As of January 1st, 2013, Puneet Chhatwal, presently Senior Vice President of Rezidor Hotel Group in charge of Development, will take the position of CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG.

After several operational positions in India, Chhatwal joined Carlson Hotels Worldwide in 1998, where he was responsible for the development of the group’s brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since 2002, he has been responsible for corporate business development at Rezidor in Brussels, becoming chief development officer and a member of Rezidor’s executive committee in 2007.During his tenure at Rezidor, the group grew from 150 to the current level of 435 hotels. Steigenberger currently operates 80 hotels in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Egypt.“With his worldwide experience in top international hotel development and management, Puneet Chhatwal will give decisive stimuli for growth of Steigenberger and systematic orientation of operating management to achieve the goals of our corporate strategy,” said Dr. Ralf Corsten, chairman of the supervisory board of Frankfurt, Germany-based Steigenberger.