- Names Chris Fradin Vice President of Client Services for
Europe
NEW YORK, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Forbes Travel
Guide today took the next step in its global expansion, announcing
the opening of its European headquarters in London, and naming Chris Fradin as Vice President of Client
Services for Europe.
Responding to increasing demand for its global star ratings
platform worldwide, this marks the first time Forbes Travel Guide
has maintained a headquarters in Europe. Headed by Fradin, the London office joins Forbes Travel Guide
offices in Atlanta, New York and
Hong Kong. Forbes Travel Guide now
rates hotels in sixteen countries on four continents. The company
expects to make further announcements detailing its rapidly
accelerating international expansion in the coming weeks.
"We are pleased to welcome Chris
Fradin to our unmatched team of Forbes Travel Guide
professionals worldwide and launch our office in London," said Gerard
J. Inzerillo, Chief Executive Officer of Forbes Travel
Guide. "We are expanding both our service capacity and our base of
rated Five-Star, Four-Star and Recommended hotels throughout
Europe." Inzerillo concluded, "The
expansion of Forbes Travel Guide continues to accelerate, as we
expand our capability to help discerning consumers make better
luxury travel decisions around the world, while serving the luxury
hospitality community."
Fradin reports to Peter Kressaty,
Forbes Travel Guide's Senior Vice President of Client Services.
"I am delighted to join Forbes Travel Guide at this dynamic and
important moment in the brand's worldwide expansion," said Fradin.
"The company has achieved important growth milestones in the past
year, and this is just the very beginning. I am looking forward to
working with and supporting Forbes Travel Guide partner hotels
throughout Europe, as we expand
the brand's prestige and influence throughout the continent in
response to growing demand."
Forbes Travel Guide announced a push into Latin America in 2014, with the expansion of
its star ratings system to Mexico,
The Caribbean, and key markets in
Argentina and Brazil. Last month, it announced its first
star rated hotels in Bangkok,
Thailand, Guangzhou, China,
and Tokyo, Japan. Also last month,
Forbes Travel Guide released its annual list of top rated hotels,
restaurants and spas for 2015, recognizing hundreds of Five-Star,
Four-Star and Recommended properties in the markets it rates —
the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Buenos
Aires, Rio de Janeiro,
Sao Paulo, Costa Rica, London, Beijing, Hong
Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore and Guangzhou.
About Chris Fradin:
Chris Fradin brings seventeen
years of sales, marketing and client service experience, most of it
in travel and hospitality.
Fradin joined Preferred Hotel Group in 2006, and directed the
organization's marketing programs across EMEA. From 2009 to
2013, he headed up Preferred's London office as Regional Director (UK,
Ireland & Nordics), focusing
on the overall relationship with luxury hotel members.
After a stint with global giant, Samsung Electronics, developing
European-wide relationships with key hotel groups, Fradin joined
D&D London driving all sales and marketing initiatives for the
group. Earlier in his career, Fradin held sales and marketing
positions in London with The
Financial Times Euromoney Institutional Investor and British
Telecommunications (BT).
About Forbes Travel Guide:
Forbes Travel Guide,
formerly Mobil Travel Guide, is the originator of the prestigious
Five Star Rating system, and has provided the travel industry's
most comprehensive ratings and reviews of hotels since 1958. Forbes
Travel Guide has a team of expert inspectors who anonymously
evaluate properties against up to 800 rigorous and objective
standards, providing consumers the insight to make better-informed
travel decisions. Forbes Travel Guide is the gold standard for
luxury hospitality ratings worldwide. For more information about
Forbes Travel Guide, visit www.forbestravelguide.com.
ForbesTravelGuide.com combines the objectivity and heritage of
the Forbes Travel Guide Star Rating system with insightful
recommendations from a hand-selected group of travel experts,
tastemakers and Forbes Travel Guide inspectors.
ForbesTravelGuide.com is the exclusive online destination for
Forbes Travel Guide's list of Star Rated hotels, restaurants and
spas, giving registered members exclusive access to special offers
and curated experiences from select Forbes Travel Guide
partners.
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