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Wiesbaden. Deutsche Hospitality says goodbye to Chief Developer Marie-Noële Schwartzmann. With Thérèse Cedercreutz, Scandic gets a new CCO. Dieter Schenk becomes Head of Business Development at Titanic Hotels and Yavuz Yatgin new GM at Titanic Chaussee Berlin. Kerstin Königer is now responsible for procurement at GSH and René Detzen becomes hotel manager at Kempinski Munich. Lisa Weddig will leave Austria Marketing and at BNP Paribas Real Estate Victor Neye, Jan Schildmeier and Andreas Völker take up new or expanded positions.

Wiesbaden. Sandro Mazza now manages the Kempinski Amman, Michael Klinger is Head of Operations at Achat Hotels. Daniel Kosin takes over the Intercity Hotel Pre-Opening in Heidelberg. Katharina Fraissl became Cluster Manager for Leonardo Hotels in Austria and Jon Critchley joined HVS Hodges Ward Elliott as Director.

Wiesbaden. IHG is looking for a new CFO after the departure of Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson. Nikolai Bloyd now heads the resort Das Achental. Leonie Neberich became General Manager of Ameron Zurich and Tamara Henderson Hotel Manager at Ameron Davos. Stephan Sporer has taken over the management of the Atlantic Hotel Heidelberg. Prinz von Hessen reports the new appointments of Anna Deiko and Eva-Louise Gerling. Accor announces the appointment of the Carte Blanched team and TUI the new structure of its board.

Augsburg. Four Seasons is counting on Alejandro Reynal as its new CEO; he comes from Apple Leisure Group/Hyatt. Berlin-based HR Group has recalled the two Managing Directors of the recently acquired Success Hotels with immediate effect. Nobert Fiebig remains President of the German Travel Association after the new board elections.

Augsburg. Leonardo Hotels Central Europe wins Molly Katz as new CFO. The Swiss Diamnond Group welcomes Maurizio Cennamo as its new CCO. Achat Hotels has a new Head of Sales in Frank Jacobs. André Lohmeyer is the new Hotel Director at Elbe Resort Alte Ölmühle Wittenberge. BNP Paribas Real Estate announces two appointments at international level: Argie Taylor and Patrick Delcol. And HOTREC elects Alexandros Vassilikos as its new President.

Augsburg. The Gorgeous Smiling Hotels are now managed by a trio. The Ringhotels also get support in the executive board with Petra Weindl. Johannes Lehberger takes over the management of the luxury resort Grand Tirolia Kitzbühel as of now. Rosewood Hotels appointed Friedrich von Schönburg and Roland Duerr as Managing Directors for their hotels in Vienna and Munich. Also under new leadership are the Jaz in the City Vienna, Hotel Atlantic Hamburg and the Abacco by Rilano Korntal-Münchingen.

Augsburg. The Kempinski Hotel Soma Bay in Egypt has a new director in Silvia Rajniak. Gorgeous Smiling has promoted Frank Werner Metlicar to Director of Operations for the DACH region. Paul Schwaiger is the new Director of two Arcona Hotels in Upper Austria and Bryan Johnston is the new Managing Director at the Althoff Hotel Fürstenhof Celle. Engin Ergün returns to Achat Hotels as head of the new Loginn Hotel Berlin. Anna Hassler, a hotel career changer, is the new Head of Marketing & PR at Empire Riverside Hotel and Hotel Hafen Hamburg. HVS has appointed Stephen Still as the new Associate Director of the London office.

Wiesbaden. Nick Balzan became Commercial Officer at Mangia's, Italy. Rick Medford fills the newly created position of Change Manager at Meiniger. Living Hotels appointed two new directors, Anna Riehe and Daniel Dörscher, and Peter Schoch returned to Switzerland from Croatia. At PKF hospitality, Simon Winker became Head of Project Development and at BNP Paribas Andreas Donner became Director National Hotel Services based in Berlin.

Augsburg. Premier Inn has repositioned itself in terms of personnel in its two hotels in Doha before the Football World Cup. In Amsterdam, Caroline Receveur has now moved to the city's new Maritim Hotel after NH and Hilton. The Adlon Kempinski is managed by a woman for the first time, Karina Ansos. Sandro Schmidt moves to Seetelhotels on Usedom as Cluster Manager. Frank Ketterer is the new GM of the Hotel Bristol Berlin, Albert Mayr the new Resident Manager at the Meliá Frankfurt City. And with Christian Kessler, a Pentahotel veteran now takes the reins at the Leipzig hotel.

Wiesbaden. Mandarin Oriental strengthens the international and European sales and distribution team with four heads. Siim Karu became CCO at Generator and Freehand Hotels. Olaf Dupke heads sales for Austria and Switzerland at Flemings Hotels. Lars Pursche is the new GM at Kempinski Estepona, Thomas Harlander as Managing Director at Rosewood Amsterdam and Jan Henningsen as GM at Hotel Berlin in Berlin. Daniel Bohnenkamp is HR Director at GCH Hotels. Nicolai Padoan became Project Manager at MRP Hotels and Georg Klostermann strengthens JLL's Hotel and Hospitality Capital Markets Team as Executive VP.

Wiesbaden. Steigenberger appointed Walid Nabil and Mehdi Othmani as General Managers of Steigenberger Hotels in Cairo and Hurghada. Marcel Heid became GM of the Roomers in Baden-Baden, Germany and Bianca Holzmann Hotel Director at Travel Charme's Fürstenhaus am Achensee, Austria.

Wiesbaden. Matthias Al-Amiry is now Managing Director at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, his predecessor Brice Péan moved to the Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski in Cairo. Starhotels have a new COO with Alex Dallocchio, Lorenzo Nencini became GM of the Starhotel Metropole and Michelangelo in Rome, his predecessor there, Graziano Luddi, is now responsible for special tasks in the company. Petra Trapp is GM of the Falkensteiner Hotel Kronplatz and René Schulz of the Maremüritz Yachthafen Resort. At BCD Travel, Michèle Lawley will become President at the end of August.

Wiesbaden. Gerhard Struger changes as Managing Director to the Fairmont Golden Prague and Emiel van Dijk is now General Manager at the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost. Gianrico Esposito became GM of the Excelsior Gallia in Milan and Nadine Michel Marketing Manager at the Best Western Plus Hotel in Bad Staffelstein. Nico Angles now supports the Business Development Team DACH at Radisson and Andreas Muschter joins Edge from Zech Group as CEO.

Wiesbaden. Andrea Agrusow says goodbye to the hospitality industry, Alain Bekaert is the new President at Logis Hotels. Heiko Rieder and Michael Posch now work for Hirmer Hospitality. IntercityHotel has filled four new management positions. Marc Waschal becomes Area Manager South at Bierwirth & Kluth and Christiane Kirchenbauer Deputy Director at Schlosshotel Kronberg. Deutsche Hospitality bids farewell to Claus-Dieter Jandel on his retirement.

Augsburg. Veruschka and Roberto Wirth Jr. have taken over the Hotel Hassler in Rome after the death of their father Roberto. Edition Hotels hires Josh Fluhr as Global Managing Director. At Althoff Hotels, Andreas Schmitt hands over to Benedikt Jaschke, ex Adlon and ex Kempinski. Matthias Welschof takes care of the asset management of Premier Inn Germany. At Sonder, Henning Kreckel left the company after only six months. Patrizio Iaquinandi is in charge of marketing at B&B, Knuth Kiefer of the Best Western Seehotel Frankenhorst in Schwerin. Supervisory boards, advisory boards and presidiums were elected at Romantik Hotels, the IHA hotel association and HSMA Germany.

Wiesbaden. Markus Lewe leaves the Berlin HR Group. Hirmer Hospitality appoints Frank Siegbert as Director Development & Asset Management. Daniela Schade leaves Deutsche Hospitality. Marcus Scharon becomes the new GM of the Travel Charme Hotel in Heringsdorf, and the TUI Group restructures its board: Sebastian Ebel becomes Chairman.

Wiesbaden. Rosewood fills the new position of Senior President of Operations EMEAC with Victor Clavell. Jonas Törner moves up at Pandox. Adina has a Regional GM South for the DACH region with Nikolas von Olberg. At Flemings Hotels, Jeanette von Jouanne becomes HR Director. Mark Huber leads the Aiden by Best Western in Steyr as GM and Hermann Spatt the nhow Frankfurt. Hannes Schied is now Director of Consulting at Treugast Solutions Group.

Wiesbaden. Paul-Reinhard Kreusch is the new GM of The Rilano Hotel in Oberursel. Mrp Hotels has entrusted Katharina Preiss with the management of a branch in Munich. At Meininger, Vivian Schneider is now Vice President Finance. Caroline von Kretschmann is the name of the German Hotelier of the Year 2022, the Special Award was given to Bierwirth & Kluth. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern appoints Tobias Woitendorf as Tourism Commissioner.

Wiesbaden. Adrian Rudin is the new GM at the Sindhorn Kempinski Bangkok. The Sustainability Hospitality Alliance has a new CEO in Glenn Mandziuk. And gsh appointed Tom Goldscheider as Head of Development and expanded the field of responsibility of Andreas Giannopoulos. And Friederike Grupp is now responsible for the Hotelplan Group's sustainability activities.

Wiesbaden. German Schörghuber group of companies, Munich, parent company of Arabella Hospitality, expands its board of directors. Peter Fulton's successor at Hyatt in the EAME region is Javier Aguila. With COO Josef Dolp Deutsche Hospitality brings in further reinforcement with Asia experience Bruno Leroy joins B&B Hotels. Board member Marcus Wöhrl leaves Domero. Manuel Slapnig now manages the Falkenstein Grand and Villa Rothschild in Königstein im Taunus. The Amano Group appoints Nadja Dahlmann as Marketing Director. The Prinz von Hessen group of companies continues to expand its hospitality team.