Hilton Worldwide has appointed Michael Poux as general manager of Hilton Bournemouth.
Poux will be leading the team and overseeing activity across all areas of the hotel, including the eforea spa, meetings and events spaces, Schpoons & Forx restaurant and sky bar.
Poux has more than 10 years experience in the hotel industry.
Hailing from France, Poux started his career in the 1990s as a housekeeping supervisor at the iconic Hotel Ritz in Paris.
In 1997 he relocated to Aberdeen, Scotland to join the Marriott Hotels group as C&B operations manager.
Over the next 12 years, he directed operations all over the UK in Coventry, Newcastle and Bristol, returning to Paris to take up the position of resident manager at Marriott Hotel Rive Gauche and Congress Centre.