Managing Director Luigi Romaniello and Government Director of Gross sales Jasmin Howanietz put together to usher in a brand new period at Waldorf Astoria Accommodations & Resorts’ flagship property.
NEW YORK – Hilton announce a distinguished lineup of luxurious hospitality executives becoming a member of the 375-room Waldorf Astoria New York, which is predicted to reopen its doorways later this 12 months following an in depth, multi-year restoration. Main the group is managing director Luigi Romaniello, and returning to the resort in a brand new capability is govt director of gross sales Jasmin Howanietz. Romaniello and Howanietz collectively convey many years value of experience to their roles, together with a singular understanding of the posh panorama.
Managing Director Luigi Romaniello
Romaniello’s illustrious 30-plus 12 months profession consists of management roles at prestigious resorts worldwide, the place he has demonstrated distinctive abilities in openings, renovations, repositioning and idea growth, with a concentrate on delivering a world-class visitor expertise. In his new place, Romaniello performs a pivotal function in redefining the following period of Waldorf Astoria New York, additional delivering on Conrad Hilton‘s imaginative and prescient of this resort because the “best of all of them.” Along with driving plans for the property’s reopening, he’s accountable for all facets of operations for each the resort, Waldorf Astoria New York, and Waldorf Astoria Residences New York, the resort’s newly launched residences. Romaniello will ship on the model’s dedication to offering unforgettable experiences and extraordinary service to company from around the globe and throughout New York Metropolis.
Most just lately, he served as managing director at The Plaza, A Fairmont Managed Lodge in New York Metropolis. Previous to this place, he spent greater than 20 years with Rosewood Accommodations & Resorts, the place he led the openings of Rosewood Baha Mar and Rosewood Abu Dhabi Lodge as managing director.
Initially from Rome, Romaniello has a Bachelor of Science in Lodge & Eating places Administration from the College of Houston, and is fluent in Italian and English.
Government Director of Gross sales Jasmin Howanietz
With 25 years of gross sales expertise within the hospitality sector, Howanietz has returned to Waldorf Astoria New York after dedicating greater than a decade of her profession to business management positions on the resort, together with director of gross sales and advertising, director of gross sales, and director of diplomatic affairs. In her new place on the landmark resort, Howanietz performs an instrumental function in driving the business technique to determine the resort as the head of luxurious in Manhattan, additional positioning the Waldorf Astoria model as a worldwide blueprint in top-notch hospitality.
Howanietz oversees all gross sales endeavors for the posh group, leisure and enterprise journey segments, together with New York Metropolis’s premier social occasions. She works carefully with the gross sales and advertising group for Waldorf Astoria Residences New York and is concentrated on offering distinctive experiences for all company.
Howanietz holds a Bachelor of Science in Lodge-Restaurant/Institutional Administration from Johnson & Wales College and she or he attended the Lodge Administration College of Salzburg in Austria. She is fluent in English, German and Spanish.
With Romaniello on the helm, Waldorf Astoria New York is poised for its subsequent chapter of excellence, additional solidifying its standing as a worldwide beacon of luxurious hospitality. Along with Howanietz, the manager group consists of:
- Maggie Mojica, Director of Group Gross sales
- Michael Gubbins, Director of Property Operations
- Harrison Rohr, Director of Catering
- Amanda Dempsey, Director of Advertising
- Steven Snyder, Director of Human Sources
A beacon of timeless glamour and luxurious for greater than a century, Waldorf Astoria New York has at all times been the place to be in New York Metropolis. Following an in depth restoration, Waldorf Astoria New York will launch a brand new period for the Waldorf Astoria Accommodations & Resorts model and for luxurious hospitality in New York Metropolis, positioning the resort as one of the crucial anticipated resort re-openings the town has ever witnessed. The 375-room resort will function a few of Manhattan’s largest rooms and suites, greater than 43,000 sq. ft of unparalleled occasion area totaling 17 internet hosting areas, and one of many largest spas in New York Metropolis – spanning greater than 30,000 sq. ft. Impressed by the resort’s traditional grandeur, designer Pierre-Yves Rochon got down to stability fashionable consolation with Artwork Deco opulence – mixing the outdated and the brand new, the European and the American. Honoring Waldorf Astoria Accommodations & Resorts’ dedication to culinary excellence, the timeless property may also function a signature restaurant and meals and beverage choices all through choose landmarked heritage areas.
Atop the reimagined property, Waldorf Astoria Residences New York will introduce an unprecedented residential way of life on Park Avenue, that includes 375 expertly designed personal residences with interiors by Jean-Louis Deniot, unique facilities and an artwork assortment curated by artwork collector and auctioneer Simon de Pury.
As soon as reopened, the posh property will take part in Hilton Honors, the award-winning visitor loyalty program for Hilton’s world-class manufacturers.
Waldorf Astoria New York is situated at 301 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022.
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