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Kevin Chang has been appointed as General Manager at Holiday Inn Express New York JFK Airport
M&R Hotel Management, operator of 10 New York hotels, today announced the appointment of Kevin Chang as general manager of the 129-room Holiday Inn Express New York JFK Airport near John F. Kennedy International Airport in Jamaica, New York.
Rosario Bianchi has been appointed as General Manager at Holiday Inn NYC-Lower East Side
M&R Hotel Management, operator of 10 New York hotels, today announced the appointment of Rosario Bianchi to general manager of the 132-room Holiday Inn NYC-Lower East Side at Delancey and Suffolk streets.
Shan Kanagasingham has been appointed as New York City Area General Manager at 1 Hotels
Shan Kanagasingham has been named New York City Area General Manager for 1 Hotels, a new luxury mission-driven brand debuting in early 2015 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 58th Street. Kanagasingham brings 20 years of luxury experience to 1 Hotels where she will oversee leadership and direct daily operations for 1 Hotel Central Park, and 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge Park, opening late 2015, located on the water just south of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Jennifer Rutkowski has been appointed as Area Director of Sales & Marketing at Baccarat Hotels & Resorts and 1 Hotels
Jennifer Rutkowski joins 1 Hotels from The London Hotels where she most recently served as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, for the brand’s hotels and restaurants in New York and Los Angeles. During her tenure, Rutkowski was responsible for consolidating and restructuring all sales, marketing and communication efforts to strengthen cross-promotion of the properties, resulting in a significant increase in room, and food and beverage sales. In addition to consulting for The Blackstone Group, Rutkowski has held various sales and marketing positions with Morgans Hotel Group, New Castle Hotels, Winfair Hospitality Management, and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts.
Andrew Turner has been appointed as General Manager at Baccarat Hotel & Residences
Turner brings more than 20 years of luxury hospitality experience to this exciting new role. Prior to joining the Baccarat Hotel team, he was General Manager of Anantara Villas, in Phuket, Thailand, where his leadership was recognized with the company chairman’s Award of Excellence for outstanding contribution to service and financial results. Turner began his career at The Inter-Continental Sydney in his native Australia and proceeded to work his way up The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. ladder, holding management positions in Sydney, Australia; Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, DC; Shanghai, China; Doha, Qatar; and Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Executive Chef Ashfer Biju has been appointed as additional role of Director of Food & Beverage at The Pierre, A Taj Hotel
Celebrated for his innovative use of the freshest seasonal and regional ingredients during more than 12 years with luxury Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces around the world, Chef Biju began cooking at age 16. He was raised in a family of restaurateurs near the pristine backwaters of Kerala, India, and grew up with a passion for fresh fish and seafood. Today he is known for adding modern touches to traditional French, Mediterranean, Asian and Indian cuisines in a personal style influenced by his rigorous culinary training and extensive world travels. Chef Ashfer honors his heritage and his mother specifically by showcasing her Malabar Prawn Curry on his in-room dining menus. He joined The Pierre as Executive Chef in early 2012.
Sanjay Bedi has been named Regional Vice President of Operations at Real Hospitality Group (RHG)
Prior to joining RHG in 2013, Bedi was recognized by brands such as Marriott, Starwood and Hilton in his role as a Regional Director with another large Hospitality Operating Company. He previously spent a substantial tenure with a national executive search firm where he developed a keen eye for identifying talent well matched to hotels. He holds an MBA from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Sanjay was hired in 2013 and has served as a Regional Director of Operations, handling a portfolio of the company's high profile hotels in New York City. Bedi will be based at the company's midtown Manhattan Regional Corporate Office.
Leon Pellicer has been appointed as Food & Beverage Director at Mandarin Oriental, New York
Leon Pellicer comes to Mandarin Oriental, New York with more than 15 years of experience in hospitality, most recently as Director of Food & Beverage at St. Regis Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii. Pellicer has held key management positions with St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Worldwide since 2009 including St. Regis Deer Valley and St. Regis Bahia Beach. Previously, Pellicer held positions with Four Seasons Resorts in Hawaii and Mexico. He is a graduate of Universidad del Valle de Atemajac in Puerto Vallarta Mexico and was recently accepted as a Certified Sommelier by The Court of Masters Sommeliers in 2013.
Candice Cancino has been named General Manager at Hyatt Herald Square
A veteran of the hospitality industry, Candice Cancino comes to the hotel with over 20 years of experience ranging from boutique hotels to major luxury hotel brands. Prior to joining Hyatt Herald Square New York, Candice most recently served as the General Manager of The High Line Hotel in New York where she oversaw the opening of the property. Cancino started her hotel career at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and from there, went on to hold leadership roles at The Milford New York, the Normandy Hotel in Washington D.C., Tribeca Grand hotel in New York and W Hotels. In her new role, Candice will be responsible for all the pre-opening stages of development and for running the fashion and publishing-themed hotel as well as overall, day-to-day operations following the property's opening.
Catherine Johns has been appointed as Director of Sales at Sofitel New York
Johns comes to Sofitel from Hyatt Hotel Corporation, where, most recently, she was director of catering and convention services for the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa in Honolulu. Her positions with Hyatt also include meeting and events director for the Andaz Fifth Avenue in New York and director of catering at the Park Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. Before joining Hyatt, she served as catering sales manager for The Hay-Adams in Washington, D.C.
John J. DePaul has joined JLL as Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
In order to better service and further expand its worldwide asset management portfolio of more than 40 hotels, JLL has added industry veteran John J. DePaul to lead the Hotels & Hospitality Group’s asset management and advisory practice in the Northeast United States. DePaul will report to Greg Hartmann, who was recently promoted to Managing Director and leads the hotel asset management and advisory practice in the U.S. and Canada. During DePaul’s more than 32 years of hospitality management and advisory experience, he served as Managing Member and founder of NHH Capital Advisors LLC, a fully-integrated hospitality advisory, asset management and investment platform executing more than $4.5 billion in project assignments since 2006. He also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Melrose Hotel Corporation LLC, an independent upscale real estate hotel platform within Berwind Property Group LTD. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in management with an emphasis in marketing from Philadelphia University.
Greg Hartmann has been promoted to Managing Directors at JLL
In order to better service and further expand its worldwide asset management portfolio of more than 40 hotels, JLL has added industry veteran John J. DePaul to lead the Hotels & Hospitality Group’s asset management and advisory practice in the Northeast United States. DePaul will report to Greg Hartmann, who was recently promoted to Managing Director and leads the hotel asset management and advisory practice in the U.S. and Canada.
Clay Dickinson has been promoted to Managing Director at JLL
JLL promoted Clay Dickinson to Managing Director. Hartmann will continue to lead asset management and advisory efforts for the U.S. and Canada while Dickinson’s focus will lie in the Latin American region. The platform’s growth comes in response to a recent uptick in clients’ needs for expert advice on a host of existing and new projects.
Christian Pratsch has been appointed as Executive Chef at Mandarin Oriental, New York
Chef Pratsch has over 18 years of experience in hospitality and the culinary arts. Most recently, he completed a two-year term as Executive Chef aboard The World – Residences at Sea overseeing its six food and beverage outlets.
Mureka Walcott has been appointed as Director of Human Resources at M&R Hospitality Management
An 11-year hospitality industry veteran, Walcott previously was area human resources manager for the Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Midtown East and Courtyard New York Manhattan/Times Square, both in New York, from 2013-2014. From 2008-2013, she was market human resources manager at the Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel in Rutherford, New Jersey, where she earlier was an accounting manager. Prior to that, she served in two capacities at the Saddle Brook Marriott in Saddle Brook, New Jersey: front office manager and accounts receivable manager. M&R Hotel Management operates three hotels in Manhattan, four near John F. Kennedy International Airport, one near LaGuardia Airport and two in Staten Island. A third Staten Island hotel is scheduled to open in September.
Evette Ubinas has been appointed as General Manager at Comfort Inn Staten Island
The 11-year hospitality industry veteran previously served M&R as rooms operation manager at its Comfort Inn Midtown West on West 48th Street in New York. Earlier in her career, she was director of operations, front office manager and director of housekeeping at hotels in North Carolina, Colorado, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Colleen Senters has been appointed as General Manager at The Westin New York Grand Central
Before achieving the leadership position of General Manager, Senters began her career in hospitality as a room attendant and worked in multiple departments including sales, Front Office and Food &Beverage. Senters most recently was the General Manager of the Westin Jersey City Newport and previously was General Manager of the Sheraton Russell Hotel and the Sheraton Piscataway. Senters also was Hotel Manager of the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and held senior financial positions at the Sheraton Parsippany, Hospitality Partners and U.S. Golf. Senters holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Marymount University.
Ronen Nissenbaum has been named Managing Director at the Waldorf Astoria New York
Most recently, Nissenbaum served as the president and CEO of The Plaza Group including overseeing the Plaza Hotel in New York as well as development of the Plaza hotel brand. Prior to this role, he held extensive leadership positions at properties around the globe including senior executive vice president of operations at Marina Bay Sands Singapore where he opened and managed the largest integrated resort in Southeast Asia. Nissenbaum’s other global hospitality positions include senior management roles with Forte hotels in London and Euro Disney in Paris. Nissenbaum also had a successful 13 year tenure with InterContinental Hotel Group holding various roles from general manager in Tel-Aviv, Berlin, Paris and Atlanta to regional vice president of operations for North America. His hospitality career began with positions in the front office and food and beverage departments at properties in Belgium, Switzerland and Israel.
Dominique Colliat has been named Executive VP, HotelServices, North & Central America and Caribbean at ACCOR
Accor, the world's leading hotel operator and market leader in Europe, has announced the appointment of Dominique Colliat to Executive Vice President, HotelServices, North & Central America and Caribbean. A 27-year veteran of Accor, Colliat will be responsible for targeted business and development strategies to increase profitability and expand hotel share throughout the region. A graduate of Lyon University with majors in marketing and management and a minor in French literature, Colliat began her career at Accor managing a succession of hotels in the Caribbean, France and Great Britain. In 1998, she departed the company after 20 years to join Club Méditerranée (Club Med) as Director for the Bahamas and Caribbean. Three years later, she was appointed Vice President Operations of Club Med North America, Mexico and the Caribbean to help reposition the resort collection in the upscale travel market.