Hasham Soliman has been appointed general manager of the Grange Tower Bridge hotel, London, which will open in May. Prior to this he was part of the pre-opening management team of two hotels at Chelsea Village, deputy general manager of the Holiday Inn and the Crowne Plaza in London Docklands and general manager at the Ramada Encore London West where he was heavily involved in the development of the brand with BDL hotels. He has a total of eight years with IHG hotels.