At least four members of staff from the InterContinental Hotel Malta have been transferred and promoted to managerial and executive positions in various Inter-Continental Hotels in Europe and America during the last two years.

“We are very proud that these team members have been given important and leading positions at some of our flagship properties. Through their determination, professionalism and training, which they have received at InterContinental Malta, they are true ambassadors for Malta at InterContinental Hotels worldwide,” said Christophe Laure, General Manager InterContinental Malta.

Mr Andrew Ransley was recently appointed director of sales and marketing at the InterContinental Aphrodite Hills Resort, Cyprus. Mr. Ransley, who is 31, is the first Maltese to be promoted to an executive position in an overseas property within the InterContinental Hotels Group.

He joined the Inter-Continental Malta as sales manager in May 2002 and was promoted to assistant director of sales and marketing two years later, in which position he was responsible for the wholesale and corporate market segments.

Chef Ruben Ruggier will soon be moving to New York, where he has just been appointed executive sous chef at the prestigious InterContinental The Barclay. Mr Ruggier, who is 33, joined InterContinental Malta just over two years ago as a sous chef responsible for the à la carte restaurants in the hotel. Mr Ruggier has had a varied career after studying at the Institute of Tourism Studies in Malta. He worked in Northampton in the UK for two years with a five-star international hotel chain and then in Malta with other five-star hotels and leading restaurants.

Two other members from InterContinental Malta’s front office team have also been transferred. Ms Tara Dunbar-Smyth was promoted to Guest Relations Manager at Inter-Continental Park Lane, London at the beginning of the year and Ms Emily Borg was appointed Guest Relations Manager at InterContinental The Willard, Washington DC two years ago.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts are located in major cities in over 60 countries worldwide, with 147 hotels and another 40 hotels in the pipeline, offering business and leisure travellers the highest level of service and facilities.