The reorganization is as follows:

Rezidor SAS Hospitality

The following executives, who were formerly responsible for the Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts brand on a corporate level, have now been appointed to the following positions within the umbrella Rezidor SAS organization based in Brussels:

Knut Kleiven, senior vice president, chief financial officer, Rezidor SAS.

Bahram Sadr-Hashemi, senior vice president business development, Rezidor SAS.

Fredrik Korallus, senior vice president sales & marketing, Rezidor SAS (Korallus has also been appointed senior vice president and COO of Park Inn Hotels.  See Park Inn section below).

Gordon McKinnon, senior vice president brands & concept development, Rezidor SAS 

Werner Kuendig, senior vice president special projects, joint venture Middle East and Africa, Rezidor SAS.

Bernard Hazenberg, vice president business development for Southern Europe and the Benelux, Rezidor SAS.

Wilma Kellermann-Baans, vice president business development for Central Europe, UK and Ireland, Rezidor SAS.

Claes Livijn, vice president business development for the Nordic countries and the Baltics, Rezidor SAS.

Arild Hovland, vice president business development for Eastern Europe and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Rezidor SAS.

Jean-Marc Busato has been appointed Vice President, Middle East. In his new capacity, he will be responsible for the development of the Rezidor SAS portfolio in the Middle East. 

The company also announces the following brand-level appointments:

Country Inn

Adrian Ort has been appointed senior vice president & COO for Country Inn and the Rezidor SAS� planned new lifestyle brand. In this position, he will be responsible for managing the Country Inn hotels in the EMEA region as well as developing the new lifestyle brand that will be introduced shortly by Rezidor SAS.

Park Inn Hotels

Fredrik Korallus has been appointed senior vice president & COO for Park Inn Hotels.  In this role, he will be responsible for the development and management of the Park Inn Hotels� portfolio in the EMEA region.  Korallus will also serve in the capacity of senior vice president sales & marketing for Rezidor SAS Hospitality until a successor is appointed. 

Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts

Subsequent to the new Rezidor SAS structure, Kurt Ritter, who remains president & CEO of Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, has announced the following appointments:

Marcus Bernhardt, formerly area vice president, has been appointed senior vice president & COO for Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts. In his new function, he will be responsible for the management of all hotels with the exception of the Middle East and South Africa.

In view of the future expansion and their seniority within Radisson SAS, the following regional directors have been promoted to area vice presidents:

Erik Normann, area vice president Norway, Radisson SAS.

Mogens Stendrup, area vice president Denmark and Iceland, Radisson SAS.

Torsten Kirschke, area vice president Germany, Switzerland and China, Radisson SAS.

In order to focus on the growth within their region, the following general managers have been promoted to regional directors:

Michel Stalport, regional director France, Radisson SAS.

Heimo Leitgeb, regional director Austria, Sophia, Budapest, Prague & Bratislava, Radisson SAS.

Based at the Corporate Office in Brussels, the following have been assigned new responsibilities to strengthen Radisson SAS� support functions:

Stan Van Roij has been appointed vice president revenue development, Radisson SAS.

Torsten Arvidsson has been appointed vice president finance, Radisson SAS.

John F. Monhardt has been appointed vice president future openings, Radisson SAS.
 

Rezidor SAS is the master franchise holder for the Regent, Radisson SAS, Country Inn and Park Inn brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  The company currently operates 117 Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts with a further 42 properties under development. The Radisson SAS portfolio now extends to 39 countries. Rezidor SAS has held the Radisson master franchise since 1994.  Regent, Country Inn and Park Inn joined the portfolio in 2002.  The company projects that they will have 700 hotels across all brands operating within the EMEA region by 2012.  Rezidor SAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the SAS Group.