Vine Hotels makes four senior appointments

Vine Hotels has announced four senior appointments across the 13 properties it owns or manages in the UK.

Ruslana Yarmolyuk will take over as general manager for Mercure Kenwood Hall Hotel and Spa, bringing over a decade in hotel management. Yarmolyuk has had successful terms as a general manager for many properties within the Mercure hotels portfolio.

Seb Rizk will join DoubleTree by Hilton Sheffield Park as operations manager. Rizk has experience within the Hilton group having held positions at Doubletree by Hilton Hull and Hampton by Hilton Sheffield City Centre.

Rhiannon Thomas will take the position of assistant manager at Best Western The Dartmouth Hotel Golf and Spa starting in early 2023 after successfully completing the Vine Hotels’ management trainee programme.

Lastly, 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.

CEO Garin Davies 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 too 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 strengthened senior team and put us in an excellent position to take on the challenges and opportunities of this new year.”

Vine Hotels provides a range of services from management contracts to acquisitions, business health checks, turnaround solutions and hospitality consultancy.