Ruff joins Wyndham Hotel Group from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in Brussels where he most recently led asset management for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Industry and education – bridging the divide
By Professor P A Jones: The ‘leakage’ of very high quality service-minded graduates to other service sectors is becoming a major problem for the industry.
HOTELbeat launches new cloud-based/mobile operations management solution
The HOTELbeat solution features modules for a variety of operational areas, including front desk/redbook logging, housekeeping, maintenance, lost & found and staff dispatching.
Carolyn Turnbull joins the Board of Directors at Peak Hotels and Resorts
Turnbull has over 18 years of leadership experience in the hospitality industry and has been instrumental in the strategic positioning of Aman Resorts over the past 10 years.
Value Place appoints Stuart Becker new Executive VP and CFO
Becker has 30 years of expertise in finance and private equity, most recently as CFO at Summit Hotel Properties Inc., a publicly traded hotel real estate investment trust.
St. Regis Hotel in Rome sold, Starwood will continue management
Now owned by Constellation Hotels, the iconic St. Regis Hotel in Rome will continue to be operated by Starwood Hotels under a long-term management contract.
Wyndham’s Rui Barros to oversee North America franchise operations
Most recently he served as president and managing director, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Indian Ocean, responsible for Wyndham Hotel Group’s development, operations and cross-functional brand initiatives throughout the region.
White Lodging names 12 new General Managers in Q3 2014
The company is growing through both internal promotions and external hires.
Frasers Hospitality appoints Dennis Wong Director of Portfolio & Asset Management
Wong spent most of his career with Pan Pacific Hotels Group where he was Director of Performance Management, leading a team of Business Analysts in operations audits, business reviews, and feasibility and market studies.
Lars Fitter to lead new The John Hardy Group office in Honolulu
The John Hardy Group will expand to Hawaii in the fourth quarter, 2014 under the leadership of new hire Lars Fitter.
