London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, has appointed Magdalena Eliasz as Director of Operations. Magdalena brings ten years’ hospitality experience to her new role, with six years of her career spent at Marriott International properties, including Marriott Bristol Royal Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott Aberdeen Airport and … [Read more...]
Corinthia Hotels appoint Thomas M. Fischer as new GM of Corinthia Hotel London
Corinthia Hotels appoint international hotelier Thomas M. Fischer as the new General Manager of its flagship five-star hotel in London. Moving from his position as General Manager at Corinthia Hotel Budapest, which he has held since March 2012, Thomas will oversee Corinthia Hotel London as it continues to thrive among the city’s leading five-star hotels. In his new role, … [Read more...]
IHG reports strong first half with operating profit up 9%
Richard Solomons, Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, comments: “We continued to make strong progress against our winning strategy in the first half, strengthening our brands, loyalty programme and owner proposition. We delivered our best first half for signings since 2008, underlying fee revenue growth of 9%, and underlying profit growth of 10%, giving us … [Read more...]
Hilton exceeds expectations for Q2 – and one million rooms
Hilton has just reported sparkling results with Christopher J. Nassetta, President & Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Worldwide, commenting: "We are pleased that strong business fundamentals and execution resulted in Adjusted EBITDA and EPS exceeding the high end of guidance. We remain confident in delivering strong performance going forward and are pleased to commence … [Read more...]
CleanConscience for Brown’s Hoteltop hot
Brown’s Hotel is the first UK hotel to be actively eliminating needless waste hitting already overflowing landfills by recovering partly used soap and guest amenities and donating it to CleanConscience, thus promoting a greener, more sustainable future. CleanConscience is a charity, founded by Gwen Powell that aims to reduce waste from the hospitality industry going to … [Read more...]