Hoteliers On The Move
by Mary GostelowEditor’s Note: We know one of the values you bring to your customers is the personal relationships you’ve developed with leading hoteliers around the world. To help you keep up with your favorite GMs and hotel executives as they move around and open new properties, Travel Market Report has engaged Mary Gostelow to provide you a monthly update of who’s doing what. Gostelow is founder and editor of Gostelow Report, a subscription newsletter read globally by hotel owners and executives and a contributor of Hotels Magazine, as well as moderating panels at numerous conferences for hoteliers.
Simon Kong opens 35-room Shanghai Ahn Luh Zhujiajiao, around the old Wu Feng Lou opera theatre • Manuel Andreu opens Marugal’s 64-room Madrid Totem, SLH • Ahmed Naufal opens 50-room Maldives Milaidhoo Island, SLH • Mark Wouters opens Taikang Insurance’s 115-room Beijing PuXua Wangfujing (OMA architecture, Remedios interiors) • Emmanuel Blanchemanche opens Compagnie Hôtelière de Bagatelle’s 37-room Paris Le Roch, by new cult designer Sarah Lavoine • Marco den Ouden opens Meziwan’s 74-room Hangzhou Alila Anji eco-resort • Darren Darwin opens 115-room Dhofar Anantara Jabal Al Akhdar • Roger Marcz opens art-filled 203-room Chongqing Regent • Jose Alberto Ocasio opens 333-room Boracay Mövenpick • Christian Humber opens 374-room Shanghai W Hotel • Peter Katusak-Huzsvar opens 356-room Dubai W Al Habtoor City • Eva Monteiro opens 10-room Rio Vila Santa Teresa, a conversion of her family’s Monteiro de Carvalho estate (designers Andrea Aragão and Leticia Haegler) • Daniel Dolatre opens 261-room Cartagena Hyatt Regency • Cesar Moreno opens 255-room Guadalajara Hyatt Regency Andares • Jack Olshan opens Aparium’s 114-room Covington KY Hotel Covington.
Konstantinos Loukopoulos opens Andrew Ragotis’ 300-room Thessaloniki Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort • Bram van der Hoek opens Europe Hotel Private Collection’s 110-roomAmsterdam Sir Adam, in 1971 Shell building • Michael Collins opens 183-room Napa CA Archer, with Charlie Palmer restaurant • Anne Scott opens ONE IFC’s 208-room Kuala Lumpur St Regis, with Takashi Saito restaurant • Omar Souab opens Mina Al Fajer’s 182-room Fujairah Fairmont • Walter Burkhart opens Solidere’s 113-room Ajman Oberoi • Thomas Kaplan opens 677-room Abu Dhabi Bab al Qus Millennium • David Lance opens 315-room Abu Dhabi Marriott Downtown • Amy-Lynn Pelaez re-opens 1867-vintage 18-room New Orleans Henry Howard after a Lauren Mabry new-look • David Jamieson reflags Destination Resorts’ 390-room Phuket dusitD2 as Swissôtel Patong Beach • Davide Bertilaccio brands Massimo Ferragamo’s 1,000-acre Monte San Savino Castiglion del Bosco as Rosewood.
Other hotel mds/gms: Vito Romeo Chengdu Ritz-Carlton • Zeynep Incekara Bodrum Jumeirah Palace • Hani Roustom Toronto Hazelton • Christoph Schleissing Mussanah Millennium • John Cantele La Quinta CA • Pablo Cogolludo Nassau Beach Meliá, temporarily Baha Mar • Ernesto Hernandez Panama Canal Meliá • Tracy Walker San Diego Hilton Bayfront • Steven Ellingsen Chicago Oak Brook Hilton • Edward DiLuca Cabo San Lucas ME Cabo • Henri Birmele Lake Tahoe CA The Landing • Michael Stephens Leesburg VA Lansdowne • Michael Dunbar Cincinnati 21c Museum • Michael Purtill Manchester UK Palace • Jesper Henriksen Beijing Radisson Blu • Christian Wurm Hua Hin Hyatt Regency (and The Barai) • Yann Gillet São Paulo Grand Hyatt • Leandro Livschitz Mendoza Park Hyatt • Globy Ouseph London Gatwick Sofitel • Sal Gowili London The Ritz • Damian O’Donnell Perth Crown Metropol • Yuji Tanaka Bali Bulgari • Marc Neukomm Kyoto Ritz-Carlton • Mark Piatkowsk Rancho Las Palmas Omni • Jonathan Crellin Boston Park Plaza • JP Oliver Miami Beach FL Hyatt Lifestyle Confidante • Kathleen Cochran Greenough MT Paws Up • Christophe Thomas Los Angeles SLS Beverly Hills • Stephen Carter St Andrews Old Course • David Jurcak Austin TX Omni Barton Creek • Glenn Spanier Atlanta Sheraton Suites Galleria • Paul McNeil Syracuse NY Marriott Downtown • Ralph Scatena Orlando FL World Center Marriott • Jan Hendrik Meidinger Hong Kong Excelsior • Eric Kee Sanya Mandarin Oriental • Emanuela Setterberg Los Angeles Bel-Air.
Mary Gostelow has been producing the monthly Gostelow Report market intelligence newsletter since 1992.
