Who’s at the helm of Bucharest’s major five & four-star hotels?
Several expats and Romanians (most of whom happen to be Romanian women) run some of the largest five and four-star hotels in Bucharest.
Here's a list of hotel managers in Bucharest (sorted in alphabetical order of hotel names and valid as of September 2014) - with their pictures in the gallery below the article.
General managers of five-star hotels in Bucharest
Athenee Palace Hilton
General manager: Jan Thomsen (Danish). He took the helm of the five-star hotel downtown Bucharest in November 2013. He has been working in the hospitality industry for more than 27 years, most recently in Budapest as general manager at Hilton WestEnd, where he spent five years. He is an avid kayaker and always enjoys a race on the fjords when he visits Denmark. His LinkedIn profile is here.
Dane takes helm of five-star Athénée Palace Hilton hotel in Bucharest
Grand Hotel Continental
General manager: Sanda Almasan (Romanian). She became the hotel’s GM in October 2010. She has been working in the hospitality industry for the last 16 years. Profile on LinkedIn.
Intercontinental
General manager: Stefan Frank (German). Frank took over the GM position for the five-star hotel downtown Bucharest in October 2012. He has 21 years of experience in the hotel industry. His LinkedIn profile is here.
New manager for Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest
JW Marriott
General manager: Igael Porecki (Israeli). He came to Bucharest to run the JW Marriott five-star hotel in 2009. He has been working in the hospitality industry for the last 42 years. His LinkedIn profile, here.
Pullman
General manager: Markus Koller (Austrian). He has been working in Romania since 2003, with a 4-year hiatus for positions in the region. He became general manager of Pullman Bucharest World Trade Center in June 2012. Back in 2003, he was director of sales and marketing for the same hotel (then named Sofitel). His LinkedIn profile, here.
Radisson Blu
General manager: Bert Fol (Scottish). He took the helm of the five-star hotel downtown Bucharest in June 2014. He previously worked in Romania for competitor Hilton between 2003 and 2005. Fol has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality field. His LinkedIn profile, here.
General managers of four-star hotels in Bucharest
Crowne Plaza
General manager: Franz Rattenstetter (German). He returned at the helm of the hotel in 2011, four years after ending his first 6-year term running the five-star hotel. He has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Profile on LinkedIn.
Howard Johnson Grand Plaza
General manager: Sonia Nastase (Romanian). She has been running the hotel since September 2009. Nastase started out in the hospitality industry in 1996. Her LinkedIn profile.
Hotel Cismigiu
General manager: Georgeta Grecu (Romanian). She has been working for 20 years in the hospitality industry, and has been running the Hotel Cismigiu since its opening in 2012. Her LinkedIn profile here.
Novotel hotel
General manager: Christophe Chamboncel (French). He took the helm of the hotel on Calea Victoriei in January 2014. His LinkedIn profile, here.
Ramada Plaza
General manager: Daniel Ben Yehuda (Israeli). He has been running the hotel in Bucharest since 2005. His LinkedIn profile, here.
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