Berlin, Germany, 6 February 2018. Leonardo Hotels, one of the leading hotel operators in Europe and Israel, with hotels in more than 170 locations, has strengthened and restructured its management team: Daniel Roger, previously known as the Managing Director of Leonardo Hotels Europe, was appointed the new Managing Director of Fattal Hotels Europe & UK with effect from 1st of January 2018. At the same time, Yoram Biton took over the position of the Managing Director of Central Europe. He was previously responsible for Leonardo Hotels in southern Germany, Switzerland and the UK as the clusters General Manager.
“Thanks to this new structure, our management team is best prepared for any future challenges that may arise. Leonardo Hotels, in Europe, has experienced a strong growth over the past several years. Notably, the takeover of 36 Jurys Inn Hotels, in the UK and Ireland, toward the end of 2017 gave our expansion efforts an enormous boost”, says David Fattal, owner of the Fattal Hotels Group, of which Leonardo Hotels is part of. “Daniel Roger, a hotel manager with decades of international experience, has now been given additional responsibility and will continue to lead our European Division. With Yoram Biton we were also able to give a highly experienced and charismatic leader, with a strong connection to Leonardo Hotels, responsibility for the important market in central Europe.”
Daniel Roger joined the Fattal Group in 2006 and has been head of Leonardo Hotels in Europe ever since. The European Division, of the group, grew from one hotel in Munich, Germany, in 2006, to more than 130 hotels in over 75 cities and all under his leadership. As Managing Director, of Fattal Hotels Europe & UK, he will particularly focus on integrating the Jurys Inn Hotels into the Leonardo Group. Roger can now look back on more than 40 years of professional experience within international hotel chains. He holds degrees in hotel management from the former hotel management school of D.Speiser, at the Tegernsee in Germany, and from the hotel management school in Leysin, Switzerland. Daniel Roger lives in Berlin, Germany, and London, UK, is married and has 2 children.
Yoram Biton has worked for Leonardo Hotels in various management positions since 2006. He first headed up the management team at Leonardo Hotel Munich City Center and the Leonardo Boutique Hotel Munich and was responsible for 2 openings in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. There were further takeovers during his leadership, including 2 hotels in Munich. After 2013 he was given responsibility for all Group Hotels in Munich and Nuremberg, Germany, and Zürich, Switzerland. Last year he was responsible for the takeover and integration of 5 Hotels in Portland, UK. Yoram Biton holds a degree in hotel management and business administration from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Tel Aviv. He lives in Munich, Germany, is married and has 3 children.
Apart from Daniel Roger and Yoram Biton, the rest of the management team at Leonardo Hotels Europe remains unchanged: Maher Nimer (Chief Financial Officer), Ron Baruch (Projects Manager Fattal Hotels Europe), Sandra Dreher (Vice President Sales & Marketing), Omar Jamil (Vice President Procurement), Jean Buche (Director of Revenue Management) and Anke Maas (Human Resources Director).
