Danziger named new CEO at Hampshire Hotels Management

Hampshire Hotels Management, LLC, today announced that effective April 7, 2014, Eric A. Danziger has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the privately held group. Sant Singh Chatwal will remain Chairman of the Company.

Danziger, who has more than 40 years of experience in the hotel business, began his career as a bellman at The Fairmont San Francisco. Following a meteoric rise in hotel operations, Danziger assumed his first executive role with DoubleTree Hotels in 1984 and has since been instrumental in the growth of Wyndham Internationalwhere he served as President, Starwood Hotels and Resorts asPresident and CEO, Carlson Hotels Worldwide as President and COO, and Wyndham Hotel Group as President and CEO.

Most recently as President and CEO of Wyndham Hotel Group, Danziger led a global development effort, greatly expanding the footprint of the Company's 14 brands into new countries. He was also directly responsible for having the vision to leverage the strength of and synergies across all of the Company's 14 brands.

Danziger begins his new role April 7.

Swire promoted to senior director of marketing for Hard Rock International

Hard Rock International – one of the world’s most-recognizable and iconic brands – proudly announces the promotion of its current director of marketing – Hotels and Casinos, Nora Swire, to senior director of marketing – Hotels and Casinos. In this capacity, Swire will continue to lead the brand’s global marketing efforts, including the execution of strategic marketing and brand building initiatives, management of marketing research, and oversight of web, social media and e-commerce programs. Representing a brand of immense global presence with locations from San Diego to Chicago, Bali and Macau, Swire will take responsibility for driving the company’s international marketing strategy, in addition to communication efforts for future developments in the Hard Rock pipeline.

Swire brings more than 15 years of experience in hospitality, real estate and retail marketing, including her years at Hard Rock International where she is responsible for global marketing efforts of the Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos brand, as well as individual properties, which include 19 hotels and 9 casinos worldwide. Swire received a Masters of Arts in Mass Communication and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, both from the University of Central Florida.

Dorchester Collection appoints  Fiore as director of sales & marketing at Hotel Eden, Rome

Dorchester Collection announces the appointment of Laura Fiore as director of sales & marketing for its newest property  Hotel Eden, Rome.

Fiore joins Dorchester Collection from her role as director of sales & marketing for Hotel Castello di Casole in Siena, Italy. With a 20-year career in luxury hospitality, Fiore has worked at a variety of prestigious hotels in Italy and New York. Previous positions have included director of sales & marketing at Hotel Majestic in Rome, Italy; director of sales & marketing at St Regis Grand & The Westin Excelsior in Rome, Italy and international sales manager at Orient-Express Hotels in New York.