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Stephen Cotton has been appointed as General Manager at Cheltenham Park Hotel

Stephen joins Cheltenham Park with over two decades’ experience in the luxury hotel and hospitality industry including managerial roles at properties across the UK including the five-star Goring Hotel, London and the Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel. Most recently, Stephen was hotel director at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel. Stephen has been tasked with product positioning and customer experience ensuring the Cheltenham Park Hotel is able to fully optimise the markets it serves, with a strong emphasis on the meetings and events sector. One of his first projects will be encourage local businesses and organisations to visit the hotel for their Christmas events in order to raise money for children’s charity Barnado’s. Cheltenham Park has pledged to donate 50p for every guest who attends a Christmas party, as part of an initiative has been rolled out across the Puma Hotels’ Collection.

The Hotel Collection
Cheltenham Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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Kevin O’Connor has been appointed as Executive VP Chief Information Officer (CIO) and at Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT)

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) announces that Kevin O’Connor was appointed executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) on November 1, 2012. O’Connor is a member of the CWT executive team and reports to Douglas Anderson, CWT president and chief executive officer. O’Connor is a recognized global IT and technology leader. Joining CWT from NYSE Technologies where he was CIO, he has over 20 years’ experience in driving innovation and sustained business growth, mostly within global financial organizations. His experience includes Global Head of Equities IT for UBS, Global Head of Applied Technology for Deutsche Bank, and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley. He has managed strategic areas of technology, from application development and technology infrastructures to IT security and architecture. He has extensive experience in delivering and supporting mission-critical systems with high volume, high availability and high security criteria.

CWT
London, United Kingdom
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Joanna Fisher has been named regional director of sales & marketing at The Ascott

Ascott has appointed Joanna Fisher as the new regional director of sales & marketing in London to run the sales & marketing operation for all three brands: Ascott The Residence; Citadines Apart’hotel; Somerset Serviced Residence. Joanna joins from Guoman & Thistle Hotels, where she was head of corporate sales for London for more than two years, before which she spent four years with Ramada Jarvis Hotels as their director of conference & events development UK. Joanna has also held senior on-property sales & marketing positions for a variety of accommodation providers.

The Ascott Limited
London, United Kingdom
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Ruth Taylor has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at London Marriott County Hall

Ruth joins from the Marriott Heathrow Windsor where she was previously Director of Sales and Marketing. She brings a wealth of experience to the role, beginning her career in the hospitality industry with Marriott in 1994 as a Sales Graduate Trainee at the Marriott Newcastle MetroCentre Hotel. In 1996 she ventured further north to join the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club in Edinburgh as Service Quality Co-ordinator and then Guest Relations Officer. The following year Ruth was appointed as Conference and Event Sales Manager at the Forest of Arden Hotel in the West Midlands where she held responsibility for managing a team of seven event managers to deliver conference and golf events. In 2001 she moved into Sales and Marketing at the Marriott Huntingdon Hotel before joining the Marriott Heathrow / Windsor in 2003.

Marriott
London, United Kingdom
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Christophe Caron has been appointed as Head Concierge at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park

Christophe Caron joins Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London as Head Concierge. With superb management skills having garnered more than 15 years in hospitality, Christophe will lead the team of 27 members in his new position. Christophe joins Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park from the Four Seasons Hotel George V hotel in Paris, where he was based for 10 years, holding the position of Premier Concierge for the last six years. Born in Chartres and raised in Paris, Christophe’s first professional experience came as doorman and porter at the Newport Bay Club in Disneyland Paris, where he learned his path under the inspiring guidance of the first female Clefs d'Or Concierge, Chantale Leroux. Christophe has also previously held London positions at the Grosvenor House and The Langham, developing his fluent level of English and learning the city. In 2001, Christophe spent time in the Maldives as a Guest Relations Manager.

Mandarin Oriental
London, United Kingdom
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Brown’s London GM Stuart Johnson has been named Hotelier of the Year 2012 at Caterer and Hotelkeeper

Rocco Forte Hotels is pleased to announce that Stuart Johnson, General Manager of Brown’s Hotel, has been named 2012 Hotelier of the Year by Caterer and Hotelkeeper. Johnson was presented with this prestigious award by the magazine’s Editor, Mark Lewis at celebratory lunch at Cameron House which was attended by more than 50 of the UK’s leading hoteliers. Selected by a judging panel of past winners, Johnson was praised for his commitment to creating a modern classic in Brown’s Hotel, combined with the unstinting support he gives to industry bodies such as Master Innholders and Springboard. In particular, he was applauded for the work he has done in driving forward management development and mentoring students.

Rocco Forte Hotels
London, United Kingdom
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Marie-Rose Vesterling has been appointed as Senior Sales Manager, Europe at Dusit International

Marie-Rose Vesterling is a 29 year-old married German national educated at the University of Bonn and at the Dr. Blindow Schulen, Stadthagen, Germany where she studied Hotel Management and Tourism. Her recent apositions include Group Coordinator at the InterContinental/Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City and Sales Manager at Traders Hotel Shenyang, China. In addition to her mother tongue, Marie-Rose is fluent in English and has a good working knowledge of Arabic and Spanish.

Dusit
London, United Kingdom
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Simon Trengove-Jones has been appointed as Regional Director of Sales, Europe at Dusit International

Born and educated in South Africa, Simon Trengove-Jones has followed a progressive career path that has seen the 32 year-old outdoor enthusiast appointed to a string of senior positions in the hospitality industry. Prior to joining Dusit International, he was Director of Sales – Pre Opening Team for Café Royal Hotel – The Set Hotels. A United Kingdom resident, Simon is married and graduated with a B Tech Honours Degree in Marketing from Cape Technikon, Cape Town.

Dusit
London, United Kingdom
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Tim Weeks has been appointed as Vice President, Business Development at RateGain

Prior to Joining RateGain, Tim served as the Regional Director EMEA, Strategic Accounts for Pegasus Solutions and worked across and led a diverse range of their European account management activities, generating demand for Utell hotels, all Sales and Account Management activities related to commission processing and commission collection activities, and most notably their Partner Distribution network across the EMEA region. Prior to his stint at Pegasus, he held position of a Hotel Processes Manager at Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and was responsible to provide continuous improvements to the financial and rate negotiating relationships between CWT and their hotel customers. Prior to Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Tim held sales roles on property with Hilton, Rezidor and the Great Eastern Hotel in London. Tim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Durham, and is based in Guildford, United Kingdom.

RateGain
London, United Kingdom