The leading hotel chain in the Baltic countries, Reval Hotels, has appointed its Country Manager for Lithuania, Mr. Juha Mähönen on a position of Regional Director, Estonia & St. Petersburg. In this newly created position Mr. Mähönen also takes the responsibilities as General Manager of Reval Hotel Group AS, chain’s subsidiary based in Tallinn, Estonia, with 3 hotels, and the organization in the newly opened Reval Hotel Sonya in St. Petersburg, Russia, will also report to him. Mr Mähönen will start in the new position on January 18th, 2010.“We are once more happy to be able to promote someone from within our organization”, says Mr. Heikki Vanhanen, CEO of Reval Hotels; “Juha has been doing a tremendous work in Lithuania, and we all are excited about his new position. With his enthusiasm and innovation, proven skills of re-organizing and streamlining but conscious on quality of services, Juha is the right person for this new highly demanding job.”
Juha Mähönen has been working within hotel industry in his native Finland and abroad since 1982, and joined Reval Hotels in 2002 to open Reval Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius, Lithuania. Currently he manages two Reval Hotels - one in Vilnius and one in Kaunas – and two economy class Reval Inns in Vilnius and in Klaipeda. “During the time I have spent in Lithuania our team has achieved many goals and reached new heights. Although our successes have been very rewarding for me, I felt it was time to move on to new challenges”, says Juha Mähönen. “Most of all I will be missing the people – customers and colleagues – in Lithuania, but same time look forward to make new friends in Estonia and Russia.”
Juha Mähönen has an Executive MBA from Haaga University of Applied Sciences, Finland and in 2005 he complemented the education with Hotel Management program in Cornell University in Ithaca, USA.
Mr. Mähönen is an active and visible member of many organizations in Vilnius, such as the Finnish Guild and Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. Earlier this year Mr Mähönen was invited to Councillor of EHMA, European Hotel Managers Association, being the National delegate for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russian Federation and Sweden. Mr Mähönen is married and is a father of two children. He enjoys travelling, sports, reading and writing.
Reval Hotels is the leading hotel chain in the Baltic countries, operating eight full-service, first-class hotels located in the major Baltic cities: three in Tallinn, Estonia, three in Riga, Latvia, one in Vilnius and one in Kaunas, Lithuania. A new hotel, Reval Hotel Sonya opened its doors in St. Petersburg, Russia in November 2009.
Reval Hotels is owned by the Norwegian real estate investment company Linstow AS, owned by AWILHELMSEN AS, major shareholder of the world’s second largest cruise shipping company Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
More information:
Heikki Vanhanen
CEO, Reval Hotels
heikki.vanhanen@revalhotels.com
Mob +371 2659 8688
Juha Mähönen has been working within hotel industry in his native Finland and abroad since 1982, and joined Reval Hotels in 2002 to open Reval Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius, Lithuania. Currently he manages two Reval Hotels - one in Vilnius and one in Kaunas – and two economy class Reval Inns in Vilnius and in Klaipeda. “During the time I have spent in Lithuania our team has achieved many goals and reached new heights. Although our successes have been very rewarding for me, I felt it was time to move on to new challenges”, says Juha Mähönen. “Most of all I will be missing the people – customers and colleagues – in Lithuania, but same time look forward to make new friends in Estonia and Russia.”
Juha Mähönen has an Executive MBA from Haaga University of Applied Sciences, Finland and in 2005 he complemented the education with Hotel Management program in Cornell University in Ithaca, USA.
Mr. Mähönen is an active and visible member of many organizations in Vilnius, such as the Finnish Guild and Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. Earlier this year Mr Mähönen was invited to Councillor of EHMA, European Hotel Managers Association, being the National delegate for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russian Federation and Sweden. Mr Mähönen is married and is a father of two children. He enjoys travelling, sports, reading and writing.
Reval Hotels is the leading hotel chain in the Baltic countries, operating eight full-service, first-class hotels located in the major Baltic cities: three in Tallinn, Estonia, three in Riga, Latvia, one in Vilnius and one in Kaunas, Lithuania. A new hotel, Reval Hotel Sonya opened its doors in St. Petersburg, Russia in November 2009.
Reval Hotels is owned by the Norwegian real estate investment company Linstow AS, owned by AWILHELMSEN AS, major shareholder of the world’s second largest cruise shipping company Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
More information:
Heikki Vanhanen
CEO, Reval Hotels
heikki.vanhanen@revalhotels.com
Mob +371 2659 8688
Juha Mähönen
Regional Director,
Estonia & St. Petersburg (from 18.1.2010)
juha.mahonen@revalhotels.com
Mob +370 6556 4300
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