Interview Ronald van den Hoff

Upmarket hotel group Mandarin Oriental is to open two new owner-operated hotels in Europe and is looking to expand its residences business to the Continent. Group chief executive Edouard Ettedgui told Caterer the company aimed to replicate its approach in the USA, where it is creating a "cluster" of five hotels on the east coast. At present the company has just three European hotels, in Geneva, Munich and London.