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 […]
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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 […]
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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 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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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 […]
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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 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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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 SEPTEMBER 2018 THE AMERICAS Sarah Robbins has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of 21c Museum Hotels in Louisville. Robbins, a founding partner, has […]
Continue ReadingADJUSTING YOUR BUSINESS MODEL TO REALITY AND MORALITY
It appears that, over the years, major improvements in the American worker’s standard of living were triggered by either of two events: 1) American workers, frustrated with low wages, used unions and strikes to help them achieve their goals. The results were usually destructive in many ways: strikers did not bring home the bacon, once […]
Continue ReadingAUGUST 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 AUGUST 2018 THE AMERICAS Filip Boyen takes over from Jerry Inzerillo as Chief Executive Officer of Forbes Travel Guide. Boyen was most recently […]
Continue ReadingJULY 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 JULY 2018 THE AMERICAS Scott Hermes is the new President of Resort Properties (The Resort at Pelican Hill, The Fashion Island Hotel and […]
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