Linda Griffin is the new general manager of the Athénée Palace Hilton Bucharest, the hotel has announced. She will start at the helm of the hotel on September 1st, following the departure of Friedrich W. Niemann. Niemann has been running the five-star hotel for the last five years.

He has been promoted to general manager of the new Waldorf Astoria hotel in Berlin, the first newly built hotel of Hilton Worldwide’s top luxury brand in Europe. Read more about Friedrich Niemann here.

Griffin joins the Athénée Palace Hilton team after serving as cluster general manager in Turkey for Adana & Mersin Hilton SA Hotels, in the southern Mediterranean region of Cukurova, Turkey.

Linda Griffin is a 21-year veteran of the Hilton Worldwide and began her journey at the Hilton Toronto, moving on in 1993 to the Hilton Toronto Airport as Front Office Manager.