LHG appoints information SVP – Finance
Langham Hospitality Group (LHG) has appointed Angela Zhou as its new Senior Vice President – Finance.
Primarily based on the firm’s headquarters in Hong Kong, Zhou will oversee its international Lodge Finance Operations, Company Finance, Authorized, and Monetary Planning and Evaluation features, reporting on to Chief Government Officer, Bob van den Oord.
Zhou may even function a member of LHG’s Government Committee.
The appointment comes as Francis Ling departs after two and a half years of valued service because the group’s Chief Monetary Officer.
“Angela’s international hospitality finance talent set mixed along with her resort operations information might be invaluable as we proceed to develop our footprint worldwide,” mentioned LHG Chief Government Officer, Bob van den Oord.
“Her confirmed capability to drive monetary excellence, conduct knowledgeable evaluation and create synergies between resort and company groups makes her well-suited to guide our Finance division.”
Zhou brings a wealth of expertise from key finance positions at Marriott Worldwide, Fairmont Lodges and Resorts and Rosewood Lodges and Resorts, the place she just lately served as Vice President of Finance.
Throughout her hospitality profession she has additionally held resort operations roles, giving her an perceive of the on-the-ground wants throughout LHG’s properties.
1 Lodge and Houses appoints Melbourne-based management workforce
1 Lodge and Houses has recruited prime native and worldwide expertise for its Melbourne-based management workforce, forward of the March 2025 opening of its first Australian property, 1 Lodge & Houses Melbourne.
Johannes Brosemann joins as Lodge Supervisor, following 5 years as Government Assistant Supervisor at Brisbane’s famend Calile Lodge. Brosemann has held senior administration positions at Hilton, together with two years as Director of Operations for Hilton Munich Airport and key managerial roles at Hilton Lodge Brisbane.
Libby Escolme takes up the position of Director of Advertising, bringing a wealth of expertise from international and native roles for status manufacturers throughout lodges, prop-tech, actual property, retail, providers and FMCG. Escolme beforehand served as World Vice President of InterContinental Lodges Group, Upscale Portfolio in London.
Elena Fragasso joins as Director of Gross sales at 1 Lodge and Houses Melbourne. Fragasso’s hospitality and gross sales profession spans 15 years with prestigious company and life-style manufacturers, together with as Director of Gross sales for the Park Hyatt Sydney, Gross sales Director for W-Union Sq. NY, USA; Director of Gross sales & Advertising for Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas, and two stints with Starwood Lodges and Resorts, each in Sydney and Los Angeles.
“We’re immensely pleased with the management workforce that we’ve assembled,” mentioned 1 Lodge and Houses Melbourne Managing Director, Damon Web page.
“They’re a real illustration of the core imaginative and prescient and values of 1 Lodges, and are all distinctive leaders recognized inside the business for his or her wealthy wealth of expertise and skill to drive development, domesticate creativity and construct groups with integrity and empathy.”
Lodge X provides new workforce members to govt workforce
Brisbane’s Lodge X has bolstered its govt workforce with two new hires.
Sian Curtis joins this month as Director of Gross sales, and Tejal Narotam has been appointed because the resort’s Enterprise Improvement Supervisor.
The most recent recruits be a part of Lodge X Common Supervisor, Jeremy Colahan, and Advertising Supervisor, Alannah Kanowski, who has been completely appointed to this position following a short-term appointment.
Curtis joins the workforce after a decade within the Occasions and Gross sales business, together with roles with hospitality leaders the Darling Group and Melbourne Conference Centre the place she served as Business Partnerships Supervisor, accountable for the event and administration of long-term partnerships and driving new enterprise. On this position, she led the undertaking workforce accountable for The Lume, the world’s largest digital immersive gallery r.
“Being a Melbourne lady, the meals and beverage business is a part of my DNA,” Curtis mentioned.
“Nevertheless, it’s such an thrilling time to hitch the flourishing Brisbane hospitality sector, and particularly Lodge X.
“In one other life, I used to be a ballet dancer dwelling in Brisbane, so this seems like a house coming of types. This metropolis is such a particular mixture of Queensland heat, vibrant creativity and cutting-edge design.
“Lodge X completely embodies all of those parts: genuine and complex, wildly artistic and luxuriously refined. It’s a 24-hour feast of the senses. As Director of Gross sales, I’m excited to construct relationships with current and new shoppers, serving to to convey to life the experiences and occasions which are really exceptional, to create long run relationships that profit everybody.”
Narotam joins the workforce after seven years in Canberra’s company sector for main lodges, most just lately serving as Enterprise Improvement Supervisor for Doma Lodges in Canberra, overseeing 5 lodges below the model.
Previous to this, Narotam labored with East Lodge as Occasions Coordinator and later Gross sales Supervisor.
Moxy Sydney Airport welcomes new Director of Gross sales and Advertising
Moxy Sydney Airport has welcomed Ari Foo as Director of Gross sales and Advertising this month, because the resort marks one 12 months since opening.
Foo brings a wealth of expertise within the hospitality business, together with enterprise growth and gross sales roles with Stamford Lodges and Resorts, Hyatt Lodges Company and most just lately Skye Suites, the place he served as Space Director of Gross sales and Advertising for over 4 years.
“I’m excited to hitch the Moxy Sydney Airport workforce at such a pivotal second,” mentioned Foo.
“With the resort already making waves available in the market, I stay up for constructing on the sturdy basis and creating much more alternatives for our company to expertise the colourful, enjoyable, and inclusive spirit that Moxy is understood for.”
Foo guarantees to convey recent vitality and creativity to the position, prioritising strategic partnerships and revolutionary gross sales and advertising and marketing initiatives to raise Moxy’s visibility, driving gross sales development and constructing sturdy relationships with shoppers.
