Hoteliers On The Move, November 2017

Bill Heinecke and Ed Mady were honored as HOTELS‘ hoteliers of the year, New York, 13 November • Jean-Luc Naret is ceo La Réserve collection (Didier Le Calvez, with Olivia Mathé Le Calvez, heads Ré Consulting) • Bob Warman leaves Langham • Martin Rinck leaves Hilton (new evp, president Asia Pacific, Hilton, is IHG veteran Alan Watts) • Christoph Michl is ceo Arabella Hospitality • Abid Butt is ceo Asia-Pacific, Dream • At Kerzner, Audrey Oswell is president/md Nassau Atlantis, Paradise Island • Canyon Ranch coo Tom Klein is also president • Stephan Killinger is coo Corinthia • Christoph Mares is Hong Kong-based coo Mandarin Oriental (Richard Baker is group chief relationship officer, Paul Massot heads development, Jan Gössing stays heading Americas) • James Simmonds heads development Global Hotel Association GHA • Claire Bennett is cmo IHG • Rob Cheng is vp brand marketing and communications, Rosewood • At Mövenpick, Andrew Langdon is cdo and Michel Checoury cfo.

Jun Yoshie to open 380-room Okinawa Halekulani, a Mitsui Fudosan beach project • Kevin Hines opens 200-room Daytona Beach FL Hard Rock • Flor van der Vaart opens 134-room St Kitts Park Hyatt • Andrew Spearman opens Joel Cadbury’s 1866-vintage, 18-room Leatherhead UK Beaverbrook, one-time home of the Canada-born media magnate and politician • Jerry Mong opens 300-room Xi’an W Hotel • Andrea Murray opens 299-room Portland OR The Porter, Curio • Barbara Burton opens Sagicor’s 217-room Montego Bay Jewel Grande • Rudy Oretti opens 389-room Dubai Kempinski Emerald Palm • Marco Ortlam opens 122-room Los Cabos Montage • Thomas Lind opens 330-room Apharetta GA Avalon, Autograph • Susan Noonan opens Adrian Zecha’s 30-room Can Tho Azerai • Nikolaj Tamakloe opens Copenhagen Sanders • Michel Ducamp re-opens 1877-vintage 32-room Sarasota Springs NY Adelphi, next to Gray Kunz’s Salt & Char steakhouse.

Sam Ionnidis flags Vouliagmeni Astir Palace to become 300-room Four Seasons • Chris Harrison opens 271-room Irvine CA Marriott Spectrum • David Nuenemann transitions Canouan Pink Sands Club to Mandarin Oriental, with about 80 keys • Romain Meiran converts Paris’ 1870-vintage Samaritaine to 78-room Paris Cheval Blanc, designer Peter Marino • Nicholas Chalmers flags 9-unit Doha Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels as Tivoli • Jean Christophe Nager deflags Ahmed Umar Maniku’s Maldives 43-room Huvafen Fushi, formerly Per Aquum • Christophe Hilty stays with Geneva Richemond (Dorchester Collection left 31 October).

Other md/gms: Joseph Chong Hong Kong The Peninsula (and avp/md Shanghai – Rainy Chan takes a year’s sabbatical to give back, in Cambodia, Hong Kong and Thailand) • Jisoo Chon Shanghai The Peninsula • Henar Gil Rios Playa del Carmen Thompson • Marlene Poynder New York Conrad • Robert Rechtermann New York The London • Stefan Mirevski New York Millennium Hilton One UN Plaza • Patrick Horstmann New York The James – NoMad and SoHo • John Maibach New York Loews Regency • Derek McCann Santa Monica Loews • Charles Head Berkeley CA The Claremont, Fairmont • Bernd Zaengle Stuttgart Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin • Moritz Klein Hamburg Steigenberger (and director Bremen, Kiel) • Spiridon Sarantopoulos Frankfurt Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof • Skip Cerf Jr Baltimore MD Sheraton North • Deasy Swandarini Ubud Chedi Club Tanah Gajah • Norton Pereira Goa Le Méridien • Matthew La Vine Indian Wells CA Miramonte • Andrew Seagrave San Diego Rancho Bernardo Inn • André D’Amour Roanoke WV Stonewall Resort • Andreas Schmidt Los Cabos Grand Velas • Douglas Brennan Toronto Airport Sheraton Gateway • Maria Del Pilar Perciavalle Puerta Vallarta Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit • Troy Pade Los Angeles Sunset Tower • Caroline Appel Sonoma CA Timber Cover • Kai Lermen Carmel CA Quail Lodge • Gonzalo Güelman Ros Nevis Four Seasons • Charlie Lopez-Quintana Santa Monica Casa Del Mar.

Deborah Haines Bangkok Radisson Blu Plaza • Franck Seguin Mauritius Outrigger • Marcus Cameroni Magdeburg IntercityHotel • Nicholas Gold Kaui Kukui’ula • Jérôme Billy Paris Westminster • Pascal Bertrand St Lucia BodyHoliday • Robert Logan Los Cabos One&Only Palmilla • Fernando Rojo Alicante SHA Wellness • Pravin Kumar Maldives Park Hyatt Hadahaa • Dan Johnson Austin TX Hyatt Regency • Randy Thompson St Louis Hyatt Regency at The Arch • Benjamin Eichner Baden-Baden Radisson Blu Badischer Hof • Brett Burton Lang Cô’s Angsana, and Banyan Tree • Richard Saul Shanghai Waldorf Astoria • Natalia Kashirskaya Bansko Kempinski Grand Arena • Pinar Timer Dubai Jumeirah Al Qasr and Dar Al Masyaf • David Simon Dubai Palace Downtown, Address • Colm O’Callaghan Los Angeles Montage Beverly Hills • Laurent Branover Courchevel LVMH (Le Cheval Blanc and White 1921).

©Mary Gostelow 2017   (Mary Gostelow has been producing the monthly Gostelow Report market intelligence newsletter since 1992, gostelow@aol.com)