Mr. de Roode will oversee Bass� company owned and managed upscale properties from Hilton Head, S.C., to Puerto Rico, which encompasses ten hotels under the Inter-Continental and Crowne Plaza brands.

He will also serve as vice president and general manager of Bass� wholly owned Hotel Inter-Continental Miami, one of the company�s global flagship properties.
A thirty-year hospitality industry veteran, de Roode joined Inter-Continental in 1977, and was most recently regional vice president Northeast and vice president and general manager of the Hotel Inter-Continental New York.

�Having someone with global five-star hotel experience is crucial to a region targeted for rapid expansion,� says Mander. �Add the Hotel Inter-Continental Miami�s renovation into the mix, and it is obvious why an individual of Fred�s caliber is tantamount for this role.�

�I am delighted to be in Miami,� adds de Roode. �This area is a hub of global activity, and I look forward to being part of such an energetic, ever-growing community.� 

Mr. de Roode�s prior work experience includes senior management positions across three continents, among them general manager of Inter-Continental Hotels in Paris and Maui. A native New Yorker, he is a graduate of the Ecole Hoteliere in Lausanne, Switzerland and the University of Paris.

The Hotel Inter-Continental Miami is located on Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami. The landmark property offers more than 61,000 square feet of meeting, exhibition and banquet space, totaling 26 rooms. It can accommodate 900 people for conferences, 2,700 for receptions and 1,200 for banquets.

Bass Hotels & Resorts,Inc the hotel business of Bass PLC of the United Kingdom Kingdom, operates or franchises more than 3,000 hotels and 489,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories.