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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has
appointed John Johnston to the position of Executive Vice President of Europe,
Africa & the Middle East. In this newly formed post, Johnston will directly oversee the brand’s current and future
development opportunities within the region and also be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Fairmont Hotels &
Resorts in the area.
“This is a natural evolution for our brand,” states William Fatt, Fairmont’s CEO. “With a number of existing projects
ongoing in the region and many of our key strategic partners located in the Gulf, is was only a matter of time before
Fairmont established a full-time corporate presence overseas.”
The creation of an overseas office and the promotion of John Johnston follow recent announcements that Fairmont will
manage three new resort and city centre developments including The Fairmont Cairo, Nile City, The Fairmont Palm Hotel &
Resort in Dubai and The Fairmont Abu Dhabi Resort & Villas, all scheduled to open in 2006.
With an extensive hospitality background, including a number of executive and management level positions with major
brands such as Four Seasons, Loews Hotels and Delta Hotels & Resorts, Johnston most recently served Fairmont’s
Executive Vice President, Development. Johnston holds a degree in Hotel Administration from the University of
Birmingham in England.
The company
has also appointed Tom Storey to the position of Executive Vice President, Development. Based out of Fairmont’s Toronto
headquarters, Storey will be responsible for defining and executing the company’s mission to expand, while also
overseeing the company’s business development and vacation ownership groups.
Prior to this appointment, Storey
served as Fairmont’s Executive Vice President Business Development and Strategy. With a Master’s of Business
Administration degree from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Bates College, Storey held
various senior hospitality-management roles before joining Fairmont, including posts with Marriott, Doubletree, Radisson
and Promus Hotels, where he was involved in the extension of the respective brands. |
