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Benedikt Jaschke has been named Resident Manager at the Hassler Roma

Benedikt Jaschke, whose education took place at the “Professional School for Hotel and Catering” in Munich, Germany, has to his credit several professional experiences in the Swiss group, Kempinski, from 1998 to 2004. He later transferred to Italy with the responsibility of Food & Beverage Operations Manager for the Principe di Savoia Hotel in Milan until 2006, when he returned to Germany as General Director of the Schlosshotel Lerbach of Bergisch Gladbach, until the current appointment as Resident Manager for the Hassler Roma.

the Hassler Roma
Rome, Italy
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Edward Leenders has been appointed as General Manager at Hotel Savoy (Rocco Forte Collection)

With 14 years in the hospitality industry, Dutch-born Leenders brings a wealth of management experience to the new role and joins the hotel from The Rocco Forte Collection’s head office, where as Brand Support Director he oversaw the brand quality and quality measurement, corporate human resources and served as Secretary to the Executive Committee. Fluent in several languages, Leenders joined The Rocco Forte Collection as Deputy General Manager of London’s Brown’s Hotel in 2005 and went on to build up considerable experience across several of its properties in Acting General Manager roles at Hotel Amigo in Brussels and Brown’s Hotel and provided pre-and post-opening support for Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily. A graduate from the renowned Hotel School The Hague, Leenders started his career as a fast track corporate management trainee with Hyatt International in the US and the Middle East. Prior to joining The Rocco Forte Collection, he spent time as Food & Beverage Director at the Park Hyatt in Hamburg before taking up the General Manager position for two privately owned five star resorts in the Seychelles.

Rocco Forte Hotels
Florence, Italy
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Valeriano Antonioli has been named Chief Operating Officer at Lungarno Alberghi s.r.l.

Prior to joining Lungarno Alberghi s.r.l., since January 2007 Antonioli was the Managing Director of InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, a 293-room luxury resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, with 3,100 square meters luxury spa, 3,000 square meters of meeting/ banquet space and wedding facilities, six food and beverage outlets, five pools, three retail outlets, and 34 single family homes. In this role, he has been a member of the development team and successfully opened it in 2008 although the global economic crisis, immediately positioning it as a preferred destination resort for both local residents and upscale and luxury travellers. Under his guidance, the InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa has achieved important accolades, such as Travel + Leisure ‘13th Best US and Canada Hotel 2010’, Esquire magazine ‘Best New US Restaurant 2009’, Wine Spectator ‘Annual Restaurant Award 2009’, American Spa Magazine ‘Best Resort Spa 2009’, RobbReport.com ‘New and Noteworthy Spa 2009’, Departures ‘Best five new spas worldwide’, among others. Upon opening, in 2009 the property had been hot listed both by Travel + Leisure and by Condé Nast Traveler as one of the top new hotels in the world.

Lungarno Alberghi s.r.l.
Florence, Italy
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Luciano Lusardi has been appointed as General Manager at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort

Luciano has an impressive 28 years of experience in the hotel industry, including 21 years with the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG). He most recently held the position of Area Director of Operations based in Madrid where he successfully managed 80 IHG properties in Spain, Portugal and Italy. During this time he supervised the development of two golf resort hotels in La Manga, Spain. Other roles within the company include Area Vice President of Operations for Spain, Italy, southern France and Malta; Regional Vice President of Operations for Spain and Italy; Operations Director for France, Italy, Spain and Morocco; Area Director Mediterranean, General Manager, Holiday Inn Madrid and General Manager, Holiday Inn, Bologna City. Prior to joining the InterContinental Hotel Group, Luciano was Executive Assistant Manager at the Crest Hotel Antwerp and Director of Sales for Crest Hotels, Italy and Malta.

Rocco Forte Hotels
Sicily, Italy