The Dorchester, the iconic flagship of the Dorchester Collection, has appointed Kostas Sfaltos as Executive Assistant Manager, Rooms. The Dorchester recently introduced their Sense of Arrival Team, a unique initiative that guarantees a �red-carpet� welcome to every guest. In his new role at The Dorchester, Sfaltos will be entirely focused on ensuring that the guest experience goes beyond all expectations. Areas of responsibility will cover all Front Office operations, Guest Liaisons, Security, Housekeeping and Laundry, Engineering and Spa. He will report to Roland Fasel, General Manager and Regional Director UK. "We have appointed Kostas at an exciting time at The Dorchester. We continue to go from strength to strength when it comes to exceptional service, shown most recently in our recognition as �Favourite Large UK Hotel� in the Sunday Times Travel Magazine Travel Awards," remarked Roland Fasel, General Manager of The Dorchester. �It is important to bring in fresh talent to ensure we stay at the top of our game, so we are delighted to welcome someone with Kostas�s passion and drive for creating a guest experience that surpasses all others.� Commenting on his new role Sfaltos said, "It is a great honour to oversee the operations and guest experience in such an iconic hotel. For many decades The Dorchester has been the benchmark for luxury hospitality in London. I am looking forward to working with all my new colleagues to create the World�s Finest Hotel."

Sfaltos joins The Dorchester from InterContinental London Park Lane, which he joined in 1998 as Assistant Front of House Manager, ending his ten-year run with a year as Executive Assistant Manager. Sfaltos was involved with the successful re-positioning and re-opening of Intercontinental in his positions as Director of Revenue & Reservations and Director of Rooms consecutively. In 1999 Sfaltos was voted the best manager in the hotel. Other addresses include Britannia InterContinental, currently known as Millennium Mayfair and various 5-Star resort hotels in Greece. Greek by birth, Sfaltos was educated in hotel operations at Rhodes Hotel Management School and went on to gain a Postgraduate Diploma in Hotel Management and a Masters of Science (MSc) in Hotel Management. He speaks English and Greek fluently and conversational Italian and German. His interests include a full range of sporting activities and a passion for cooking.

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Notes to Editors: About The Dorchester One of the world�s legendary hotels, The Dorchester opened in 1931. Situated on Park Lane, the 250 rooms and suites are individually decorated in an English country house style and offer elegant views of Hyde Park. Informal dining is available to guests in the Promenade, The Bar and The Grill. China Tang serves traditional Cantonese cuisine while two Michelin star Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester is one of London's finest dining experiences. The Dorchester Spa reopened after a multi million expansion and renovation in May 2009.

Dorchester Collection

The Dorchester Collection is the successor to the Dorchester Group, originally established in 1996 to manage a portfolio of some of the world�s foremost luxury hotels in Europe and the USA.

The launch of Dorchester Collection in 2006 signalled a change to the strategic goals of the company. By applying its unrivalled experience and capability in owning and operating some of the world�s great individual hotels, the company�s vision is to become the ultimate hotel management company, with a passion for excellence and innovation, honouring the individuality and heritage of its iconic hotels. This will be achieved through acquisition as well as management of wholly-owned and part-owned hotels.

Backing the strategy is a strong company branding that expresses the market�s universally high regard for the current portfolio and the distinctive common values held by all Dorchester Collection hotels. The current portfolio is managed by Dorchester Collection:

The Dorchester in London The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills Le Meurice in Paris Hotel Plaza Ath�n�e in Paris Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan The New York Palace in New York Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles Opening 2010 Coworth Park, Ascot, UK 45 Park Lane, London