New GM for Rocco Forte's Hotel de Rome in Berlin

With immediate effect, Thies Sponholz has been appointed General Manager of Rocco Forte's Hotel de Rome in Berlin, which opened on 12 October 2006. Thies takes over the role from Martin Elsner, a long-standing employee of The Rocco Forte Collection, who is the Pre-Opening General Manager in charge of the company's three German properties (Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt, Hotel de Rome in Berlin and a property in Munich due to open in June 2007).

German Thies, who is 37 years old and speaks fluent German, French and English, joins The Rocco Forte Collection with a distinguished and extensive career that has seen him work in the US, France, Germany and Switzerland.

For the last four years, Theis has been General Manager of the Steigenberger Badisher Hof in Baden Baden, German. Previously, he held roles in the Hilton San Francisco & Towers, the Sheraton in Palo Alto in California, Hotel Negresco in Nice, Hotel Suvretta House in St Moritz, as well as other Steigenberger Hotels in Bad Griesbach and Stuttgart.

Thies attended the School for Hotel and Restaurant Management in Luebeck, Germany.

For further information, please contact:

Sue Heady
Media Relations Director
Direct line: +44 (0)20 7766 3107
E-mail: sheady@roccofortecollection.com

Natasha Berg
Media Relations Manager
Direct line: +44 (0)20 7766 3116
E-mail: nberg@roccofortecollection.com

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