Gérard Sintès appointed General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona (Spain)
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Gérard Sintès appointed General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona (Spain)
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Category: Europe - Spain - Careers
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2010-02-22
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has today announced that Gérard Sintès will succeed Luis Marcó as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona with effect from 1 April 2010. Mr Marcó is retiring after a 45-year career in the hospitality industry.
Mr Sintès, who has almost 30 years of experience in the global luxury hospitality industry, joins Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona from One & Only Cape Town where he held the position of General Manager and was responsible for the hotel opening in 2009. He has held senior management positions in many award-winning properties around the globe, including the role of General Manager at One &Only Le Saint Géran Hotel, Spa & Golf Club in Mauritius from 1999 to 2005. Mr Sintès has also gained significant experience with management postings in Asia, including the position of General Manager of Shangri La, Bangkok from 2005 to 2008. A French national, he is a graduate of Lausanne Hotel School and as well as his native language is fluent in Spanish and English.
Christoph Mares, Director of Operations, Europe, Middle East & Africa for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group said: “Luis’ Marcó’s vast experience and commitment was instrumental in ensuring a highly successful launch of our new Barcelona property. On behalf of all my colleagues at Mandarin Oriental, I would like to thank Luis for his tireless dedication to the Group and wish him a very happy retirement.”
“At the same time, we welcome Gérard Sintès to Mandarin Oriental. I am confident he will build on the early successes of Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona. With his extensive international experience of operating luxury hotels around the world, he will be ideally placed to further position this hotel as one of the best in Southern Europe,” added Mr Mares.
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