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Matthew Hart has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Corporation, taking over for the retiring Stephen Bollenbach. Hart joined Hilton in 1996. Previously, he has held various senior level positions with the Walt Disney Company, Host Marriott and Bankers Trust.
David Collas has joined the Ritz in London as Executive Assistant Manager in charge of Food and Beverage. He comes from a two-year stint as the Food and Beverage Director at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes. Previously, he served as Food and Beverage Manager at the Lancaster in Paris, the Chateau Eze on the French Riviera and as Food and Beverage Operations Manager at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen.
David Cohen has been promoted to General Manager of the Parker Méridien in New York. He joined the hotel in 2003 as its Hotel Manager. He was previously at the Rhiga Royal (now the London-New York) for four years, prior to moving over to the Marriott corporate offices as Task Force Manager after their purchase of the Rhiga in 2001.
Thierry Kennel has been appointed General Manager for the upcoming Four Seasons St. Louis, slated for opening in November. He comes from the Four Seasons Boston, where he was the Hotel Manager for the past five years. He has previously held posts with Four Seasons in Nevis, the Maldives, Jakarta, Vancouver, Toronto and Houston.
Didier de La Ferrière was recently named General Manager of the Sofitel San Francisco Bay. He was most recently the General Manager at the Sofitel Houston. He has been with Accor for twelve years in Madrid, Paris and New York.
Rainer Auckenthaler has been named General Manager at the Hilton Princess Managua in Nicaragua. He has worked for Hilton since 1998 most recently as Corporate Director of Food and Beverage for the Hilton Princess Chain Central America.
Franck Jaulneau has been promoted to Director of Operations at the Hotel Castille in Paris. He moves up from the position as Director of Food and Beverage, one he had held since 2005. Jaulneau previously spent two years as Director at Le Jardin d'Hiver at the Hôtel Meurice in Paris.
Richard Raab transfers as Director of Food and Beverage to the Four Seasons Gresham Palace, replacing Attila Gyulai who is leaving the company. Raab comes from the Four Seasons London and did prior stops at the Four Seasons Maui, the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills and the Four Seasons Cairo. Before joining Four Seasons, he was with the Churchill Intercontinental and the Regent (Landmark) London.
Tiago Castro has been promoted to Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues. He moves up from the position of Director of Restaurants. He has previously served in various food and beverage positions at the Four Seasons London and the Four Seasons Lisbon.
Kerzner International has promoted Franz Buchhalter to Vice President of Leisure Sales and Marketing, overseeing the properties at Atlantis. He originally joined Kerzner in 1998 as Executive Director of Leisure Sales and Marketing.
Vincent Cachot has moved to Los Angeles as Executive Chef of the InterContinental (formerly the Park Hyatt Century City). He was most recently the Executive Chef at the Sofitel San Francisco.
Philippe Leboeuf has left Rosewood to join Claridge’s in London as General Manager. He had joined Rosewood last August as Vice President of Operations. Leboeuf, a Board Director for Leading Hotels of the World, served until 2005 as Executive Vice President of Louvre Hotels, the Barry Sternlicht-controlled entity that includes the Hotel de Crillon. Leboeuf was at the helm of the Crillon for six years. From 1989 to 1991, he was an Executive Assistant Manager at New York's Carlyle.
Leonardo Baiocchi will join the pre-opening team of the Four Seasons Firenze as Hotel Manager. He has been with the company for the past fourteen years, joining to open the Four Seasons Milano, where he later was promoted to Front Office Manager. He also worked at the Regent Chiang Mai, the Four Seasons Canary Wharf, the Four Seasons Sharm el Sheikh and, most recently, the Four Seasons Budapest where he was the Hotel Manager since 2004.
Ingo Peters has been promoted to the position of Regional Vice President and General Manager, Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg. He has been the hotel’s General Manager since 1997, following four years with Mandarin Oriental, as General Manager of the Mandarin Oriental Jakarta and the Phuket Yacht Club.
Xavier Rugeroni has joined Fairmont as Regional Vice President and General Manager, Fairmont Monte Carlo. He was most recently the Area General Manager for Le Méridien, Southern France & Monaco. He also served as General Manager at the Compleat Angler in Marlow, the Westbury in London and Le Méridien Penina Golf & Resort in Portugal.
Michael Branham returns to Tokyo for his promotion to General Manager at the Four Seasons Tokyo at Marunouchi. He comes from the Four Seasons Singapore where he had been the Hotel Manager for the past two years. He joined the company in 1997 as Food and Beverage Director at the Four Seasons Jakarta.
Michael Monks has been transferred by Shangri-La to General Manager of the Shangri-La Golden Flower in Xian. Monks, who joined the group in 1995, was most recently the General Manager of the Shangri-La Hangzhou.
Robert Petrovic has been promoted to Hotel Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial Street. He was previously the hotel’s Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage. He joined the company in 2003 as the Director of Food and Beverage at the Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg.
Pierre Stacher has been appointed General Manager of the Swissôtel Sydney. A former General Manager of Australia’s Hayman Island, he had joined Swissôtel in 2003 as General Manager of the Swissôtel Zurich.
Andre Kretschmann has been named General Manager at the Shangri-La Boracay Resort & Spa due to open in 2008. He was most recently the General Manager of the Bo Phut Resort & Spa in Samui and previously served as General Manager of the Chedi Phuket and the Chedi Muscat.
Robert Stark has been appointed General Manager of the JW Marriott Seoul. He was most recently based in Singapore and has been with Marriott since 1985, serving in Jakarta, Bangkok and Waikiki Beach, among others.
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