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 […]
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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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Napoleon used to say an army is guided by its stomach: and here we are running out of food. In the worst possible way. When every bit of available food is used, it is merely a famine. When thousands upon thousands of gallons of milk are being dumped, it is fodder for civil riots. Our […]
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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 Antoine Berberi has joined The Boutique Search Firm as Senior Partner. After 4 years with Hilton […]
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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 Clarence Tan has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. He was most recently with […]
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We will all survive. Unless we push our luck. William Paley’s Divine Watchmaker is clear on the subject: God may not exist, but something up there does, that cannot be controlled by mere humans. It does not matter that each and everyone of us think we have an immense IQ and are better than […]
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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 Airbnb has appointed Catherine Powell Head of Airbnb Experiences. She is the former President, Disney Parks Western Region, […]
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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 Sage Hospitality Group has named Daniel del Olmo President of the company’s hotel management arm. He previously spent 11 […]
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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 Cornell graduate Arthur Keith has been appointed Managing Director of the Statler Hotel at Cornell University, taking over from Rick […]
Continue ReadingDECEMBER 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 T. Blake Danner has been named Chief Operating Officer of Proper Hospitality. He was most recently with the Sydell Group as […]
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