UK: Luxury hospitality company Belmond has promoted its chief operating officer Dan Ruff to CEO, effective 1 July 2023.
EMEA: Luxury hospitality group Belmond has appointed Christian Boyens and Iain Langridge as VP’s of two newly created divisions.
SA: Tiago Sarmento has been named general manager of Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel, in Cape Town, South Africa. Sarmento brings nearly 20 years of hospitality experience to the role. He first joined Belmond in 2016 as general manager of Hotel das Cataratas where he led the hotel to a
Italy: Marco Novella has been appointed as managing director of Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice, effective Monday 28 June. Novella brings 25 years of experience in luxury hospitality to the role. He previously worked with Belmond at Villa San Michelle in Florence for four years as general manager. Most recently,
Worldwide: Karl Bieberach has been named as senior vice president of global development for Belmond, effective 22 March 2021. Bieberach will be responsible for the expansion of Belmond’s portfolio which spans hotels, trains, river barges and safaris. He brings more than 25 years of experience to the role and has
US: Janis Clapoff has been appointed as general manager of Belmond El Encanto located in the Santa Barbara Hills, and will oversee its 92 cottages and suites. Clapoff brings over 30 years of luxury. Hotel experience to her role, having held leadership positions at the Four Seasons Biltmore Santa Barbara,
UK: The board of Belmond, which owns Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons and Hotel Cipriani, is considering putting the company up for sale. The company, formerly known as Orient Express Hotels, is considering putting its 46 hotels, restaurants, train and river cruise properties on the market, as the board looks into
UK: Belmond is to reopen the Cadogan Hotel in London later this year after a four-year, multi-million pound refurbishment. The 54-key property is owned by the Cadogan Family Estate, which bought it for £15.4 million in 2011. It closed for refurbishment in 2014. Belmond says the property’s interior design, by
UK: Belmond has signed a management agreement with Cadogan Estates to operate The Cadogan, a 64-key hotel on Sloane Street in London’s Chelsea. UK: Belmond has signed a management agreement with Cadogan Estates to operate The Cadogan, a 64-key hotel on Sloane Street in London’s Chelsea. The 127-year old hotel
