Nominations

🍴 AC Hotel Nice by Marriott welcomes 33-year-old Chef Vincenzo Tuccillo from Naples, Italy. His extensive experience includes work at Hôtel Le Meurice with Alain Ducasse, Mandarin Oriental with Thierry Marx, and Four Seasons George V with Simone Zanoni. Tuccillo is set to enhance the hotel's culinary offerings, including the summer restaurant Farago On The Roof, infusing menus with Mediterranean flavors and catering for private events such as weddings and seminars.

🏕 Sandaya, a French high-end camping group, announced the creation of Sandaya Italia, led by CEO Roberto Franchi, following the acquisition of four exceptional sites in Italy. The acquisition on June 4th involved a deal with PGIM for properties in Veneto and Tuscany, totaling €27.5M in revenue. This move is part of Sandaya's international growth, establishing a presence in Europe's second-largest outdoor hotel market. Sandaya's portfolio now includes 65 premium destinations across Europe, with 14 new locations in France for the 2024 season.

📌 eDreams ODIGEO, the world's leading travel subscription platform, proposes Laurence Berman as an independent board member, with a shareholder vote set for September 27, 2024. Berman's vast experience spans roles such as Vice-President of Disneyland Paris and General Manager at Jet Tours, with board positions at Veranda Resorts, Valtur, and on the Global Advisory Board of the University of Chicago. She currently holds a non-executive board position at PortAventura World.

🏦 Mandarin Oriental International Limited appoints Cristina Diezhandino and Fabrice Megarbane as Independent Non-Executive Directors effective August 1, 2024. Diezhandino joins with 18+ years at Diageo as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Committee member, recognized as Forbes World's Most Influential CMOs since 2021 and Global Marketer of the Year 2022 by the World Federation of Advertisers. Megarbane’s background is not detailed in the excerpt.

🍺 On August 31 and September 1, the bar-restaurant Chez Justine in Moncheux (Moselle) expects over 300 guests for its annual event, preserving the memory of a hunting cafe and the couple who ran it from 1962 to 2014. Jacqueline Lelorrain, 66, reminisces about her parents' dedication to the social hub, which has been unaltered since their deaths in 2014. The venue, which must open yearly to maintain its liquor license, saw 210 reservations and over 300 visitors last year, with all profits going to a local association.

🍴 Sébastien Billard, 40, is appointed as the National Restaurant Manager for Azureva, a French vacation specialist. With a BTS in culinary engineering from Vienne's Lycée Bellerive in 2002, his career started in 2005 at a semi-gourmet hotel restaurant, and in 2009, he joined the Michelin-starred Auberge du Vieux Marais and Domaine de Clairefontaine. In 2011, he began teaching culinary technology and technique at the Lycée Hôtelier de Vienne. Azureva aims to continually improve service quality, focusing on authentic, local cuisine.

🏕 José Luis Avila, 38, appointed as CGO (Chief Growth Officer) of Kampaoh, European glamping leader, effective July 1, 2024, to foster brand's ambitious expansion. Experienced in luxury brands, Avila's career began in 2007, held roles at iAdvize, Guest Suite, and Campings.com, culminating as International Sales Manager. Kampaoh's strategic move coincides with its European launch success. Avila graduated with a Finance Master from the International University of Cuernavaca and Ecole Internationale Tunon, Paris.

🏨 Christian Clerc, former president of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is now CEO of Auberge Resorts Collection, succeeding Craig Reid. Clerc, with a Bachelor in Hospitality Administration/Management from EHL, led Four Seasons for 22 years, operating in 47 countries. Previously, he was president of the EMEA region from 2014 to 2016 and managed the George V hotel in Paris. Dan Friedkin, chairman of Auberge Resorts Collection, prides Clerc's luxury hospitality vision and leadership.

🏨 In Denmark, Zleep Hotels A/S and Core Hospitality A/S merged, making Core Hospitality one of the country's largest hotel operators and the fourth largest overall. Post-split from Germany's Deutsche Hospitality, the latter now owns 100% of Zleep Hotels, while Core Hospitality retains all Danish Zleep operations, totaling 14 hotels. The merged Core Hospitality now manages 19 hotels across five brands, including two Moxy in Norway, a Fairfield by Marriott, a Residence Inn by Marriott in Copenhagen, and Kirk Suites in Vejle. The merger enhances Core Hospitality's scale, negotiation leverage, commercial reach, talent pool, and provides real estate investors with better opportunities to optimize returns.

🏨 Whitbread PLC appoints Emma O'Shiel as Project and Programme Manager to advance its goal of 5,000 Premier Inn rooms in Ireland. Currently, Whitbread operates six hotels in Dublin and Cork with over 1,000 rooms and another 1,000 in development. O'Shiel, with over 15 years of experience, will oversee construction and work under Matt Gent, head of development for Ireland, to evaluate further opportunities.