Vine Hotels, which owns and manages thirteen properties right across the UK, has added four senior members to its management teams this month, as the hospitality company continues with ambitious development and growth plans in 2023.
Ruslana Yarmolyuk will take over as general manager for Mercure Kenwood Hall Hotel and Spa, bringing with her over a decade in hotel management and successful terms as a general manager for properties within the Mercure hotels portfolio, then as dual site manager for Mercure Sheffield Parkway and Mercure York Fairfield Manor. A senior hospitality professional and hands-on and motivational leader, Ruslana will be tasked with overseeing the operations of this flagship Vine Hotels property.
Seb Rizk joins DoubleTree by Hilton Sheffield Park as operations manager. Seb has experience within the Hilton group having held positions at Doubletree by Hilton Hull and Hampton by Hilton Sheffield City Centre. He is tasked with increasing the regional customer base and putting the hotel on the map as a go-to destination for business and leisure within the local Sheffield market; a challenge he is ideally placed to tackle thanks to his depth of knowledge of the brand and region.
After successfully completing the Vine Hotels’ management trainee programme, Rhiannon Thomas takes the position of assistant manager at Best Western The Dartmouth Hotel Golf and Spa starting in early 2023. A developing career at the hotel is a dream come true for golf enthusiast Rhiannon who has played at elite level for years and first joined the property while studying for her PGA qualification.
Lauren McSorley has been appointed to the proactive sales team, with the remit of groups and tours sales manager. She joins the senior leadership team after being promoted from the hotel manager position at Mercure Southampton Centre Dolphin. She will be tasked with developing the groups and tours strand of the business, which is a rapidly growing sector for many of the hotel group’s properties.
Garin Davies, CEO of Vine Hotels said: “At Vine Hotels we have made a commitment to ensure that we not only bring the best people to our company, but that we seek out and develop those who show a desire to progress from within. Ruslana and Seb to are excellent additions to our team, bringing a wealth of experience working with similar brands. I’m proud to see team members such as Lauren being promoted from within the company and Rhiannon progressing through our management training programme to take up senior positions. These four roles add to a strengthen senior team and put us in an excellent position to take on the challenges and opportunities of this new year. “
Vine Hotels is a UK-based hotel management and development company, which as well as running its growing portfolio of 13 hotels, also provides a range of services from management contracts to acquisitions, business health checks, turnaround solutions and hospitality consultancy. In September Vine Hotels added York House in Eastbourne to its portfolio, the latest in a string of acquisitions for the brand, including Bredbury Hall Hotel in Cheshire, The Old Rectory, Handsworth and The Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, Warwick. The company’s burgeoning portfolio stretches from the Northeast to the South Coast as it continues with an ambitious programme of growth. For more details, visit: www.vinehotels.co.uk