Moat House Hotels has selected ELAINE HASSAN to be its food and beverage and leisure clubs product manager at its headquarters in Romford, Essex. She was previously an account manager at London marketing agency Mediator.
Contract caterer Charlton House has made several promotions. TONY WICKING becomes senior operations manager at Charlton House's headquarters in Dunsden, Berkshire. He was previously operations manager at the same site. SHAUN LAWRENCE moves from his post as general catering manager at the headquarters of Sony in Weybridge, Surrey, to group manager for Network Rail at its Euston, London, head office. NICO PRINSLOO has been promoted to business development manager at Charlton House's head office in Wyfold, Berkshire. He was previously catering manager at P&O in Braham Street, London.
SUE CATLEY has joined recruitment outsourcing company Staunton as recruitment manager for contract caterers SSP at Birmingham International Airport. She was a director with Action Recruitment in Bristol.
DAVID RAMSEY has joined Glasgow-based wholesaler Cheviot UK Wine Agencies as wine buying director. He was head of the wine buying department at Forth Wines. INES MACIEL has joined the company as marketing manager. She worked in the marketing department of Portuguese wine producer Jos‚ Maria da Fonseca.
HARTMUT FINK has been promoted to London regional revenue manager for InterContinental Hotels. He is based at the InterContinental Mayfair hotel, London, and was previously revenue manager for the InterContinental Paris and InterContinental Le Grand Paris hotels.
KARYN MARASCO, previously Le Méridien's regional managing director for the Americas and Caribbean, has been promoted to the position of regional managing director for the Americas, Caribbean, UK and Ireland.
Le Petit Blanc in King Street, Manchester, has appointed SIMON STANLEY as head chef. He was previously head chef at the Neat brasserie in the Oxo Tower, London.
MARIA CHORLTON has joined the Comfort Inn in West Gorton, Manchester, as sales manager. She joins from the Lowry hotel, also in Manchester, where she was sales co-ordinator.
DANIEL JAMES has been appointed executive chef at St David's Hotel & Spa at Cardiff Bay, South Wales. He joins from the Great Fosters hotel in Egham, Surrey, where he was head chef.
Property and hotel consultants Colliers RH have made a couple of appointments: MARTIN ARMITSTEAD has joined as director of hotels at Colliers RH's Mayfair, London, office. He was vice-president of operations and development Europe, Middle East & Africa at Regent Hotels. CATHERINE GILLIBRAND, also based at the company's London office, has assumed the role of associate director. She was previously associate director at Colliers RH's Auckland, New Zealand, office.
The Celtic Manor Resort hotel in Newport, South Wales, has appointed KEVIN MAXWELL as London sales manager. He was previously global account director for Hilton Group.
JANE SILVER has joined the Bell hotel in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, as head chef. She was head chef at the Candor Arms hotel in Wales.
RICHARD ARMAN has been appointed as franchise sales director for Europe at Choice Hotels Europe, based in Edgware, London. He was sales director with Regus Hotels in Chertsey, Surrey.
BRETT INGLE has been promoted at the Macdonald Hotels group to become operations manager at the Bush hotel in Farnham, Surrey. He was catering manager at the Albrighton Hall hotel in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
SUE POWELL has joined Chess Partnership Staunton as recruitment manager for the Eaton Group, London. She was a recruitment consultant at Chess Partnership, London.