Carlson Names GM, Sales Director for First U.S. Radisson Blu

Carlson Names GM, Sales Director for First U.S. Radisson Blu

Carlson announced two key leadership appointments for the new Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel currently under construction in Chicago. The key appointments include Pierre-Louis Giacotto as general manager and Fred Khoury as director of sales and marketing.

This upper-upscale hotel is part Carlson Hotels’ Ambition 2015 growth strategy to establish flagship Radisson hotels in major cities in the United States. It is the first Radisson Blu hotel in the U.S. and is scheduled to open in the fall of this year in the city’s distinctive Aqua skyscraper.

Giacotto most recently served as general manager of the Rosemont Hotel, formerly the Sofitel Chicago O’Hare, and oversaw operations of the 300-room full-service property. Prior to that, he was hotel manager for Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, a full-service luxury property in downtown Chicago.

Khoury joins Carlson from the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago, where he previously served as the director of sales overseeing a sales team including group, individual sales, and catering and marketing. Khoury has also served as the director of sales and marketing for the Park Hyatt Chicago.