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New General Manager and Director of Sales & Marketing at Warsaw Marriott Hotel |
 Albert Helms has been appointed General Manager of the Warsaw Marriott Hotel .
Albert has over 30 years experience in the hotel industry having worked
for various companies such as Southern Sun Hotels, Orient Express
Hotels and Berjaya before joining Marriott International in 1997.
His career started in his home country of Germany and has since taken
him to Switzerland, South Africa, Mozambique, Seychelles, Russia twice,
Germany and now Poland. His background is firmly placed in Food and
Beverage having been an Executive Chef for many years.
Albert is excited with the challenge of running the Warsaw Marriott
Hotel and acknowledges the privilege and opportunity involved. He
speaks several languages and hopes to add Polish to his repertoire. He
likes to keep fit and is a keen scuba diver and skier. He calls Cape
Town his home and he and his wife try and get there every year.
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 Gerd has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Warsaw Marriott Hotel.
Gerd joined Marriott as part of the opening team in April 1990 as Front
Desk Manager and got promoted to Director of Reservation Sales in 1992.
In the same capacity he moved Dubai joining the opening team of the JW
Marriott mid 1993. Two years later Gerd was promoted to Regional
Manager Revenue Management for Asia Pacific and CALA Region in
Marriott's California Office in Santa Clara.
In course of the Renaissance acquisition Gerd was promoted to Regional
Director of Revenue Management for Asia Pacific and moved to Hong Kong.
In December 2000 Gerd became the Director of Revenue Strategy in the
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, still Marriott's largest
international hotel with more 1300 rooms. In February 2005 Gerd moved
back to Continental Europe and became the Director of Sales &
Marketing at the JW Marriott Bucharest Hotel.
Gerd has been recognized in 2004 as Revenue Leader Traditional Revenue
Management for Asia Pacific, and in 2005 as the Sales Leader of the
Year for the Continental European Region. Together with his team he
achieved to be named the Sales, Marketing and Event Management Team of
the Year in 2005.
Gerd likes to travel, cook and go to the movies. He speaks German and English.
With the wealth of experience, his expertise and leadership skills Gerd is very well prepared for his new challenge.
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