Names Chris Fradin Vice President of Client Services for Europe
NEW YORK, MARCH 31, 2015 – Forbes Travel Guide today took the next step in its global expansion, announcing the opening of its European headquarters in London, and naming Chris Fradin as Vice President of Client Services for Europe.
Responding to increasing demand for its global star ratings platform worldwide, this marks the first time Forbes Travel Guide has maintained a headquarters in Europe. Headed by Fradin, the London office joins Forbes Travel Guide offices in Atlanta, New York and Hong Kong. Forbes Travel Guide now rates hotels in sixteen countries on four continents. The company expects to make further announcements detailing its rapidly accelerating international expansion in the coming weeks.
“We are pleased to welcome Chris Fradin to our unmatched team of Forbes Travel Guide professionals worldwide and launch our office in London,” said Gerard J. Inzerillo, Chief Executive Officer of Forbes Travel Guide. “We are expanding both our service capacity and our base of rated Five-Star, Four-Star and Recommended hotels throughout Europe.” Inzerillo concluded, “The expansion of Forbes Travel Guide continues to accelerate, as we expand our capability to help discerning consumers make better luxury travel decisions around the world, while serving the luxury hospitality community.”
Fradin reports to Peter Kressaty, Forbes Travel Guide’s Senior Vice President of Client Services.
“I am delighted to join Forbes Travel Guide at this dynamic and important moment in the brand’s worldwide expansion,” said Fradin. “The company has achieved important growth milestones in the past year, and this is just the very beginning. I am looking forward to working with and supporting Forbes Travel Guide partner hotels throughout Europe, as we expand the brand’s prestige and influence throughout the continent in response to growing demand.”
Forbes Travel Guide announced a push into Latin America in 2014, with the expansion of its star ratings system to Mexico, The Caribbean, and key markets in Argentina and Brazil. Last month, it announced its first star rated hotels in Bangkok, Thailand, Guangzhou, China, and Tokyo, Japan. Also last month, Forbes Travel Guide released its annual list of top rated hotels, restaurants and spas for 2015, recognizing hundreds of Five-Star, Four-Star and Recommended properties in the markets it rates – the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Costa Rica, London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore and Guangzhou.
