The senior team at the forthcoming Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse has been appointed ahead of the hotel’s expected opening in late summer 2018. The eight-strong team, led by general manager Louise Thrussell, boasts more than 118 years of combined industry experience. Louise said: “I’m thrilled to have such a great team in place here at Doncaster Racecourse. … [Read more...]
Manorview’s Marathon Men donate over £7k to children’s charities
Manorview Hotels & Leisure Group have supported two Scottish children’s charities by running the London Marathon and raising over £7,000. Steve Graham, Managing Director and Steve Buckley, Head of Procurement, completed the gruelling challenge in searing heat in London on Sunday 22nd April. They ran to raise funds for CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland), and When … [Read more...]
Park Regis Birmingham boosts hotel management team with five senior appointments
Park Regis Birmingham has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of five managers as the city centre hotel builds on its first two years of success. General Manager Mark Payne said it represented the start of an exciting new chapter for the deluxe four-star hotel, located at Five Ways. Laura Orrell joins the hotel as Director of Sales from Q Hotels, where she … [Read more...]
Sixteen unemployed Londoners successfully graduate from Hospitality Futures programme
Sixteen unemployed Londoners have been offered the chance of a career in the hospitality industry, due to an initiative funded by Solidarity AccorHotels, an endowment fund set up by AccorHotels to help fight economic and social exclusion of people at risk of poverty by improving their employability. The participants have graduated from the “Hospitality Futures” programme, … [Read more...]
Courtyard Edinburgh welcomes new manager
A brand new General Manager is now leading the team at the capital’s Courtyard Edinburgh hotel. Grant McKenzie will head up the 55-strong team at the city centre hotel, which is operated by the UK’s leading independent hotel management company, RBH. The experienced hotelier, who has spent more than 15 years in the industry, will oversee operations at the 240-bed hotel, … [Read more...]