Fact Sheet
Number of Hotels:
Over 40 hotels worldwide (city hotels and resorts) in Austria, Belgium, China, Fiji Islands, France, Bali, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Tahiti, Thailand, The Netherlands and Vanuatu. International Hospitality Alliance (IHA) with Gloria Hotels and Resorts (over 17 hotels in China).
President: Mr. Richard Chiu
Vice President, Marketing & Sales: Mr. G.Paul LeBlanc, International Sales and Marketing - Office1776 Grant Street, 14F Denver, Colorado 80203, USA - Email: gpleblanc@warwickhotels.com
Director of Sales & Marketing, France / Corporate Sales Europe: Mr. Jean-Marie Pebrel, 75 Avenue des Champs-Elysées, 75008 Paris - France - Email: jmpebrel@warwickhotels.com
Number of Hotel Rooms: More than 5,000 worldwide
Sales Offices:
Nine International Sales Offices
Paris, London, Brussels, Geneva, Sydney, Denver, Dallas, Seattle and New York
Reservation Numbers:
00 800 2033 2323 (Europe toll free) / 1 800 203 3232 (USA / Canada toll free) / 00 11 800 2033 2323 (Australia toll free) / + 34 91 111 26 33 (Other countries) / Or any UTELL office worldwide.
GDS Code: WK
History:
Warwick International Hotels was founded in 1980 with the purchase of the Warwick Hotel in New York. This landmark hotel was built by William Randolph Hearst out of love for Marion Davies and her Hollywood friends. Since then, Warwick International Hotels has expanded rapidly establishing a reputation for combining local characteristics with attentive service to its clients in elegant and luxurious settings. There are now over 40 Warwick Hotels & Resorts on five continents.
Current Hotels:
United States:
Denver: Warwick Denver Hotel
Seattle: Warwick Seattle Hotel
Dallas: Warwick Melrose Hotel, Dallas
New York: Warwick New York Hotel
San Francisco: Warwick San Francisco Hotel
International:
Austria: Altstadt Vienna
Belgium: Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place, Brussels; Warwick Barsey Hotel, Brussels; Château du Lac, Genval; Martin's Grand Hôtel, Waterloo
China: Celebrity International Grand Hotel, Beijing
Fiji Islands: The Naviti Resort, Viti Levu; Warwick Fiji Resort & Spa, Viti Levu
France: Le Grand Hôtel, Cannes; La Reine Astrid, Lyon; Hôtel Warwick Champs-Elysées Paris; Hôtel Westminster, Paris; Roc e Fiori, Porto-Vecchio; Le Grand Hôtel des Thermes, Saint-Malo; Vallon de Valrugues, Saint-Rémy de Provence; Splendid Hôtel & Spa, Nice
Italy: Hotel d'Inghilterra, Rome; Hotel Helvetia & Bristol, Florence; Hotel Hermitage, Milan; Borgo La Bagnaia Resort & Spa, Siena; Villa & Palazzo Aminta, Stresa (Lake Maggiore)
Czech Republic: Mamaison Riverside Hotel, Prague
Germany: Hotel California, Berlin
Bali: Warwick Ibah Luxury Villas & Spa, Ubud, Bali
South Africa: The Misty Hills Country Hotel Conference & Spa, Johannesburg; The Kedar Country Hotel Conference & Spa, Boshoek
Spain: Gallery Hotel, Barcelona; Hotel Molina Lario, Málaga; Mirasierra Suites Hotel, Madrid
Sweden: Villa Kallhagen, Stockholm
Switzerland: Hotel Warwick, Geneva; The Central Plaza Hotel, Zurich
Tahiti: Warwick Moorea Golf & Spa Resort, Moorea (Opening 2011)
Thailand: Rembrandt Hotel & Towers, Bangkok; KC Resort & Over Water Villas, Kho Samui
The Netherlands: Park Hotel, Amsterdam
Tunisia: Hôtel Alhambra Thalasso, Yasmine-Hammamet
United Kingdom: The Leonard Hotel & Apartments, London
Vanuatu: Warwick Le lagon Resort & Spa, Vanuatu
Future Developments:
Warwick International Hotels is actively looking to increase their presence worldwide. Warwick is looking strategically to acquire corporate, city centre hotels and resorts of distinction. In addition, Warwick will thoughtfully increase its affiliate member hotels and resorts in destinations of interest that complement the ever growing, global company owned portfolio.
Business Expansion:
Warwick International Hotels has continues improving its Collection by refurbishing, renovating, and restoring many of the Warwick Hotels & Resorts worldwide. Warwick continues enhancing the Collection's website www.warwickhotels.com with enhanced booking capabilities and special Meeting Planner and Travel Agents sections. The latest enhancement is the Best Rate Guaranteed programme and additions to the special offers section. The Collection’s e-directory of hotels and resorts worldwide can be accessed through the website or direct on www.warwickdirectory.net. For more information on any of our hotels or resorts, please log on to www.warwickhotels.com
Warwick International Hotels Is Growing Significantly...
The hotel group began in 1980 with the purchase of the Warwick New York Hotel. This historic 33-story luxury hotel, located on 6th Avenue and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, was built in 1926 by William Randolph Hearst to give Marion Davies and their Hollywood friends a place to stay near the Ziegfield Theater.
Since its inception with the acquisition of this landmark New York hotel, Warwick International Hotels has expanded quickly over its three decades, acquiring or forming affiliations with hotels located throughout the world, and establishing a reputation for its unique management style and superior accommodations and service in leading business and leisure destinations. Today, the Warwick Collection consists of over 40 hotels, resorts, and spas located on five continents, in 16 countries and 38 destinations throughout Europe, the United States, the South Pacific, Asia, and Africa.
Key Personalities:
Richard Chiu - President
Mr. Richard Chiu was born in Hong Kong and founded WIH in 1980. Richard Chiu was educated in Great Britain where he graduated with Honors from Cambridge University in 1974. Subsequently, he returned to Asia and immediately assumed important responsibilities in the family-controlled business in Indonesia. In 1977 he decided to build up his own business, investing his time and capital in the development and operation of hotels. WIH is a privately owned company and has a blue-chip portfolio of hotels and resorts. Mr. Chiu is now a Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Society in London, a member of Inter-Allie’ in Paris and is actively involved in the further development expansion of WIH.
Tammie Tam – Senior Vice President
Tammie Tam joined Warwick International Hotels in 1979 based in Hong Kong, after graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic and working for Deacons, a legal firm in Hong Kong for 2 years. She has been an Associate of Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries and Administrators since 1981. She assisted Mr. Richard Chiu in the establishment of the Holding Company in Europe and the relocation of the Corporate Office from Hong Kong to Paris in 1981. For ten years she had been traveling from one country to another where there is a Warwick hotel to look after the company secretarial and administration work and also involved with all legal and administration work in the acquisition of new hotels. Tammie Tam moved to Fiji in 1988 and is currently the Senior Vice President of the group and the Executive Director for Fiji and Pacific. Venturing into new opportunities is her priority in expanding Warwick International Hotels’ presence in the South Pacific.
Ulla Schneider – Senior Vice President
After graduating from Hotel Management School in 1978, Ulla Schneider started her career with Hilton International Hotels in Munich and was then transferred to London. In 1981, she moved to Paris where she joined Warwick International Hotels two years later to set up the group’s project and corporate office in Europe. She was then promoted to Administrative Co-Ordinator followed by Vice President – Administration. She has since been appointed Senior Vice President in charge of administration and she also oversees the European hotel operations.
G.Paul LeBlanc - Vice President, Marketing and Sales
Responsible for all aspects of global sales, marketing and the positioning of the brand, G. Paul LeBlanc oversees the sales and marketing efforts of the hotels and resorts owned by the Group, and provides the marketing direction for the affiliate members of Warwick International Hotels.
He has an impressive background in the hospitality industry with many significant achievements in the fields of strategic planning, developing and implementing sales promotions, revenue management, directing numerous advertising campaigns and oversees the Group's web site development. GPaul LeBlanc joined Warwick International Hotels in 2003 from Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited based in Hong Kong, where he was Vice President of Sales overseeing the local and global sales efforts of the Asian based hotel company.
Stephen Linch - Vice President, Finance
Stephen Linch joined Warwick International Hotels in 1991 as Group Accountant and was named Vice President - Finance in December 2003 handling the corporate accounting, tax and treasury operations of the group. Stephen Linch began his career in the UK in the group tax department of Beecham Group plc, now part of GlaxoSmithKline, before moving into auditing with a firm of Chartered Accountants managing audits and tax compliance for a range of small and medium sized companies. Stephen Linch qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1989.
Jean-François Garnier – Director of Group Development
Jean-François Garnier began his career in the banking sector with BNP and Chase Manhattan followed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Paris, as Vice President and Product Director. He then joined Pullmann International Hotels and subsequently became Director of Development in charge of Eastern Europe for Accor. In 1995 he joined Marriott International with responsibilities including international long-term investment and project financing for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 1999 Jean-François Garnier joined Warwick International Hotels as Director of Group Development.
Jamal Serhan - Vice President / Regional General Manager South Pacific
Jamal Serhan started his career in Food & Beverage in 1980 and joined the Marriott Corporation in 1983 until 1990. During that period, he undertook culinary training in Napa Valley at the Berringer House and Hotel Management in Newport Beach. In 1992 he joined Warwick International Hotels as an Executive Sous Chef based at the Warwick Denver Hotel.
For seven years he worked in various positions as an Executive Chef, Food & Beverage Director, Assistant General Manager, Acting General Manager in Jamaica, New York, Denver and Seattle. He was transferred to Fiji in 1998 after being appointed as a General Manager of the Warwick Fiji. He is currently the Vice President / Regional General Manager - Fiji and the Pacific and oversees the operations, sales & marketing and all aspects of Warwick Fiji Resort & Spa, The Naviti Resort and Le Lagon Resort Vanuatu. In addition to resort operations, he also has responsibility to look after all renovations, new construction projects that also includes the development of new resorts in the South Pacific Region.
Warren Chiu – Director of Projects Development
Trained as an architect in the United States, Warren Chiu joined Warwick International Hotels in January 2006, responsible for matters relating to design, renovation and construction of Warwick International Hotels. He has established Project Offices in New York and Bali, providing services exclusively for the company’s ongoing hotel and resort developments.
Prior to joining his family’s hotel business, Warren Chiu gained his experience in practicing architecture at P&T Architects and Engineers (Palmer and Turner) Hong Kong, focusing on designing and developing commercial buildings in China. He also spent two years with Ria Group.
Alan Gonzalez - Director, Distribution and e-Commerce
Alan Gonzalez joined Warwick International Hotels in June 2003 as Group Director for Distribution and E-Commerce overseeing E-Commerce, Revenue and Reservations Management, Electronic Distribution and over-all management of the Warwick Corporate website. He is part of the team that directed and strategized the design and over-all functionality of their website which won it the “Best Hotel and Lodging Website” award from the Web Marketing Association in 2005. The Webby Awards likewise cited the same website as “Webby-worthy” in the same year. Alan also manages the relationship with their strategic partnership with Pegasus Solutions, Warwick International’s CRS/GDS/IDS provider. In his current role, he has had the opportunity to apply best practices in Revenue, Reservations Management and Electronic Marketing for increased revenues and room nights as demonstrated by growth that has been seen year on year not only for Warwick International’s US hotels, but globally since he joined the company.
Prior to his appointment at Warwick International Hotels, Alan was Account Director overseeing sales and account management in the Northeastern USA region for Utell Hotels and Resorts, a Pegasus Solutions company. Before Utell, Alan was with the Leading Hotels of the World from 1993 to 2000, rising through the ranks from Reservations, GDS operations and eventually Account Management where he handled strategic accounts such as Swissotel, Kempinski, Orient Express, Four Seasons, and Rosewood Hotels and Resorts among others.
Jean-Marie Pebrel, Director of Sales & Marketing – France / Corporate Sales - Europe
Jean-Marie Pebrel joined Warwick International Hotels in March 2005 as Sales Director for the Hôtel Warwick Champs-Elysées in Paris having formally worked in sales positions responsible for sales account development in Spain, Portugal, the UK and Ireland. In February 2007, he was appointed Regional Sales Director for the two Warwick Hotels in Paris, the Hotel Westminster and the Hotel Warwick Champs-Elysées. He was a major team member in positioning both of these hotels as two of the most successful and well known hotels in Paris. In January 2009, Jean-Marie Pebrel was appointed Director of Sales & Marketing – France / Corporate sales - Europe where he is responsible to oversee and direct the sales activities of the French hotels owned by the Group and directs the European sales activities of the Group’s corporate sales offices.
