Radisson SAS Hotel Beijing has appointed Olivier Rochefort as executive assistant manager.

Rochefort, a Canadian citizen, is no stranger to The Rezidor Hotel Group, having joined the Radisson Hotel des Gouverneurs in Montréal, Canada in 1997 as assistant manager. In 1999, he moved to Radisson SAS Slavjanskaya Hotel and Business Centre in Moscow, Russia as hotel duty manager and was promoted to director of revenue management in 2000 in the same property.

After having worked as operations manager at the Radisson SAS Hotel Galway in Ireland in 2001 followed by a six month Task Force Assignment for Carlson Managed Hotels / Radisson Hotels & Resorts in the USA, where he opened the 4-diamond award winning Radisson Plaza Hotel Myrtle Beach Convention Centre in South Carolina, USA as director of guest services in 2002. His most recent post was at the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac in Québec.