The first Niccolo hotel will open in early 2015 within the International Finance Square Chengdu, with a further three Niccolo hotels to open in Chongqing, Changsha and Suzhou.

A complete reconstruction of an existing hotel, the Dusit Thani Samara Sousse is slated to open in mid-2018 within a mixed-use development that includes private beach access.

He joins Mandarin Oriental from Orient Express Hotels where he held the position of General Manager and Area Manager, Sicily at Grand Hotel Timeo & Villa Sant’Andrea in Taormina.

LEED certified “Silver” by the U.S. Green Building Council, the 182-room Hampton Inn San Diego/Mission Valley is the first hotel in the area to offer an electric vehicle charging station.

Holiday Inn Express Bali Raya Kuta is the fourth Holiday Inn Express hotel to open in Indonesia only eight months after the brand made its debut in the country.

Its lagoons use up to 100 times fewer chemicals than traditional pool systems and only two per cent of the energy required by conventional filtering technologies, making them more sustainable.

The renovation of the Hotel Royal is in keeping with the traditional Belle Epoque style of this celebrated property which boasts incredible views over Lake Geneva.

The luxury escape is devoted to nothing but somnolence and indolence for the sleep-starved, stress-soaked, sheep-counting overachievers and workaholics of the region.

To produce a high-performing team in a high-performing hotel, it is about being goal-focused, but in a people-oriented way and achieving a workable balance between both approaches.