EUROPE – The owner of Chateau de la Treyne in the Dordogne, Philippe Gombert, has been appointed the new International President of international hotel collection, Relais & Chateaux.
Gombert was elected at the association’s 39th International Congress held in Berlin,17-19 November, and attended by 500 member hoteliers and restaurateurs. Gombert takes over from Jaume Tapies who held the post for eight years.
He will lead Relais & Chateaux for a four-year term, working closely with his Executive Committee which includes Andrew Stembridge, MD of Chewton Glen and Cliveden, and an International Board of Directors whose 19 delegates include Malcolm Lewis, MD of Longueville Manor in Jersey.
Executive Committee and Board members are selected from the exclusive association’s membership of 520 hotels and restaurants worldwide.
Gombert is a third generation hotelier and trained lawyer.
“I am proud to have succeeded in gathering around me an international team which is representative of our cultures and sensitivities, an experienced, young team which is also driven by the willingness to place Relais & Châteaux at the service of all its members,” he says.
Tàpies adds: “Relais & Châteaux has definitely entered the era of modernity with a membership network which is more than ever international and has grown by 18 per cent. We have moved from an association to an enterprise-based model to accompany our growth, whilst respecting our founding values.”
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Relais & Chateaux appoints Philippe Gombert as International President
