Jaume Tàpies Re-Elected as Int. President of Relais & Châteaux

Jaume Tàpies has been re-elected as the International President of Relais & Châteaux for the next 4 Years.

At the congress of the Association, which was held in Biarritz from 15 to 18 November 2009, the Relais & Châteaux members reaffirmed their confidence in their President by unanimously voting for the list of candidates for the Executive Committee headed by Jaume Tàpies.

“My passion and my ambition for Relais & Châteaux prompted me to stand again for election as the President of the Association and I am delighted to have been re-elected. We can now embark on a new, robust path to secure the future of Relais & Châteaux,” said Jaume Tàpies, re-elected for 4 years as International President of Relais & Châteaux.

“Over the next four years I will focus on the consolidation of our sales strategy around the world and the development of our communication axes.”

List of members of the Executive Committee

The following persons were elected:

Jaume Tàpies, El Castell de Ciutat, Spain - President

Philippe Gombert, Château de la Treyne, France - Secretary General

Corrado Neyroz, Hotel Hermitage, Italy - Treasurer

OIivier Roellinger, Les maisons de Bricourt, France - Vice President

Dominique Loiseau, Relais Bernard Loiseau, France - Vice President

Patrick Henriroux, La Pyramide, France - Vice President

George Goeggel, Auberge du Soleil, USA - Vice President

Andrew Stembridge, Chewton Glen, United Kingdom - Member of the Board of Directors

Silvia Lafer, Johann Lafers Stromburg, Germany - Member of the Board of Directors

List of the members of the Committee of Delegates

Each delegate is supported by at least a deputy delegate. The following persons were elected as delegates:

Delegation France - Paris “Around Paris”
Delegate: Laurent Gardinier (Château les Crayères)

Delegation France – Great-West
Delegate: Gilles Daubé (Manoir de Lan Kerellec)

Delegation France Great South-West
Delegate: Marie Borgel (Le Saint James)

Delegation France – Great East – Rhône - Alpes
Delegate: Nicole Klein (L’Arnsbourg – Hotel K)

Delegation France - Provence, Côte d’Azur, Corsica
Delegate: Anthony Torkington (Le Mas Candille)

Delegation Benelux
Delegate: Michel Gaul (La Gaichel)

Delegation Switzerland Liechtenstein
Delegate: Philippe Vuillemin (Hôtel de la Cigogne)

Delegation Germany
Delegate: Florian Zumkeller (Schwarzwald-Hotel Adler)

Delegation Austria, North and Eastern Europe
Delegate: Florian Moosbrugger (Gasthof Post)

Delegation UK and Ireland
Delegate: Malcolm Lewis (Longueville Manor)

Delegation Italy
Delegate: Annie Feolde (Enoteca Pinchiorri)

Delegation Spain-Portugal
Delegate: Mario Stromp Morais (Vila Monte Resort)

Delegation Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco
Delegate: Justin Zammit Tabona (Xara Palace)

Delegation South Africa, Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean
Delegate: Horst Frehse (Asara Wine Estate Hotel)

Delegation Japan
Delegate: Miwako Fujimoto (Gora Kadan)

Delegation Asia
Delegate: Eugene Yeh (The Eugenia)

Delegation Australia, NZ and Pacific
Delegate: Hall Cannon (Otahuna Lodge)

Delegation Canada
Delegate: Bill Bennett (Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa)

Delegation Eastern United States
Delegate: Patrick O’Connell (The Inn at Little Washington)

Delegation Western United States
Delegate: Caitrin Garrett (The Inn at Five Graces)

Delegation South America
Delegate: Nicolás Peluffo (Ponta dos Ganchos Resort)

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