Rezidor announces Organisational Optimization
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New Area Structures for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
The Rezidor Hotel Group announces an organisational optimization of their
regional operations offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With
immediate effect, the company separates responsibilities for the core brands
Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson on Area Vice President level, and supports
the regional leaders with strengthened and consistent teams of area specialists
in Finance & Control, IT, Purchasing, HR, Sales & Marketing, Revenue Management,
and Technical Development.
"Over the last years, Rezidor has very rapidly grown to more than 400 hotels
with 90,000 rooms in operation and under development in over 65 countries - and
we continue growing. An optimized organisation with clear responsibilities will
improve our portfolio management. We aim to work in an efficient and profitable
way, to be fast responding and quick decision making; and we want to reach our
ambitious future goals", said Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor. In
December 2011, Ritter had presented the group's "Route 2015 Strategy", a number
of initiatives to expand EBITDA margins by 6-8 percentage points by 2015.
Under the leadership and guidance of Wolfgang M. Neumann, Executive Vice
President and COO at Rezidor, 6 areas for Radisson Blu, Europe's largest upper
upscale brand, and 2 areas for the mid-market brand Park Inn by Radisson were
created:
Radisson Blu
Nordics: Hospitality veteran and Area Vice President Christian Gartmann has been
confirmed in his role, and oversees 29 managed & leased and 20 franchised hotels
in Rezidor's home markets Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
Eastern Europe & Russia: Area Vice President Tom Flanagan has equally been
confirmed in his role. He is responsible for 37 managed and 6 franchised
properties in Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Tashkent, Turkey, and Ukraine. Russia and the further
CIS countries are one of Rezidor's key business areas - the group is the leading
international hotel operator in this region.
Western Europe & North West Africa: Michel Stalport, formerly District Director
Northern France and General Manager at the Radisson Blu Resort Disneyland Paris,
has been promoted to the role of Area Vice President. He heads 35 managed &
leased and 9 franchised hotels in Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Sierre Leone, and
Tunisia.
Central Europe: Former Regional Director France & Benelux Willem Van der Zee has
been promoted to Area Vice President. He oversees 25 managed & leased and 16
franchised hotels in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany,
Hungary, Rumania, Slovakia, and Switzerland.
UK & Ireland: Philip Mahoney, formerly General Manager at The Regent Zagreb, has
been promoted to Area Vice President, and carries the responsibility for 24
managed & leased and 4 franchised properties.
Middle East & Sub Saharan Africa: Former Regional Director Radisson Blu & Hotel
Missoni UK Mark Willis has been promoted to Area Vice President. He is
responsible for 46 managed hotels in Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
UAE, and Zambia.
Park Inn by Radisson
Richard Moore has been nominated Area Vice President for the UK & Ireland and
the Nordics. He reports directly to Eric de Neef, Senior Vice President Park Inn
by Radisson, and is responsible for 30 leased managed and 7 franchised hotels in
Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The appointment of an Area Vice President for Continental Europe has been
postponed, and brand leader Eric de Neef takes direct responsibility for 49
managed & leased and 18 franchised properties.
"Operational Excellence is a key element of our Business Plan, and great people
delivering superior results are its basis and foundation", commented Executive
Vice President & COO Wolfgang M. Neumann. "We are confident that our optimized
organisation structure and the adaptation of a more decentralized management
approach will help us to boost both performance and profitability", ended
Neumann.
Within the new areas, all support structures are operated in a matrix type
organization with the position heads reporting hierarchically to each Area Vice
President and functionally to the central Vice President of the relative
function. All Area Vice Presidents report directly to Wolfgang M. Neumann at the
Rezidor Head Offices in Brussels.
For further information please contact:
Christiane Reiter, Senior Director Corporate Communication
+32 2 702 9331,Christiane.Reiter(at)Rezidor.com
Renu Snehi, Director Corporate Communication
+32 2 702 9241,Renu.Snehi(at)Rezidor.com
About The Rezidor Hotel Group
The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the
world. The group features a portfolio of more than 415 hotels in operation and
under development with 90,000 rooms in over 60 countries.
Rezidor operates the brands Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts and Park Inn by
Radisson in Europe, Middle East and Africa, along with the Club Carlson loyalty
programme for frequent hotel guests. Under a worldwide licence agreement with
the iconic Italian fashion house Missoni, Rezidor also operates and develops the
new lifestyle brand Hotel Missoni.
In November 2006, Rezidor was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Carlson, a
privately held, global hospitality and travel company, based in Minneapolis
(USA), is the majority shareholder.
The Corporate office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium.
For more information on Rezidor, visitwww.rezidor.com
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Datum: 09.01.2012 - 08:01 Uhr
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