Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: yoo, the design company founded by John Hitchcox, has appointed Marco Nijhof as chief executive officer of its new hotel management division, yoo Hotels.

Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: Kurt Gillig has been promoted to GM of Vila Vita Parc, a five-star hotel, resort and spa near Porches, on the Algarve. He moves

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Brudenell Hotel in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, has appointed Garth Wray as general manager and James Barber as head chef. Wray’s career include roles at

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Zealand: Dynasty Hotel Group, which operates Heritage Hotel Management, has promoted Graham Yan from chief financial officer to chief executive officer. Based in Auckland,

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Orient-Express has appointed Laura McIver as general manager of El Encanto in Santa Barbara, which will reopen in March 2013. McIver will oversee all

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: John Pritzker, of Commune Hotels and Resorts, and AJ Capital Partners have bought the Chicago Athletic Association building and will convert it into a

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Africa: Brian Komoetie has been appointed assistant hotel manager at POD Camps Bay in Cape Town. He joins POD after 10 years of working

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThailand: Tim Vongswang has been appointed as general manager of the 68-room Riva Surya Bangkok, a new boutique hotel on the Chao Phraya River in

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Staff at Sleepwell Hotels have passed BTEC Level 3 Management courses as they prepare for property upgrades. Heads of department at The Claremont and

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The Quin, a Manhattan boutique hotel set to open in the winter has hired two key members of staff. Holly Waterbor-Breuche has been named