Rezidor appoints Stefan Willensdorfer to boost corporate sales

Stefan, an Austrian national, has previously spent four years with the Radisson SAS Palais Hotel in Vienna as Sales Manager, before being promoted to Senior Sales Manager responsible for the corporate market and bidding processes for the top accounts. Prior to Radisson he worked for Sofitel and the Astron hotel at Vienna airport again responsible for the corporate market.

Craig Senior, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing said: "With Rezidor's continued expansion within the region and Europe, the need to enhance our corporate sales activity for the GCC outbound market remains one of our key strategies. With Stefan's knowledge and previous corporate market experience I am confident he will take this important segment to new heights for The Rezidor Hotel Group, and I am delighted to welcome him to the Middle East team."

Stefan, who speaks four languages including German, English, French and Spanish, had left Radisson in 2005 to pursue his MBA at London University in the United Kingdom. After completing his degree, he moved to Dubai as Sales & Marketing Manager for the Dubai Ski - Club.

The group currently operates 18 hotels in the Middle East and Africa with another 20 projects in the pipeline to open by 2010 under the following brands; Radisson SAS, Regent, Missoni and Park Inn.