e-Newsletter June - October 2011

Fabrice Gaudriot H99 was appointed brand director at Belambra Clubs in August 2010. Belambra Clubs is N°1 of the holiday clubs in France with 57 clubs (40,000 beds) for French and European families. With exceptional locations in the best holiday spots in France, Belambra clubs' inspire sharing fun and relaxation holidays for almost 500,000 people per year of all ages (including 80,000 children). Prior to that, he was Product and Services Director for Ibis hotels.

Francois Baudin H93 was appointed Senior Vice President of Development Europe Middle East and Africa for Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI) in January 2011. In 1993 Francois joined Starwood Hotels & Resorts (formerly ITT Sheraton Corporation) as Project Controller Europe for numerous developments and hotel refurbishments and was member of the acquisition team of the Ciga Hotels. In 1998 Francois held the role of Director of Finance for the development of a Warner Bros. Park in Madrid, Spain. In 2003 Francois joined the InterContinental Hotels Group, where he held the position of Director of Corporate Finance Europe for InterContinental hotels and subsequently Director of Development Europe.

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IMHI's who joined Mandarin Oriental Paris 

Sophie Verneuil  H02 in July 2010 as Personal Assistant to the General Manager. Prior to that she worked at the Hôtel Westminster as Seminar and Banqueting Coordinator.

Vincent Tincelin H07   in March 2011 as Revenue Manager. Prior to that he was Revenue Manager in Hôtel Plaza Athénée Paris.

Pierre-Olivier Lauriol  H95  as Financial Director.

Sonia Timsiline H04  as Purchasing Manager, prior to that she was Purchasing Manager at Shangri-La Paris.

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Jean-Philippe Boublil H01 was appointed Director of Operations of the Radisson Blu Cardiff in February 2011. Prior to that he was in charge of the food and beverage at the Radisson Blu London Stansted Airport.

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Puneet Chhatwal H91 was promoted Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer for Rezidor SAS Hospitality in April 2011. He joined Rezidor in 2002 and is currently responsible for growing all the company brands (Regent, Radisson SAS, Missoni, Park Inn and Country Inn). Prior to joining Rezidor SAS, Puneet was with Carlson Hotels Worldwide, where he was appointed Director of Development in 1998, with responsibility for development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

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Zuzana Kovacova H08 was promoted Associate Director at Colliers International  within the EMEA Corporate Solution team inMay 2011.

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Florent Dieudonnet H05 was appointed Global Account Manager MICE - Europe within Warwick International Hotels in July 2011. Prior to that, he has worked in the event industry. He has an international experience with Starwood and Rocco Forte. For the coming years, he will promote the Warwick collection to major corporations and agencies.   

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Lasse Ristolainen H05 was promoted Development Director Central, Eastern & Southern Africa at Hilton Worldwide in July 2011. He joined Hilton in 2007 and his last position was Director of Feasibility and Investment Analysis, Asia Pacific & Middle East. Prior to that Lasse was Associate at HVS.  

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Rocco Forte Hotels announced the appointment of Franck Arnold H91 as general manager of the Balmoral in Edinburgh in August 2011. He joins The Balmoral from The Jefferson Hotel in Washington DC, where as managing director, he oversaw an extensive renovation of the property. Prior to taking up his post in Washington he was hotel manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. Previously, he held several posts at Intercontinental Hotel & Resorts' in England, Greece, Belgium, Spain and the USA.

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Bani Haddad H01, Vice President Development, Wyndham Hotel Group, was awarded "most senior representative for US hospitality giant Wyndham based in the Middle" East in "Middle East Hotelier" September 2011 Edition: Meet the 50 most powerful hoteliers driving growth in the Middle East Hospitality Industry in 2011. Bani Haddad joined the Power 50 club at number 13. He was ranked 4th among the 10 new comers.

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Thomas Schwall H01 was appointed Hotel Manager for Le Méridien Nouméa, in September 2011 after 10 months as Hotel Manager for  The Saint Régis in Singapore, and 3 years as Executive Assistant Manager at Sheraton on the Park in Sydney.

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Alexandra Dumoulin H07 joined Shanti Hospitality Group, hotel and leisure division of C&C Alpha Group, as Business Development Manager in September 2011. She remains in London after having worked for the Hotels' team of Colliers International as a Senior Consultant, and previously to this as an Associate at HVS International.  Alexandra will be actively involved in the evaluation of development opportunities and asset management of existing properties.

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Olivia Chaplin H08 joined IHG (Intercontinental Hotels Group) as analyst in their Corporate Finance & Development team, based at their headquarters in Denham, UK, in September 2011. Prior to that she was in consulting roles with BNP Paribas Real Estate and MKG based in Paris. She is enjoying being back on British soil and looks forward to catching up with other London-based alumni.   

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Yuyu Zhou H10 was appointed Development Manager for Hilton Worldwide in September 2011. She is based in Shanghai. Prior to that she was Senior Associate at HVS China.

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Isabel Isakeit H10 was appointed Senior Analyst at Revenue Management Solutions on September 1st 2011. 

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Jacky Delorme H98 was appointed Key Account Manager at vente-prive.com in the Rosedeal business unit in October 2011. The concept of the Rosedeal is to create special events devoted to highlight brands and their retail network, using vente-privee.comqualified member database (9.7 million members in France and over 12 million in Europe). The members are in "one to one" direct relationship with the brands, and commit to spend money in the shops by buying a voucher.  He joined this company in July 2010as Buyer/European Sales Coordinator in the commercial department.

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Laurent Barelier H99 was appointed as Front Office Reservations Support Manager for Accor Middle East hotels in October 2011. He will be in charge of the rollout & training of the various CRS applications; optimize the hotels' operational processes; provide systems support for Accor's new hotel openings & conversions, and act as first point of contact for the hotels & a liaison with the Central Team in Paris. Previously, Laurent was the Regional Revenue Manager for Accor ME since 2009. He continues to be based in Dubai.