PPHE appoints new hotel manager to Park Plaza Park Royal

PPHE Hotel Group, the hospitality group which owns operates the Park Plaza Hotels brand in EMEA and owns the Art’otel brand, has announced the promotion of Alex Caetano to hotel manager at Park Plaza London Park Royal.

Having joined the Group in 2011, Caetano most recently worked as the operations manager at Park Plaza London Waterloo and  was said to have played a “key role” in the launch of the 494-room property in 2017. During that time he managed day-to-day operations of the hotel for over two years and achieved a brand audit score of 90.6%.

He has also worked as an operations manager at Park Plaza London Victoria, where he was responsible for managing all front office, housekeeping, food and beverage and meetings and events operations at the hotel.

Caetano started his hospitality career in Johannesburg, South Africa but moved to London in 2002 to progress within the industry. His experience also includes management roles at hotels around the capital, including the four-star Copthorne Tara Kensington and the four-star Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury.

Daniel Pedreschi, regional general manager UK at PPHE Hotel Group, said: “We are delighted to share the news that Alex is joining Park Plaza London Park Royal as the property’s Hotel Manager.  His promotion is well deserved and will ensure the success continues at the Park Plaza London Park Royal, which opened in 2017.

“With experience of various Park Plaza properties in London, not only does Alex have excellent brand knowledge, but also a track record of achieving impressive results for the Group. We are looking forward to seeing what his wealth of experience and passion brings to this new role.”

Caetano added: “Playing a key role in the launch of Park Plaza London Waterloo has been one of my career highlights to date but I’m looking forward to this new challenge and seeing great success at Park Plaza London Park Royal”.