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Martin Lowery has been promoted to Senior Vice President Organizational Development and Chief Learning Officer at Hilton Hotels Corporation. He has been with the company since 1982 and most recently held the title of Vice President Human Resources/Education Professional Development.
Olivier Maumaire has been promoted to General Manager of the Costa Rica Hilton Papagayo Bay. He was most recently at the Caribe Hilton as Director of Operations and Regional Director of Food and Beverage for Hilton Caribbean.
Pierre-Alexandre Maillard is the new General Manager at the Hotel Carl Gustaf in St. Barthelemy. He was previously the General Manager of the Hotel Napoléon in Fontainebleau.
Alessandro Cabella has been appointed Vice President and Resort Manager at the One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas. For the past year, he was the Hotel Manager at the Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, part of Orient Express. Cabella had previously already worked for One&Only, as Resident Manager of Le Touessrok on Mauritius.
Richard Raab is replacing Attila Gyulai as Director of Food and Beverage at the Four Seasons Great Exuma. He comes from the Four Seasons London and made prior stops at the Four Seasons Maui, the Four Seasons Beverly Hills and the Four Seasons Cairo.
Rory Slater has been named Director of Food and Beverage at the Peninsula New York. He was previously the Director of Food and Beverage at the Mayfair in London.
Tara Grand has joined London’s Maybourne Hotel Group (the Berkeley, Claridge’s, the Connaught) as its Los Angeles-based Head of Entertainment Sales. She had been a Sales Manager at the Four Seasons Los Angeles for the past two years, after transferring from the Four Seasons Los Angeles Worldwide Sales Office, where she represented the Four Seasons Tokyo at Chinzan-so.
Olivier Rousselle has joined the Luxe on Sunset as Executive Chef. He was most recently in the same position at Camden House in Beverly Hills for the past two years. Previously, he spent two years in France at the Le Florida in Verduzan and Les Jardins de l’Opéra in Toulouse. Before moving to France, he served as the Executive Chef at Michael’s in Santa Monica for four years.
David Werly transfers to Le Cirque Las Vegas as Executive Chef. He has been the Executive Sous Chef at Le Cirque New York. Werly had joined the company in 2002 and served as both Executive Sous Chef and Executive Chef at Le Cirque Mexico City.
Alexandre Firer is the new Rooms Division Manager at the Hotel Carl Gustaf. He was previously with the Royal Monceau in Paris as Meetings and Incentive and Spa Manager.
Ivan Artolli has been appointed General Manager of the Balmoral in Edinburgh, replacing Debbie Taylor. He joined Rocco Forte Hotels in 2000 as General Manager of the Hotel Savoy in Florence and in 2002 moved to Brussels to manage the Hotel Amigo. Previously, he had served as Director of Sales and Marketing at the Plaza Athénée in Paris and the Villa d’Este Grand Hotel.
Patrick Phillips was named General Manager of the Sofitel Royal Casino in Cannes Mandelieu. He spent the past five years with the Lucien Barrière Group as General Manager of the Hôtel du Golf in La Baule.
Eric Thomas is the new General Manager of the Grand Hôtel des Thermes, in Brides-les-Bains, succeeding Danièle Féchoz. Since July 2003, Thomas had been the Director of Operations of Les Thermes d'Evian. He previously was the Manager of the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay.
Nick Yarnell is the new Director of Rooms at the Four Seasons George V. He had joined Four Seasons in 1999, following several years at the Savoy Hotel Group in London. Recent positions included that of Director of Rooms at the Four Seasons Maldives.
Olivier Voarick has been named Director of Operations, France, for Ladurée, Paris’s most famous Salon de Thé since 1862. For the past five years, he had been at the Chateau de l’Ile in Strasbourg, as General Manager. Previously, he had worked at the Chateau d’Esclimont, the Hotel Ambassador Concorde and the Hotel du Louvre Concorde.
Stéphane Gras has transferred to the Four Seasons Prague as Director of Food and Beverage. He was most recently at the Four Seasons Hualalai where he had been the Assistant Director of Food and Beverage since November 2005. A Lausanne graduate, Gras previously held various food and beverage management positions at the Four Seasons Newport Beach, the Four Seasons Austin and the Four Seasons New York.
Vanina Sommer has been named Director of Public Relations for Concorde Hotels and Resorts. Since January 2003, she held a similar position in Europe for Starwood Hotels and Resorts.
Régine Ritzenthaler has been named Sales Manager at the Hotel Carl Gustaf, based in France. Ritzenthaler was previously with Le Méridien Etoile and the Royal Monceau in Paris.
Delphine Daniel has joined the pre-opening team of Rocco Forte’s Le Richemond in Geneva as Executive Housekeeper. She previously held the position of Executive Housekeeper at both the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva and the Imperial Palace in Annecy, France.
Simone Pietri will be joining Le Richemond as Front Office Manager, having previously been the Concierge at the Hotel de Russie in Rome. Prior to joining Rocco Forte Hotels, she served as Assistant Guest Services Manager at the Regent Wall Street and as Front Office Intern at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago.
Leonardo Temperini has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage at Le Richemond. He joined Rocco Forte Hotels in 2000 as Bar Manager at the Hotel de Russie in Rome, where he was later promoted to the position of Director of Food and Beverage.
Mickael Meunier has joined the Hotel Meurice in Paris as Restaurant General Manager. He was most recently the General Manager at Café Boulud Palm Beach after serving as Assistant General Manager at Café Boulud New York.
Rémy Brigaudin has joined the Dubrovnik Palace in Croatia as Executive Chef. Most recently, he oversaw the opening of the Mövenpick Resort Taba as Executive Chef after serving as Executive Chef at the Conrad Cairo for two years.
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