Chef Yvan is a Swiss national who has worked with well-known hotels such as Hotel Pollux in Zermatt, Hotel Metropole in Interlaken and Hotel Basel Hilton International, as well as at the Hilton Kuching – Malaysia, Hilton Ramses – Cairo, Hilton Nairobi, Hilton – Al Ain, Hilton – Abu Dhabi and laterly at the Waldorf Astoria and Jeddah Hilton.
Davidson promotes Thom Geshay to Chief Operating Officer
Leveraging a successful 28-year career at Davidson in both operations and business development, Thom Geshay has been named co-chief operating officer with Patrick Lupsha. Geshay will solely assume the COO role upon the retirement of Lupsha at the end of this year.
George North appointed VP of Revenue Management at Spire Hospitality
North joins Spire with over 20 years of history in the revenue management world, most recently as the Director of Revenue Management and Pricing Strategies with InterContinental Hotels.
James Chow named Director of Sales & Marketing for Kerry Hotel Hong Kong
Before joining the opening team of Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong, Chow was already a key member of the Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts group, following his tenure as Director of Sales and Marketing at Shangri-La Futian in Shenzhen, China.
Jacque Riley appointed Brand Director, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Europe
Jacque joins IHG Europe from the Kimpton team in the US, where she was Director of Communications for East USA, based in Washington DC.
Urban Denk appointed Director Culinary Innovation and Development at Steigenberger
Urban Denk has spent most of the last 40 years working abroad as an Executive Chef in countries such as England, Belgium, Israel and Dubai. His most recent position was at the gourmet restaurant Dean & Deluca in Kuwait.
Greg O’Stean appointed Chief Investment Officer with Loews Hotels
O’Stean joined Loews Hotels from Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, where as Chief Development Officer he drove growth for all brands across the Americas region, which includes almost 700 hotels and more than 70,000 rooms.
The Luxury Collection Hotel, Changsha opening team announced
Key members of the new property’s executive team are preparing for the hotel’s debut in September 2016.
Saber Rejbi appointed as new pastry chef at Hilton Chicago
With more than a decade of hospitality experience, Rejbi will be responsible for the creation, planning and supervision of the production of pastries, desserts and baked goods for Hilton Chicago.
Clive Murray appointed Area GM Malaysia and Batam and GM of InterContinental Kuala Lumpur
A hospitality veteran with more than 26 years of experience, Murray was most recently the General Manager of Radisson Blu Shanghai New World.
