Hilton Shanghai Gets New General Manager

Guy Hutchinson is the new general manager of the Hilton Shanghai.

Born in Venezuela, he was raised and educated in South Africa and started his 20-year career in hospitality in London, where he embarked on the  Graduate Management Programme developed by Trusthouse Forte Hotels. He then had management positions with Forte Hotels, at properties such as the Waldorf (London), The Queens Hotel Cheltenham and Brown’s Hotel in London.

In 1997, Hutchinson joined Hilton Hotels Corporation as director of business development at the Hilton Amsterdam, and in 2000 he was appointed hotel manager of the Hilton Dubai Creek in the United Arab Emirates. In 2002, he went to Tokyo as director of operations of the Hilton Tokyo Bay, and just prior to his move to China, he was general manager of the Hilton Cairns in Australia since 2005.