The new hotel is scheduled to open in 2015 when it will take its place alongside its sister properties InterContinental London Westminster, which has been open for less than a year, and InterContinental London Park Lane which is a long-established luxury destination in the Capital.
This October, a brand new concept hotel will open its doors in one of London’s most vibrant areas. Located close to bustling Brick Lane and The City, Qbic Hotel London City will offer a cool, affordable, urban experience for business and leisure travellers in the capital’s east end.
Thursday, September 12th marked the opening of Ian Schrager's latest project, The London EDITION. Returning to London for the first time in 15 years, since Ian introduced Sanderson and St. Martins Lane, the hotel is the latest from EDITION Hotels, the brand he conceived in a partnership with Marriott International. EDITION Hotels combines the personal, intimate, individualized and unique hotel experience that Schrager is known for, with the global reach, operational expertise and scale of Marriott. This delicate balancing act encompasses not only great design and true innovation, but also personal, friendly, modern service as well as outstanding, one-of-a-kind food, beverage and entertainment offerings 'all under one roof'. The heightened experience, authenticity and originality that Ian Schrager brings to this new brand coupled with the global reach of Marriott results in a truly distinct product that sets itself apart from anything else currently in the marketplace.
Pöllitzer will be managing the Alles für den Gast Herbst Salzburg exhibition in November, which attracts around 46,000 visitors a year and focuses on companies involved in the hotel and restaurant sectors. He will also run the Hotel & Gast exhibition in Vienna, next held in March 2014. He has previously worked for food and beverage companies, including Brau Union, Rauch – fruit juices, and Felix Austria. His most recent role was international key account manager responsible for exports at WIBERG, the Salzburg herb and spice manufacturer. Pöllitzer takes over from Arne Petersen, and will report directly to Gernot Blaikner, group exhibitions director at Reed Exhibitions.
Tim Flodin has been appointed the new General Manager of London’s five-star boutique hotel, Andaz Liverpool Street, with effect from September 2013. Flodin, who has had a distinguished career with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts since 1984, has worked at multiple Hyatt properties in America but most recently held the position of GM at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham.
Former Trafalgar Hotel general manager Jurgen Ammerstorfer has been appointed hotel manager of Shangri-La at the Shard, the luxury hotel which is set to occupy the 34th to 52nd floors of Western Europe's tallest building The Shard. Working alongside executive vice president and general manager Darren Gearing, Ammerstorfer will be responsible for the day-to-day management and overseeing operations of the 202-bedroom hotel, which was originally setto open this summer, , before being pushed back to 'sometime in Q4' in May Before working at The Trafalgar, Ammerstorfer was general manager at Celebrity Cruises in Miami. The rest of his 13-year career has seen him work for Hilton in Egypt and Kuwait and for Preferred Hotels' Plaza on the River - Club and Residence, London and as banquet manager at The Leading Hotels of the World’s five-star Westgate Hotel in San Diego.
Things may change of course, but right now in the first week of September things feel rosier for the UK economy than at any point over the past three years. The services sector in particular is experiencing a good run and signs are that prospects for the hotels sector have picked up as well.
UK based agency Citybase Apartments, an online sales channel catering to serviced apartments, has selected eRevMax to enforce rate parity and best rate guarantee for all connected properties, and thereby increase online revenue for their entire portfolio. Citybaseapartments.com will use RateTiger Corp, an award winning business intelligence tool, for monitoring suppliers' rates across competitor sales channels to analyse its market position and identify any discrepancies.
Victoria Moir has been appointed to sales executive from her previous role overseeing local relationships and corporate sales for Dorchester Collection’s luxury country house hotel Coworth Park. Friendly, resourceful and knowledgeable, in her new position Victoria will oversee roadshow and meeting business from the financial sector.
Bringing 11 years’ experience to the role, Berkshire local Majella Baldacchino began as director of sales for Coworth Park on 19 August 2013, responsible for driving events, groups, corporate and leisure business to the hotel. Majella joins from InterContinental London Park Lane where she led the corporate sales team as business development director and crossed the world meeting with corporate, MICE and luxury clients. Other sales positions were held at Conrad London and Jurys Doyle Hotel Group. Reporting to Majella, young talent Emily Beach has been promoted to sales executive for Coworth Park from a previous executive position with the group and events team for the three UK hotels.
Paul brings a wealth of knowledge with more than 13 years’ experience in the hospitality sector. He joins the team at the hotel in central London, following a successful career with QHotels where he oversaw three properties as Regional General Manager, and was also General Manager at the Forest Pines Resort. Paul began his career as Deputy General Manager for De Vere, before joining Macdonald Hotels as General Manager, working across several of their four star hotel and spa resorts across the UK.
FRHI, the parent company of luxury and upper upscale hotel brands Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotels & Resorts and Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, today announced several appointments to its senior leadership team. Jennifer Fox has been promoted to president, International, while also maintaining her position as president, Fairmont Brand. In this newly created role, Fox will relocate to Zurich and lead hotel operations for FRHI's International division, which includes the sub regions of Europe, Middle East, Africa & India and Asia Pacific. With the company projecting 50% growth over the next five years, much of it internationally, Fox will also oversee the company's Hotel Openings & Integration team.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts has appointed a new general manager for its flagship hotel and restaurant in Birmingham city centre. Mr Munday, who previously opened Hotel Indigo in Newcastle has been appointed as general manager of Hotel Indigo Birmingham and its Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill restaurant. He has 18 years experience in hospitality and has been working for Interstate Hotels & Resorts for two years.
The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group – one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups – has appointed Fergus O’Donovan as the General Manager of the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, Jersey. Fergus, who is Irish, has a solid background in the hospitality industry, spanning 30 years. Having studied in Ireland, Fergus learnt the trade working in various positions within hotels across the UK and Ireland.
Prior to joining Hilton London Islington, Hardy spent ten years working at numerous Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties across the globe and, for the last five years, has been director of business development at London Hilton on Park Lane, where she recently oversaw the commemoration of the landmark property's 50th anniversary.
Originally from Dublin, Anthony, aged 29, holds a BSc in Hospitality Management and brings a wealth of knowledge to the position having worked for Jurys Inn for the past nine years at five different hotels across the group.
Ian is currently a Non-Executive Director of Punch Taverns plc, a Non Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Betfair Group plc and, from 1 October 2013, he will be Senior Independent and Non-Executive Director of ASOS plc. Ian has held a number of senior executive and finance roles including Group Finance & Operations Director for Marks & Spencer Group plc for 5 years from 2005 to 2010, where he oversaw significant changes in the business. In addition, Ian was CEO of Punch Taverns plc, Finance Director for the Rank Group, and Group Financial Controller and Finance Director for the hotels division of the Hilton Group. Mr Dyson will serve as a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
Gareth was most recently the General Manager of The Hempel, the 50 bedroom luxury property credited with being London’s first boutique hotel, and the one which set the standards for hotel architecture and interior design. Prior to this, he was Hotel Manager at The Cavendish London, the luxury hotel located in the heart of Mayfair.
H10 Hotels, one of the largest hotel groups in Spain, has selected eRevMax to increase their online business and distribution exposure. Two new properties have been using RateTiger to accurately distribute inventory from a single image of pooled inventory across all connected sales channels. The real-time connectivity with OTAs has helped H10 to push sales for the last minute availability, resulting in a positive impact on their over-all online booking.
A year after successfully hosting “the greatest event on earth”, hotels in London experienced, unsurprisingly, a total revenue and profit decline in July of -6.7% and -14.6% respectively compared to the same month last year, according to the latest HotStats survey of 624 full-service hotels across the UK.