Joel has reached this prestigious role after seven years of working for Puma (previously Barceló UK). Starting as a Management Trainee at the Blackpool Imperial Hotel in 2005, Joel progressed to senior positions at the Angel Hotel,Cardiff, Shrigley Hall Hotel Golf and Country Club and more recently at the Walton Hall and Hotel as Senior Operations Manager. Joel brings knowledge of the hotel group to the position as well as an in depth familiarity with the Palace Hotel as he spent a year as the hotel’s Operations Manager in 2010. Joel was also awarded the National Acorn Scholarship Award in 2011, is a Springboard Charity Ambassador and Member of the Institute for Hospitality. Joining Joel is new HR manager, Jenna Fletcher who previously worked at Thomas Cook Airlines and new Sales executive Leanne Fitter, who leaves the nearby Moorside Hotel to work at the Palace Hotel.
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