The Lanesborough, London, has announced the appointment of Marco Novella as managing director. In his new role, Novella will be overseeing operations of the Lanesborough while driving growth and ensuring service excellence in all departments. 

The Lanesborough has taken the title of England’s Leading Luxury Hotel 2017 at the prestigious World Travel Awards. The history property successfully defended the prize, having won it for the first-time last year.

The Oetker Collection is to add a new masterpiece hotel to its collection – Jumby Bay, the private island resort in the Caribbean. Located right in front of the main island of Antigua, Jumby Bay Island combines a very well-established luxury resort with 40 rooms and suites, three restaurants, excellent spa and fitness facilities, water sports, five tennis courts and 50 individually designed and fully staffed villas and estate homes for holiday rental.

Simon Thomas, head concierge at The Lanesborough in London, will be appointed international president of Les Clefs d’Or later this month at the Union Internationale des Concierges d’Hôtels. Here Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole chats with Thomas ahead of his appointment to discover more about what this prestigious honour means to him.

The Lanesborough Club & Spa will launch on March 13th as London’s finest private members’ club, offering hotel guests and club members access to internationally recognised experts and leaders in the fields of fitness, wellness and lifestyle.

Frank Marrenbach, chief executive of Oetker Collection, has announced the recent appointment of Luca Allegri to the role of managing director of Le Bristol Paris. Allegri will take over the leadership of the award-wining Parisian palace in August 2016. He will take over from Philippe Perd who has been assigned this function temporarily on top of his role of managing director of Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes.