Vine Hotels unveils three management appointments

Vine Hotels has announced a series of management appointments throughout the group following the appointment of Alice Davies as group accommodation services manager. Following two years as general manager of the Charlecote Pheasant hotel, Alice Davies will be moving to a group role within the hotel’s parent company. As such Dan Rowell has been appointed to replace her in the hotel’s top job with Jamie Hitchins joining the group’s Birmingham West Bromwich hotel. Rowell has been with Vine Hotels for over 15 months, opening and then leading the team at the company’s Birmingham West Bromwich hotel. It said he brings “extensive knowledge” of the Midlands area along with strong food and beverage, operations, and team leadership experience. Meanwhile, Hitchins joins to take on the vacated role of general manager at the Birmingham West Bromwich hotel. His previous experience includes the Brook Marston hotel and with Marriott maintaining and building local relationships and sales development. Davies assumes the position of group accommodation services manager, a newly created role that is part of an “ambitious development plan” for the hotel company. She will oversee the housekeeping services at Vine Hotels across the UK. Vine Hotels CEO, Garin Davies, said: “It’s particularly gratifying that two of these appointments are internal promotions. We pride ourselves at nurturing talent and identifying opportunities for key team members to grow their careers at Vine Hotels, which is also one of the main reasons that Jamie Hitchins has chosen to join the group. I wish them all every success in their new roles.” Vine Hotels is a UK-based hotel management and development company, which as well as running its growing portfolio of 14 hotels, also provides a range of services from management contracts to acquisitions, business health checks, turnaround solutions and hospitality consultancy.