Corinthia London gets GM

Corinthia Hotels have Matthew Dixon as general manager of the Corinthia Hotel in London, which is scheduled to open late next year.

The property will be Corinthia Hotels' 5-Star deluxe flagship with 300 hotel bedrooms and suites, three distinctive restaurants, a large central courtyard foyer, tea lounge, destination bar, a ballroom restored to its original splendour, the finest conference and boardroom facilities and London's largest luxury hotel spa complex.

Mr Dixon is a well regarded international hotelier with a strong 5-Star pedigree developed in Europe and Asia. Originally Savoy trained, he gained a sound knowledge of hotel marketing and operations at group level and at the Claridges Hotel London. In his early career he gained deluxe international experience in various senior executive roles with Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong and Manila. He then spent a successful period with Rocco Forte hotels as general manager of the Hotel de Russie Rome and general manager of the Brown's Hotel London.

Shortly after the opening of the Grove, the UK's most luxurious hotel leisure and golf complex, Mr Dixon joined the operation as general manager and until recently developed and operated this 5-Star international hotel destination.

Mr Dixon is a graduate of Cornell University, Westminster College London and the University of Pau in France. He is a member of the Institute of Hospitality and speaks Italian, French and Swedish.