the beautiful Sea-to-Sky Highway. Rodig is a Four Seasons veteran with an impressive 14 year tenure. He brings a wealth of knowledge and a vast amount of experience, with the majority of his Four Seasons career as Director of Finance.
Victoria Dyson joins Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle as director of sales & marketing. Dyson brings over 25 years of sales and marketing experience to this position, beginning her career in 1990 with The Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, Alberta where she held several progressive positions. Dyson joined Fairmont Chateau Whistler in 1997 as a sales manager and later transferred to Washington D.C as director, global sales. In 2007, Dyson returned to Fairmont Chateau Whistler as director, group sales, and held that position until 2008 when she was appointed to her most recent position as director, sales & marketing, Fairmont Chateau Whistler.
Jeff Kennedy has been promoted as General Manager of Delta Whistler Village Suites. Jeff joined Delta Grand Okanagan® in March 2011 as Director of Operations and played a key role during the guest room renovations at the hotel. During Jeff's eight-year career with Delta, he held progressive leadership positions at Delta Whistler Village Suites and Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa®.
Most recently Soane was with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts as General Manager of the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, he has also served as Chairman of the Board of Tourism Victoria and is currently serving his third year as Chairman of the Board of Tourism Whistler. Starting his career with culinary training at Westminster College in London, Roger Soane spent the first 16 years as of his career as a chef--becoming an Executive Chef with Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts--before moving in to senior management. In his dynamic career Soane has worked with some of the top companies in the hotel industry in Europe, Asia, North America and the Caribbean. Soane is very excited to be joining the hospitable team at Nita Lake Lodge and to be staying in Whistler, a destination he and his family have come to love in the three and a half years since they arrived.