Hotel News Resource Mobile Edition
the source for hotel industry news
Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay announces the appointment of Jason Rodgers as Hotel Manager of the hotel that recently transformed into a fully-fledged island resort with the addition of The Four Seasons Beach.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts veteran Mohamed Elbanna has been promoted to Senior General Manager, continuing his management of Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach while now also overseeing the development of the future Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Fort Lauderdale.
Mosaic Hotel Group (MHG) announced the appointment of Edmund Sulzman as president of MHG. Sulzman is responsible for overseeing the hotel group's current portfolio of six boutique hotels, as well as spearheading developments and upcoming hotel launches in California and Mexico.
Tom Osborn joins Radisson Hotel Group as director of Franchise Sales & Development. Adrian François also joins the team in a consultant capacity as director of Franchise Sales & Development.
The Pantheon Iconic Rome Hotel has announced two executive-level appointments to its opening team, including Claude Costella as General Manager and Francesca Gori as Director of Sales & Marketing. Both bring extensive experience and a passion for fine hospitality to the new five-star property located steps from The Pantheon, Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain in the heart of the Eternal City.
STR's preliminary June 2018 data for hotels in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, saw occupancy increase 6.4% to 53.8% during the month, and despite a 4.5% ADR decline to 318.12 Emirati dirhams ($86.62), RevPAR rose 1.6% to 171.31 dirhams ($46.65).
Every hotelier is bound to be aware of the Hotel industry’s eternal battle: direct bookings versus OTA! While it doesn’t take a genius to gather that direct bookings are hands down the better of the two, OTAs do give hotels the advantage of being more visible than they can ever be on their own! So, finding the right balance between the two will work wonders to ensure full occupancy at your hotel.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that Hyatt has selected Julia Vander Ploeg as senior vice president, global head of digital. Vander Ploeg will report to Mark Vondrasek, global chief commercial officer.
Following a 19 year tenure with Four Seasons, Humig will oversee four properties within the region, in addition to his role as General Manager of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
With the property since pre-opening in early 2016, Carreras opened the Hotel as Hotel Manager in September 2016