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Our business continues to grow rapidly and we are increasing our team to support growth. We are delighted to announce the arrival of four new members to the team who have joined in the latter part of 2008 and the beginning of 2009.

Christina Kehr

• Christina started her hospitality studies with an associate degree (honours) in Hospitality Administration from Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland. Following that, she completed her education with a bachelor’s degree (distinction), also in Hospitality Administration, from Cornell University, Ithaca, in the U.S.
  
  
• Before joining Hamilton, Christina worked with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts as a Management Trainee and most recently as a Supervisor at the renowned Hotel George V in Paris. While there, she obtained valuable insights into the rooms department operation. In addition to working part-time at The Statler Hotel in Ithaca during her studies, Christina has also worked for hotels in Barcelona, Spain, and in Bangkok, Thailand.

Yan-Ping Mew

• Yan-Ping Mew is a graduate from École Hôtelière de Lausanne with a BSc in International Hospitality Management. Yan-Ping has worked in hotel operations in various establishments in Malaysia, Switzerland and in the United Kingdom. He has also worked for Holland Casino in the areas of marketing and service excellence.
  
  
• Prior to joining Hamilton, Yan-Ping worked for CBRE Hotels UK in the hotel asset management division where he also gained experience in hotel valuation and was responsible for business intelligence analysis and provided support in the monitoring of hotel and portfolio management.

Susan Croston

• Susan graduated with a BSc (honours) degree in Business Management from the University of Essex in July 2007, and she is currently studying for her Masters in Real Estate Development at the University of Westminster.
  
  
• Prior to joining Hamilton, Susan worked for Christie + Co in London where she held the position of Graduate Surveyor, almost exclusively within the hotels department. She received invaluable exposure to the property market and spent considerable periods of time with the Hotel Advisory and Investment and Development teams.

William Gibbs

• William Gibbs joined Hamilton as a Senior Associate in January 2009. William is Irish and graduated from Shannon College of Hotel Management before studying a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in University College Galway. William continued his studies when he moved to London and qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant.
  
  
• Prior to joining Hamilton, William was Regional Director of Finance for Stein Hotels, a Spanish Boutique Hotel chain with 14 managed hotels throughout Europe. During his time he was responsible for audit, due diligence, operational control and finance restructuring. He managed the successful integration of new hotels into the group and implemented group wide controls and initiatives which contributed significantly to the growth in Revenues and EBITDA.
  
  
• From 2003 to 2007, William was Assistant Financial Controller at the Dorchester Hotel and managed the reporting of revenues in excess of £70 Million. During his four years he was responsible for day to day management accounting, audit, statutory accounts production, as well as financial control on major development capital expenditure projects, investment appraisal, ROI and payback analysis.
  
  
• Prior to the Dorchester, William worked at Le Meridien Head Office as Management Accountant responsible for central cost reporting with a budget of over £50 Million, working closely with the CFO and COO of Le Meridien. William also spent three years working with Marco Pierre White as Assistant Financial Controller during which he was involved in the opening of the Titanic and Mirabelle restaurants.
  
  
• William brings a wealth of both Finance and Operational experience as he has also worked in many operational positions in European hotels, including two years as a Chef in the Le Meridien Parkhotel in Frankfurt.

• Hamilton has been appointed to advise and assist United Concepts Ltd, a Rwandan Public Private Partnership, with regard to the process by which an appropriately qualified hotel brand and operating company is identified, selected and engaged to manage two hotels in Rwanda. The hotels are (i) an approximately 300-room luxury business hotel to be located in the centre of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda and (ii) an approximately 80-room meetings and conference resort to be located at Kibuye on the shores of Lake Kivu in the west of the country. A initial visit to Rwanda was undertaken in early December 2008 and the Hamilton team returned from Rwanda full of praise for the spectacularly beautiful country, its people and both of the hotel projects.
  
  
• Hamilton has been engaged to advise and assist Hallmark Properties Ltd with regard to the operational functionality of three hotels being developed by Hallmark in North and West London. This work is being performed in conjunction with specialist hotel architects Reardon Smith.

• As in previous years, Hamilton is sponsoring the 12th International Hotel Investment Forum, taking place on 9-11 March 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel, Berlin. Frank Croston is moderating the session: Navigating through the Downturn, while Chris Evans is participating in the panel discussion: Management Agreements which take place during the event. In addition, the team will proudly be displaying Hamilton’s brand new exhibition stand, providing us with the perfect opportunity to introduce ourselves to potential clients.
  
  
• Hamilton are proud to be gold sponsors of the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference 2009, taking place at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai on 2-4 May. Frank Croston and Chris Evans will both be speaking at the conference, including taking part in the Investment Den sessions and Survival of the Fittest: Maintaining growth and surviving in turbulent times. The Hamilton team in attendance look forward to catching up with our existing clients and hopefully meeting some new ones.

Hamilton Hotel Partners Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under company no. 5857561 whose registered office is at Regis House, 134 Percival Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 1QU