HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what THE AMERICAS John Davison has been officially named President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. He had stepped in […]
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HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what THE AMERICAS Tony Rodio has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas. He was most recently serving in the […]
Continue ReadingWHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
The tragedy of Notre Dame de Paris is nothing anyone is about to forget. Just like I remember gasping when I saw the Towers of the World Trade Center collapse, I could not help doing the same when the “flèche” of Notre Dame fell. The big difference between the World Trade Center and Notre Dame […]
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HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what THE AMERICAS Auberge Resorts Collection has named Chris Gabaldon Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, he served as Area Vice President of Luxury Brands, […]
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HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what THE AMERICAS Olivier Chavy has joined RCI Exchanges as President. Most recently, he had served as Chief Executive Officer at Mövenpick Hotels & […]
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With the recent acquisitions of Belmond by LVMH and of Six Senses by IHG (InterContinental Hotel Group), what is left to “grab” in the ultra-luxury hospitality market? What makes the LVMH purchase of Belmond exceptional and may lead to “copycats” before we know it? Simply that LVMH is before anything else a “luxury conglomerate” with […]
Continue ReadingJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what THE AMERICAS Ted Teng, President/CEO of The Leading Hotels of the World will be stepping down after over 10 years at the company. Prior to […]
Continue ReadingHAIL TO THE CHIEF, AKA BRAVO PATRON
Great news came out of the Annual Conference of the Leading Hotels of the World held in Shanghai earlier this month: a distinguished hotelman was picked by the membership and the board to be given the 2018 Leading Legends Award. Congratulations PAUL ZUEST. Four words best characterize him: expertise, integrity, generosity and humor. He is […]
Continue ReadingDECEMBER 2018 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what DECEMBER 2018 THE AMERICAS Nancy Novogrod, a well-known name in the travel publishing world (she was the long-time Editor in Chief of Travel […]
Continue ReadingNOVEMBER 2018 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Benoit Gateau-Cumin The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm, a worldwide retained recruiting firm specializing in hospitality management. Global Update: Who’s where and doing what NOVEMBER 2018 THE AMERICAS Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has named Antoine Chahwan Area President Hotel Operations Americas, based in Dallas. Chahwan has […]
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