City General Manager - Amsterdam

Mr. Oldenburger, Dutch, comes with extensive hospitality and cultural experience as General Manager from Singapore in the south to Copenhagen in the North. He joined Radisson SAS in 1991 in Amsterdam and has contributed to the company�s growth and success in Copenhagen, Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf.

General Manager � Radisson SAS Hotel Amsterdam Airport
 

Mr. Balassis was acting General Manager of the Radisson SAS Montfleury Hotel in Cannes during the take-over in November 1998 until March 1999. 

General Manager � Radisson SAS Hotel, Düsseldorf/Regional Director Germany

Mr. Wagner (German) comes with broad experience from numerous managerial positions in countries such as Germany, England, Switzerland, Austria and Singapore. Mr. Wagner started his career from Commis de Cuisine to Saucier, Gardemanger, Chief Steward to Director of Food and Beverage and General Manager. Mr. Wagner joined Radisson SAS in 1993 as Executive Assistant Manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Hamburg. He became General Manager of the same hotel in May 1994 and was appointed General Manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin in January 1996. 

General Manager � Radisson SAS Hotel, Berlin

Following The Hague Hotel school, he started his career with Inter-Continental Hotel Luxembourg from Front Office Clerk to Night Manager. In 1991, he was the Assistant Manager of the Inter-Continental Hotel Cologne, which later became SAS Royal Hotel. He continued his career with Radisson SAS as Front Office Manager and Food and Beverage Manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Düsseldorf, Front Office Manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel Jumeira Beach in Dubai as part of the pre-opening and opening team. During his time in Dubai, he was promoted to Executive Assistant Manager. He was part of the pre-opening task force of the Radisson SAS St. Helen�s Hotel in Dublin and has since August 1998 held the position as Executive Assistant Manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Amsterdam. Besides Dutch, Mr. van den Nieuwenhuysen speaks German, English and French.

General Manager � Radisson SAS Hotel, Amman and Radisson SAS Resort, Aqaba

Mr. Rathjen joined Radisson SAS in 1973 and has held a number of managerial positions in Food and Beverage, Operations and General Management. He gained experience from our hotels in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as the Radisson SAS Hotel in Kuwait where he was the Executive Assistant Manager in 1988-1990. In Copenhagen, he was the General Manager of the Radisson SAS Globetrotter Hotel from 1990-1995 and General Manager of the Radisson SAS Falconer Hotel from 1995-1998.

General Manager � Radisson SAS Hotel, Szczecin
 

Mr. Preiss, German, started his career in the hospitality industry in 1981 as Assistant to the General Manager of the Steigenberger Hotel in Frankfurt am Main. In 1984, he moved to South Africa as Banquet Assistant at Sun City Hotels. In 1985 he returned to Hannover, Germany to become the Food and Beverage Manager of the Holiday Inn Hotel. As from 1989, he held General Manager positions in different hotels; the Scandic Ludwigburg Hotel, the Blue Band Hotel in Berlin, the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Hotel in Merseburg, which later was acquired by Radisson SAS in February 1996. 

General Manager - Radisson SAS St. Helen�s Hotel, Dublin
 

Following her education as �Hotelfachfrau�, Ms. Hazenberg (German) achieved experience from numerous first class brands such as Inter-Continental, Arabella Hotels, EuroDisney, Conrad International, Metropolitan and Sheraton in managerial positions such as Front Office Manager, Housekeeping Manager, Rooms Division Manager, Director of Housekeeping and Director of Rooms. Ms. Hazenberg has experienced several openings in various locations and as an international hotelière she has worked in Germany, France, Belgium, Dubai, Bangkok, China and The Netherlands. Ms. Hazenberg joined Radisson SAS in February 1999 as Hotel Manager to open the Radisson SAS Hotel Amsterdam Airport. In addition to her mother tongue German, she speaks English and French.

Executive Assistant Manager, Radisson SAS Hotel, Brussels
 

Ms. Carew, Irish, joined Radisson SAS in July 1998 as General Manager of the Radisson SAS St. Helen�s Hotel in Dublin. Prior to this, Ms. Carew started her early management career with Principal Hotels in England.  She spent a year at the Royal Park Hotel as Assistant Food and Beverage Manager and was subsequently promoted to Deputy Manager at the company�s hotel in Scarborough. Ms. Carew took up her first General Management appointment at Dalhouise Castle Edinburgh at the age of 25. She later became the General Manager of the Norton House Hotel, Edinburgh. She transferred as General Manager to the Hotel La Residencia (member of Relais and Chateaux) in Mallorca, Spain in 1994. She returned to Ireland in June 1997 to open The Morgan, a boutique style hotel in Dublin�s cultural centre, Temple Bar. 

Ms. Carew holds an Honours Diploma in Hotel Management from the Shannon College of Hotel Management Ireland and a Diploma in Marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing. Ms. Carew speaks Spanish and French in addition to her mother tongue English. 

General Manager � Radisson SAS Hotel, Ålesund 
 

Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts recently signed an agreement for the operation of a hotel in Jugendbyen, Ålesund. This first-class full service hotel is expected to open in August 2000 and will have 131 well equipped guest rooms and suites, as well as meeting and conference facilities for up to 350 people, an all day restaurant and a lobby lounge/bar. 

Ms. Askvik, Norwegian, is a graduate from the Norwegian Hotel Management School. Following her graduation, she held various positions such as Waitress, Head Waitress, Receptionist, Restaurant Manager and Executive Housekeeper at the famous Solstrand Fjord Hotel. During the Olympic Games in Norway in 1993, Ms. Askvik worked for Partena Cater A/S in Lillehammer as Executive Housekeeper and Receptionist dealing with some 2000 participants and press. In 1994-96 she was the Operations Manager of the Svalbard Polar Hotel. In 1996-97 she and her partner were the General Managers of Quality Vestlia Hotel, Geilo. In 1998 they both moved as General Managers to Håholmen Havstuer A/S. 

Hotel Manager - Radisson SAS Park Hotel, Oslo
 

Mr. Brommeland, who is Norwegian, joined Radisson SAS in 1982 as Service Manager of the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Bergen. He held the position as Assistant Front Office Manager and Sales Manager of the same hotel until he was appointed Sales Manager, Region Norway, based in Oslo in 1988-93. In 1993-95 he was the Director of Sales and Marketing of the Radisson SAS Park Hotel in Oslo. In 1995 � 98 he was the Director of Sales and Marketing of the Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel in Oslo until he became City Director of Sales, Oslo in 1998. 

Mr. Brommeland is also a graduate of the Norwegian Hotel Management School.

General Manager � Radisson SAS Conference & Airport Hotel in Istanbul
 

Mr. Benamar, Moroccan/Norwegian, joined Radisson SAS in 1975 as waiter in the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Oslo. He progressed through various managerial positions in the same hotel until 1989 when he became part of the opening team of the biggest hotel in our company, Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel in Oslo. He held positions such as Convention Manager, Convention and Food and Beverage Manager, Operations Manager and Executive Assistant Manager. Mr. Benamar was appointed Hotel Manager of the Radisson SAS Park Hotel in Oslo in 1997 � a position he has held until today. Mr. Benamar speaks Norwegian, Arabic, French and English.

General Manager � Radisson SAS Grand Hotel Sofia
 

The recently announced Radisson SAS Grand Hotel Sofia is superbly located in the very centre of the city. The hotel was built in 1969 and is now in the process of being completely renovated. There will be 140 guestrooms, an all-day restaurant, café, bar, conference and meeting rooms, a fitness area, etc. It is planned to open the hotel by the end of 2000.