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 […]
Continue ReadingAPRIL 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 Auberge Resorts Collection has named Chris Gabaldon Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, he served as Area Vice President of Luxury Brands, […]
Continue ReadingMARCH 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 Olivier Chavy has joined RCI Exchanges as President. Most recently, he had served as Chief Executive Officer at Mövenpick Hotels & […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S LEFT TO GRAB?
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 […]
Continue ReadingDRESS THE PART. WALK THE WALK.
The General Manager as celebrity. How good is that? Let’s make no bones about it: NOT very good. Unless it is your name on the building. Let’s not name names, but the minute the ego becomes larger than the lobby you are no longer doing the best job for your owner or employer. If the […]
Continue ReadingOCTOBER 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 OCTOBER 2018 THE AMERICAS JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group has named Gilda Perez-Alvarado Chief Executive Officer, Americas. She was most recently serving the […]
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