December 2005
Starwood acquisition of French Taittinger group
The Taittinger Group has been purchased by its main subsidiary, Société du Louvre and the American real estate and private equity company, Starwood Capital for $3.47 billion.
The Taittinger Group has been purchased by its main subsidiary, Société du Louvre and the American real estate and private equity company, Starwood Capital for $3.47 billion.
The purchase was completed less that a month after the group’s 77-year-old chairman Claude Taittinger announced the family owned business was for sale. The first-round of bidding included more than 40 participants and has been the talk of France’s business world.
The Taittinger takeover includes not only the champagne vineyards but some France’s most esteemed luxury-goods manufacturers, Baccarat Crystal, plus fourteen luxury hotels. Its flagship hotel is Paris's Crillion at the Place de la Concorde that is famous for housing Heads of State as well as rock stars.
The Starwood Group intends to sell off the Taittinger holdings other than the hotels on which they will concentrate. It’s the business Starwood knows the best.
In the meantime, many French say this is another example of the French selling out to American investors. If nothing else, it’s the end of an era.
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World Pastry Cup 2007, Lyon, France
The 2007 World Pastry Cup will again be held in Lyon, France in 2007 during the SIRHA Expo. The French Pastry World Cup Committee is building a winning team to compete in the finals of the 10 th Pastry World Cup to take place on 21~22 January 2007.
20 countries are selected every 2 years to compete in teams of 3 qualified pastry chefs who must produce 3 desserts and 3 artistic displays made of sugar, chocolate and ice in a limited amount of time. The pieces are then rated by an international jury according to their gastronomic and artistic value.
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The Regent luxury hotel under construction in Ningbo
will be the first international hotel in this fast-growing business area of east China near Shanghai and will be the centrepiece of a major redevelopment transforming the face of the city’s business district. Click on image for instructions to download at no charge.
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HRCI announces the opening of the London office in Piccadilly
Michel and his team of consultants announces the opening of the HRCI London office in Piccadilly on December 1st 2005. Our Head office will now be based in London where all International recruitments search will be conducted. Our Paris office will remain open for our Clients from France and French speaking countries. We Hope to hear from you and being able to assist you.
Job of the month
Executive Pastry Chef Morocco
Director F&B Russian
Federation
Food & Beverage Manager Dubai
Resident Manager Egypt
Business Development London, UK
Executive Sous Chef Dubai
Banqueting Head Chef Cairo
Sous Chef London, UK
Restaurant ManagerPacific Islands
Michelin Restaurant Manager London, UK
Staff Movements
Arnaud Pisana is the new Executive Pastry chef at the InterContinental Hotel Vendome in Beyrut, Lebanon, he was Executive pastry chef in Ecuador Hotel Oro Verde before, he also worked for Orient Express hotel in Bora Bora.
Annabelle Bouvier has been named Corporate Sales Manager of the Hotel Napolèon Paris. She was most recently the Sales Executive for French, Belgian, Swiss and Spanish markets at the Hyatt Regency Paris Madeleine.
Tolga Lacin has been appointed Food & Beverage Director of the Intercontinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong. Lacin was previously the Food and Beverage Director and the pre opening member at the W Seoul - Walkerhill.
Charles de Foucault has been named Hotel Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa.
Patrick Bischoff is joining the Hilton Mauritius as Executive Chef.
Jean-Luc Vila is leaving Sandy Lane in Barbados and moving to Dubai to join Bateel International L.L.C as Product Development & Research Manager.
John Wood will be opening Le Meridien Split in Croatia. He was transfered from Le Meridien Moscow Country Club.
Loic Chreachminec is the new Restaurant Manager at Orrery in London, a 1* restaurant part of the Conran restaurants group, Loic spent some time at Marc Veyrat's l' Auberge de l' Eridan few years ago.
Benoit Kuborn has been appointed Director of Sales at the Royal Media Ljubljana Hotel & Casino in Slovenia. Kuborn has previously worked with InterContinental Hotels Group and Hilton International.
Arnaud Duhem is the new Food and Beverage Manager at the Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme. He replaces Fabrice Blondeau who is being transferred to the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. |
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