Lou Hammond Associates, one of my all-time favorite hospitality PR firms, happens to represent the 113-year-old Fifth Avenue Association. The association was the first endeavor of its kind to realize the need to create mutually advantageous ties between and among its members. One does not eat all day, one does not buy jewelry all day, […]
Continue ReadingNOVEMBER 2020 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Susana Parks and 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 Edouard Grosmangin has been named Managing Director of the Rosewood São Paulo, opening in 2021. He was most […]
Continue ReadingFURLOUGH MANAGEMENT
A fresh new concept COVID 19 is killing us. No secret about that. Business is down to crumbs of its old self. The first massive furloughs took place early spring. The idea was that COVID 19 would be over by summer (warm weather – you know). That just did not happen. And we are entering […]
Continue ReadingOCTOBER 2020 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Susana Parks and 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 Loews Hotels has named Alex Tisch President. He was most recently the Chief Commercial & Development Officer / Executive […]
Continue ReadingSEPTEMBER 2020 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Susana Parks and 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 Bill Hornbuckle has been confirmed at MGM as Chief Executive Officer and President after serving as acting since March. […]
Continue ReadingTHE END OF THE EXPAT
In my day to day activity as a hospitality recruiter, I receive requests from two opposite groups of people: the “expats” who can’t wait to come home, and the “domestics” who cannot wait to go back to the expat life. What is an expat? An expat is usually someone who has started his/her career domestically […]
Continue ReadingAUGUST 2020 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Susana Parks and 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 The Four Seasons Atlanta has named Nancy Chacon General Manager, taking over from Yvette Thomas-Henry. Chacon has been with the […]
Continue ReadingOUR OWN IRON CURTAIN
Welcome back: we finally did it. The rest of the world (or, at least, the part worth visiting and conducting business with) is closing its borders to anyone proudly carrying a US Passport. What used to be a door opener and a cause for respect worldwide has become a scarlet letter. How we got from […]
Continue ReadingJUNE/JULY 2020 – HEADS above the Rest®
HEADS above the Rest® by Susana Parks and 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 Jay Caiafa has been promoted at InterContinental Hotels Group to Chief Operating Officer – The Americas. He has been […]
Continue ReadingWHO SHOULD STAY AND WHO SHOULD GO?
So here we are, and you have no choice but to cut your overhead to the bone. How are you going to do it? Sacrifice the young’ uns you have invested so much in and who are just about to give you a superb return on your investment? Just because they are at the bottom […]
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