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Katherine Gershon has been appointed as Group Sales & Marketing Director at Abercrombie & Kent Group

Katherine will be responsible for all the sales activities for the 50 Abercrombie & Kent Destination Management Companies around the world and will also oversee sales for the Sanctuary lodges, camps and ships. Katherine is based at the Group’s HQ in London and will be a leading member of the team taking forward A&K’s e-commerce platform. Katherine has extensive experience in the travel industry stretching back over a decade. Previously she was Director of Multimedia Sales at Thomas Cook, was a founding member of Silverjet, the all-business class airline, and more recently was the Sales & Marketing Director for British Midland International. She joins Abercrombie & Kent from Circle, the employee co-owned private & NHS hospital operator, which floated on the AIM stock market in 2011.

Abercrombie & Kent Group
London, United Kingdom
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Robert Cook has been named chief executive at Village Hotels (De Vere)

Robert Cook, former Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chief executive, has been named as the successor to Gary Davis, former Village Hotels chief executive for De Vere, confirming what appears to be a direct job swap between the pair. Cook, who at 45 has been in the UK hotel industry for 24 years, will start his new role with the De Vere Group on Monday 16 January following the immediate departure this week of Davis to the role at Malmaison and Hotel du Vin which Cook vacated in November.

Village Hotels (De Vere)
London, United Kingdom
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Paul Staveley has been appointed as Director of Hospitality Channel Management at Infor-SoftBrands in Europe/Africa

With Paul’s appointment INFOR consolidates the former Amadeus partners, the Infor Sun Financials partners for Hospitality and also the SoftBrands partners in a second phase in one Europe wide organization. He will help INFOR to define the HMS strategy with our partners as we have a few early adopters already lined up (depending on the regional release roadmap).

Infor
Farnborough, United Kingdom
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Premier Hotels of the World™ and Availpro announce extended partnership

Premier Hotels of the World Ltd. a Hotel Management and Operator Company of Luxury Hotels and Castles based in Manchester with Operations & Reservation Center in Bangkok and Regional Offices in Los Angeles, Yangon and Mauritius was formed out of a restructuring of longstanding CMB Hospitality Consultants. While in its Nature a Hotel Management Company with the Release of the Collection PHW will now represent itself on the market as an Independent Luxury Operator Brand.

Premier Hotels of the World
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Andrew Theobold has joined Legacy Hotels and Resorts as associate director

Hotel specialist Andrew Theobold has joined a rapidly expanding UK-wide hotel operation and management group as it plans further growth in 2012. Legacy Hotels and Resorts has established itself as a specialist in turning round under-performing hotels since its formation in 2005 and now has more than 2,000 bedrooms in over 30 properties.

Legacy Hotels and Resorts
Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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Simon Davis has been appointed as General Manager at the Apex London Wall Hotel

Simon Davis has recently been appointed as the General Manager for the Apex London Wall Hotel in the heart of London City. Simons career in the hotel industry began in 1998 as trainee manager in the 5 star Meikles Hotel in Zimbabwe. He worked through roles as restaurant manager and banqueting manager before emigrating to the UK in 2002 to join Arora Hotel Crawley as their Conference & Events Manager. In 2004 he relocated with the company to the Arora Manchester in the capacity of Assistant Front of House Manager and ran the department in 2005 whilst deputising in the absence of the General Manager.

the Apex London Wall Hotel
London, United Kingdom
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Christopher Peach has been appointed as General Manager at Radisson Blu Hotel, Bristol

The Rezidor Hotel Group – one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide – has appointed Christopher Peach as the General Manager of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Bristol. Christopher, who is British, has a solid background in the hospitality industry, spanning 23 years. Having started his career in 1987 as Commis Chef aboard the Queen Elizabeth II cruise liner, he has since held various management positions at different international hotel chains in South Africa, China, Bahrain, UAE, Turkey and Russia.

Radisson Blu Hotel, Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom