Polish group Orbis, the biggest hotel operator in Eastern Europe, has appointed Emeline Sýkora-Wintrebert as Area General Manager for South-Eastern Europe responsible for the hotel operations in the region.

Emeline will be based in Bucharest and oversee the management of almost 20 hotels in Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The hotels are operated under AccorHotels brands like Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, ibis and ibis Styles.

Emeline Sýkora-Wintrebert has worked for AccorHotels for ten years. Starting her career in operations, she was the General Manager of ibis London Stratford. She then moved to Revenue Management where she held different positions in the UK then in the Czech Republic. Recently, she was the Development Manager for South-Eastern Europe, based in Bucharest, responsible for Czech Republic and Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and the Balkan countries.

She replaces Frank Reul, who has been appointed as Head of Development for Orbis / AccorHotels Eastern Europe.

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