The Goring is delighted to announce the appointment of Paula McColgan as Director of Sales & Marketing. A hands-on and high-energy leader with over 25 years experience in global luxury hotel sales and marketing, Paula s diverse background spans a broad range of sales and marketing disciplines alongside her natural ability to recruit, build and manage a highly motivated team.
Paula most recently held the position of Director of Sales & Marketing at The Carlton Tower Jumeirah and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel, London, ahead of their June 2021 relaunch. Prior to this, Paula headed up the Sales & Marketing team at Kimpton Fitzroy London, overseeing the launch in April 2018. From 2004 - 2016 she was Director of Sales & Marketing at The Lanesborough, repositioning and relaunching the hotel in 2015 under the hotel s new management company, Oetker Collection. Other hotel groups Paula has worked for during her impressive career include: Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, St Regis Hotels & Resorts and
PFV nominates five families for €100,000 prize 27th January, 2021 by Rupert Millar
The wine group Primum Familiae Vini (PFV) has announced its shortlist of five family business, including The Goring Hotel, a Japanese pottery and Michelangelo’s gold leaf provider, for its 2021 ‘Family is Sustainability’ prize.
The group, made of 12 historic European wine producers, has selected five family-run companies (none of them wine related) to receive the prize of €100,000, with the eventual winner set to be announced in March this year.
Matthieu Perrin, current president of the PFV, said: “We in the PFV believe that family companies are the bedrock of regional and national economies and that the best must have a profound commitment to sustainable development.