Canadian Linda Griffin, who had run the hotel’s operations in the past three years, has been appointed head of the Hilton Kensington hotel in London.
She has been replaced by Jan Thomsen, who was previously general manager of Hilton WestEnd in Budapest, Hungary. He started his career as general manager in Denmark, within Scandic Hotels, a brand that later became part of the Hilton Worldwide portfolio.
Athenee Palace Hilton is controlled by ANA Hotels, which has six more hotels on the Romanian market, Crowne Plaza in Bucharest, three other hotels in a mountainous resort and two on the Romanian seaside. ANA Hotels had a turnover of RON111 million (EUR25.2 million) in 2012 and losses of RON920,000 (EUR209,000) with 597 employees, according to Finance Ministry data.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)