Marriott names regional vp of operations
Marriott International has appointed Wolfgang Gros as regional vp of operations, Continental Europe.
Mr Gros will be responsible for food and beverage, rooms operations, brand standards and new hotel standards.
Based in Eschborn, Germany, Mr Gros will oversee five lodging brands including JW Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard by Marriott and Marriott Executive Apartments.
In 2005, Mr Gros was appointed general manager at the Cologne Marriott Hotel where he stayed for three years managing a team of 110.
Prior to that, he was director of operations at the JW Marriott Bucharest Hotel in 2000 before being named regional director of food and beverage training at the Marriott International regional office in Eschborn.
Mr Gros began his career in hospitality as an apprenticeship baker in 1983.
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