Jaramillo comes to Fairmont Century Plaza from his most recent position as Sun Hill Properties' Vice President of Corporate Human Resources, where he oversaw all of the Human Resources responsibilities company-wide for California and Colorado, including the Hilton and Marriott brands.
A seasoned hospitality professional with more than 30 years of experience, Brar most recently served as General Manager for the historic Fairmont Empress in Victoria, overseeing the $60 million renovation and repositioning of the iconic property.
Alden, who most recently created and launched the Dedica Anthology brand in 2017, encompassing a portfolio of nine distinctive properties across Europe, will now be heading Raffles & Orient Express brands.
Brune Poirson began her career in London, within NESTA, the UK-based Innovation Foundation, subsequently moving to the French Development Agency, and the Veolia group in India, before working in a green start-up incubator in Boston. Brune Poirson, who is 38, is a graduate of the London School of Economics, Sciences Po Aix and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
After working in consultancy and the tourism industry in the United Kingdom and then Southern Europe, Patrick was involved in the development of Edenred before joining Accor Group in 2005 to head Global Sales. Promoted to COO Luxury and Midscale Brands in South America in 2011, he was promoted to CEO South America in 2015, and joined the Executive Committee in early 2017.
Accor today announces that Karelle Lamouche has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer for Europe. In this newly created role, Karelle will lead Accor’s European commercial team with responsibility for driving the business revenue strategy for the company and its partners across all European markets.
In her new position, McCrory will have strategic oversight for over 115 hotels and more than 28,000 employees across North and Central America. Renowned Accor brands and partnerships in the region include Fairmont, Sofitel, Delano, SLS, Banyan Tree, Pullman, Swissôtel, 21c Museum Hotels – MGallery Hotel Collection, Mondrian, Hyde, Novotel, Mama Shelter, ibis and ibis Styles.
Tannenbaum is responsible for leading the West Coast sales division across a portfolio of 70 hotels, and is a member of Interstate's global Sales and Marketing Division lead by George Brennan, executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Arantxa Balson will join Accor as Chief Human Resources Officer. She will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee and her appointment will be effective as of May 4th 2015.
Accor has announced the appointment of Cyril Kovarsky to Senior Vice President of Global Sales effective April 1, 2015. He will be responsible for defining and coordinating Accor's B-to-B sales strategy for all segments (large corporate accounts, event agencies, airlines, travel agents, and tour operators).