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Augsburg. Christian Renz is now CCO of the Corinthia Hotels. At the turn of the year Melanie Weiler becomes Head of Business Development at Geisel Privathotels. While Bastian Becker becomes GM Frankfurt Area, Andreas Gräber-Stuch takes over as GM at Melia Vienna. Maximilian Müller-Huck takes over the newly created position of Director Operations at Halberbacher Hospitality. As part of the transformation process, MRP Hotels Wien expands its management team.

Augsburg.Mike Hämmerli, Senior VP Development and Member of the Management Board, has left Kempinski Hotels. Huazhu changes its Senior Leadership to drive international expansion. Sabre appoints Frank Trampert as Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA and APAC, Sabre Hospitality Solutions. With Lukas Willhöft, 25hours has a new Development Director Europe. Achat Hotels has appointed a new Director of Leisure Sales and two new Cluster General Managers. Marc Wachal has been responsible for the Munich Airport Marriott Hotel in Freising since July. And the Cornell Hotel Society's German Chapter has elected a new board and President.

Augsburg. Kristin Intress isCEO at Worldhotels with immediate effect. Choice Hotels appoints Raul Ramirez Senior Vice President of International Strategic Planning. New CCO at Corinthia is Christian Renz. Three new General Managers for IntercityHotel. Jörg Arnold takes over from Regula and Jan E. Brucker as General Manager at Widder Hotels. Anna Hoffmann is the new General Manager at 25hours. New management at Trivago.

Augsburg. Kempinski Hotels appointed Benedikt Jaschke as Chief Quality Officer and member of the Management Board. Roger Müller is now a member of the Management Board of the Holiday Home Division. me and all hotels strengthen their management with Maximilian Abele as Corporate Brand Manager. Annette Krumrey is the new Director of the Steigenberger Hotel Thüringer Hof Eisenach.

Augsburg. LHW appoints Shannon Knapp as next President & Chief Executive Officer. New double leadership at Convivio with Daniel Frey and Marcus Bartenstein. Steve Carroll becomes Senior Vice President Capital Investments & Transactions. Birgit Eisbrenner becomes Regional Director Australia and New Zealand at A-Rosa. Gebeco founder hands over management to Michael Knapp and Thomas Bohlander.

Augsburg. The two top heads of prizeotel will remain with the company, even after Radisson has taken over the budget design group. Almost three months after the new CEO took office, Kempinski announces the first personnel changes. Hilton lets well-known heads rotate, also because Rudi Jagersbacher says goodbye in the Middle East. GCH Hotel Group has made its COO CEO. Althoff has found a GM for Ameron Zurich. And Gert Prantner has retired from RIMC Hamburg; the internal restructuring that has been underway for some time is now complete.

Augsburg. Frank Holzapfel, shareholder of J.T. Ronnefeldt KG, died last Wednesday. Uwe Jenssen complements the management team of the 7 Days Premium Hotels in Europe. The new position as CCO at Vienna House will be taken over by Dirk Führer. Anton Reichl also becomes the new CFO at Arabella Hospitality and completes the management of the company. Siim Karu is now Chief Revenue Officer at a&o.

Augsburg. Georg Plesser from Rocco Forte Hotel Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt succeeds Henning Matthiesen at the Excelsior Cologne. Grand Bellevue Gstaad in Switzerland hires an internationally experienced manager as GM. Michael Bungardt leaves the expansive GSH Hotels and founds his own company. Achat Hotels continues to build up structures with a Revenue Manager, Althoff with a new VP Engineering. IntercityHotels rotates four GMs. And STR London was sold to an American data analyst.

Wiesbaden. Last Friday, Barron Hilton, the son of founder Conrad Hilton, passed away. The consulting companies of Olaf Steinhage and Martin Schaffer merge. In addition, Kohl & Partner and pkf hotelexperts Vienna announce a closer cooperation. Kai Wientapper is now with Highstreet Group and Giampaolo Padula GM of Aman Venice Palazzo. In Frankfurt, Eduard Singer is drawn to Novum's IHG three franchise operations. Best Western Europe has a new Director Conference Service, Leonardo a Director HR Operations. Peter Krüger and Matias Kiep take up new positions at TUI AG. American Express GBT has a new CEO and Choice a Chief Transformation Officer.

Augsburg. Daniela Fette-Rakowski has taken over the management of Jumeirah Frankfurt. Best Western reports two new appointments: Serhat Götz as Director Leisure Sales and Sebastian Prang as new Director at Seehotel Krautkrämer. And with Max Oehler Selina has found a general manager for its hotel locations in Berlin.

Augsburg. B&B Hotels expands its management team with two Directors for Development/Acquisitions and Finance. Leonardo Hotels provides a new cluster GM in Frankfurt for Central Europe. Stephan Boesch returns from The Lanesborough London to Oetker Collection headquarters in Baden-Baden. And Wilko Weber joins Kempinski in Geneva as a revenue and digital strategist.

Augsburg. Hilton's new luxury collection has found a new director with Feisal Jaffer. From now on, Willem van der Zee will manage all event hotels in Europe, while Oliver Fudickar, Executive Director DACH at Vienna House, will concentrate on the hotels in German-speaking countries. Richard Schestak will move as General Manager from Fairmont to Kempinski and from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok. In the same position, Philip Ibrahim will be responsible for the launch of The Student Hotel in Berlin.

Augsburg. Karelle Lamouche is Accor's new CCO for Europe, at Airbnb Kathrin Anselm took  over the management in DACH, Eastern Europe and Russia. Christoph Eichbaum joins the investment team of Union Investment, Christoph Härle starts with his own company. Christie & Co brings three young experts on board. Raphael Krucker will be the new CEO of Andermatt Swiss Alps AG from 2020. Hard Rock hires Antonio Alvarez to Madrid as GM, Kempinski welcomes three new GMs. The Renaissance Zurich Tower Hotels and the Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Checkpoint are also under new management.

Augsburg. Radisson CEO Federic Gonzalez is said to run the Minnesota headquarters now in addition to his current job. As already reported, Accor has now confirmed Marc Dardenne as COO for the group's luxury brands in Europe. Michael Nöske is hotel director of the IntercityHotel Hamburg-Altona. And Stephan Hein replaces the opening director at Lulu Guldsmeden in Berlin.

Augsburg. Six Senses President Bernhard Bohnenberger leaves the company after 28 years. Kempinski CFO Michael Pracht is now officially confirmed. Hennig Matthiesen takes over Brenners Park in Baden-Baden, Frank Marrenbach concentrates on the Oetker Collection. Prermier Inn continues to expand in Germany, now with a new director for M&A, Khadija Brémont. Eike Clausen has been promoted to GM of the Kempinski Hotel Aqaba on the Red Sea, in the Schweizerhof Bern Maximilian von Reden takes the lead. Nils Arnold dares to make the leap from Bad Neuenahr to the IntercityHotel Riad Malaz. And Horwath HTL Germany reorganizes its management.

Wiesbaden. Burak Ünver changes from Titanic Gendarmenmarkt Berlin as Managing Director to Smartments business. Mario Schyma joins Staycity's development team, and Kay Strobl is now Asset Manager Hotel at Deka. Mario von Hoesslin becomes new Operations Director Germany at Groupe Pierre et Vacances Center Parcs. New GMs include Sascha Rosski at the Pentahotel at Paris Airport, Mark Hussler at the Hilton Munich Airport and Daniel Halbersatter at the Hilton Vienna Danube Waterfront.

Heilbronn. In today's edition, hospitalityABC addresses the term "Call-in allotment". Explained by Dr Christian Buer, Professor for International Management, Hospitality Real Estate & Development at Heilbronn University, which develops the weekly terms for hospitalityInside.com as part of a cooperation.

Wiesbaden. Kerzner International has filled two new management positions with COO Philippe Zuber and CCO Brett Armitage. At RIMC Kurt Weber has been appointed COO for the international hotels, at NinetyNine Hotels Lorenz Mauer was named Director of Operations. Eike Clausen is GM of the Kempinski Hotel Aqaba. Fleming's Hotels will soon have a VP Commercial with Dirk Lobowsky and announced new GMs in Frankfurt. Martin Ott has moved from Facebook to WeWork. And at GBI there were various changes in the supervisory board and board of directors.

Wiesbaden. Michael Pracht is said to become the new CFO at Kempinski. Richard Wiegmann leaves Sabre. Peter de Bondt becomes General Manager of the Grand Swiss-Belresort Seef in Bahrain. At Steigenberger, Alexander Skibbe took over the management of the hotel in Bremen and Guntram Weipert became GM of the Grandhotel Handelshof in Leipzig. Oliver Staas is now GM at Radisson Blu Berlin, Roland Becker Director at Travel Charme Kurhaus Binz and Markus Daurer-Zeman Cluster F&B Manager at Victor's Residenz Hotels. Roman Tkaczenko joins the Engel & Völkers Hotel Consulting team.

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