Hoteliers on the Move, May 2018

Jennifer Fox is group ceo Millennium & Copthorne • André Scholl is ceo Sunway • At SJM, Daisy Ho Chiu Fung, 54, succeeds her father Stanley Ho Hung Sun, 96, as chairman – Stanley Ho’s 4th wife, Angela Leong On Kei, and Timothy Fok Tsun Ting co-chair the holding company • At Outrigger, Jeff Wagoner is ceo, with owner KSL’s Scott Dalecio chairman • Carl Dees is vp ops Marcus • Alessandro Redaelli is vp ops, Paramount • Philippe Roux-Dessarps is vp ops Chicago, Hyatt • Gina Wo heads greater China, Onyx • Todd Cilano is svp Jumeirah • Denise Matamoros is brand director Andaz, Park Hyatt, Unbound • Laurent Picheral, heading Central Europe Accor, adds deputy ceo Europe • Ted Teng, Leading, is shortlisted for HOTELS‘ corporate hotelier of the world.

Thomas Harlander opens Shinawatra’s 159-room Bangkok Rosewood, a KPF design • Jørgen Christensen opens 243-room Changsha Niccolo • Anna Anderson opens the Ricketts family’s 173-room Chicago Zachary, named for Zachary Taylor Davis, 1914 designer of Wrigley Field • Emmanuel Béquet opens 55-room Loire Valley Le Relais de Chambord, SLH, leased to IT tycoon Frédéric Jousset – it is in the 10,000-acre woodland of a stupendous royal chateau built in 1518 for King Francis I • Karim Nahas opens 315-room Abu Dhabi Pearl Rotana • Bertrand Mangeot opens 189-room Toronto Kimpton Saint George • George Varughese opens 197-room Bangkok Marriott Surawongse • Orhan Yeserenyuva opens 127-room Istanbul Millennium Golden Horn • Stephen Meldrum opens Hastings Hotels’ 300-room Belfast Grand Central • Jacolien Benes opens Leonardo Horels’ 225-room Munich NYX • Jason Kruse opens 100% solar-powered 24-room Fiji Six Senses Malolo Island • Tony Beer opens 150-room Milwaukee Hyatt Place Downtown • Carsten Wiegandt opens 310-room Muscat Kempinski • Marc Gussing opens 61-room Maldives JW Marriott Vagar Island • Brian Coughlin opens David Cordish’s 310-room Hanover MD Live! • Gada Bat opens Käfer Capital’s 64-room Munich Dolby’s, with an integral vinyl store • Paul Ohm opens 298-room Minneapolis-St Paul Airport InterCon • John Maly opens Robin Miller’s 49-room Staunton VA Blackburn Inn • John Volponi re-opens Auberge Resorts’ Santa Fe NM Bishop’s Lodge – 104 keys, 3 tents.

Other md/gms: Edward Leenders Amsterdam De L’Europe (Tom Krooswijk gives himself time to assist openings and other projects) • Mehdi Morad Dubai Address Boulevard • Riade Abi Haidar Dubai Address Marina • Bipan Kapur Singapore Shangri-La • Terry Lewis San Francisco Hilton Union Square – and Hilton Parc 55 • Jon Farace Charlotte NC Ritz-Carlton • Joseph Dadiego Portland ME Westin Harborview • Leon Young New Orleans Ace • Philip Dailey Los Angeles Sheraton Gateway • Chris Paulk Calistoga CA Indian Springs • Christian Quemener N’Djamena Radisson Blu • Emiel Van Dijk Dubai Swissôtel Al Ghurair complex.

Tom Pick Portais Nous Lindner Golf & Wellness Resort • Jerry Gibson Kahuku HI Turtle Bay Resort • Jeff Kmiec Farmington PA Nemacolin Woodlands • Coni Winters Thornburg Rancho Santa Fe Rancho Valencia, Auberge • Marwan Fadel Abu Dhabi St Regis Saadiyat Island • Cornelia Erhardt Dubai M Downtown by Millennium • Eliezer Quinones Los Cabos Chileno Bay Resort, Auberge • JP Kavanagh Dublin Shelbourne • Rodrigo Rizzi Cusco JW Marriott El Convento • Andreas Kartschoke Weimar Elephant • Oliver Sturmayr Singapore JW Marriott South Beach • Pierre-Antoine Penicaud Hong Kong Le Méridien Cyberport • Tomo Kuriyama Waikiki Royal Hawaiian, Luxury Collection • Fares Yactine Manama Gulf Hotel • Bastian Germer New York EDITION • Andreas Stys London Wyndham Grand Chelsea Harbour • Globy Ouseph London InterCon The O2 • Lynn Brutman London Four Seasons Park Lane • Jeff Rednour Doha Four Seasons • Lorenzo Maraviglia Dubai Four Seasons DIFC • Carlo Stragiotto Amman Four Seasons • Jean-Claude Wietzel Paris Four Seasons George V • René Beauchamp Dubai Jumeirah Al Qasr (and spas, worldwide).

Mary Gostelow has been producing the monthly Gostelow Report market intelligence newsletter since 1992.