Starwood to open Aloft hotel at Excel London in 2011
Leanne Bell , 08 June 2010
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts is to open an Aloft hotel at Excel London ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
Aloft London Excel will offer 252 rooms and is being developed by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec), the parent company of Excel London.
The hotel is scheduled to open at the end of 2011 and will be situated at Excel London's east entrance at Royal Victoria Dock with direct access to Prince Regent Station on the Docklands Light Railway and London's International Convention Centre.
It will be the first Aloft property in the UK, and the second in Europe, following the planned opening of Aloft Brussels Schuman this autumn.
Excel London chief executive Kevin Murphy said: "We have been working closely with Starwood to bring the Aloft brand to London."
ADNEC chairman Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan said: "Aloft London Excel will support Excel's growing events calendar and the London Olympics by providing quality, stylish and affordable accommodation."
The signing of Aloft London Excel is part of an international expansion of the brand, which debuted in Canada in June 2008 and has since grown its portfolio to almost 50 hotels in the US, China, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.
Aloft properties are set to open in Belgium, India, Thailand and the Middle East over the next two years.
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Ray has served on a number of national careers service advisory bodies and is also a Board Director of several companies. He served as a Commissioner on the Government’s Youth Citizenship Commission in 2008-9. He is a graduate of Reading University and undertook further studies at the University of East London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Freeman of the City of London.
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Board Member
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Director of Early Years Inspection Service
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Executive Chairman
Ray Auvray
Ray Auvray is Executive Chairman of the Prospects Group and has managed the company since its foundation in the summer of 1995. In that period, Ray has grown the Group from a company holding a single contract in South London to a national organisation with a turnover of over £80 million, employing over 1,400 staff and delivering a wide range of education, training and employment services to the Department for Education, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Skills Funding Agency, Ofsted, local authorities, schools and colleges.
Before joining Prospects, Ray spent 11 years heading the London Borough of Havering Careers Service, the only local authority run careers service to win the Charter Mark Award. He understands the local authority perspective well, having served as a Basildon District Councillor, Essex County Councillor and a member of the Essex Police Authority. He has also twice stood as a parliamentary candidate. He started his career as a teacher, before moving into the Careers Service and educational administration.
Ray has served on a number of national careers service advisory bodies and is also a Board Director of several companies. He served as a Commissioner on the Government’s Youth Citizenship Commission in 2008-9. He is a graduate of Reading University and undertook further studies at the University of East London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Freeman of the City of London.
Having led the Prospects Group to its current role as a major provider of educational support services, he is keen to see it diversify further and develop a wider range of services for its customers.
Executive Chairman
Ray Auvray
Managing Director
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Group Finance Director
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Vice-Chair of the Board and Senior Independent Director
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Board Member
Brian Rowbotham and Chairman of Audit Committee
Board Member
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Board Member
Malcolm Iley
Director of Education Services
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Director of Children's Services and Guidance
Alison Williams
Director of Early Years Inspection Service
Sally Howells
Executive Chairman
Ray Auvray
Ray Auvray is Executive Chairman of the Prospects Group and has managed the company since its foundation in the summer of 1995. In that period, Ray has grown the Group from a company holding a single contract in South London to a national organisation with a turnover of over £80 million, employing over 1,400 staff and delivering a wide range of education, training and employment services to the Department for Education, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Skills Funding Agency, Ofsted, local authorities, schools and colleges.
Before joining Prospects, Ray spent 11 years heading the London Borough of Havering Careers Service, the only local authority run careers service to win the Charter Mark Award. He understands the local authority perspective well, having served as a Basildon District Councillor, Essex County Councillor and a member of the Essex Police Authority. He has also twice stood as a parliamentary candidate. He started his career as a teacher, before moving into the Careers Service and educational administration.
Ray has served on a number of national careers service advisory bodies and is also a Board Director of several companies. He served as a Commissioner on the Government’s Youth Citizenship Commission in 2008-9. He is a graduate of Reading University and undertook further studies at the University of East London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Freeman of the City of London.
Having led the Prospects Group to its current role as a major provider of educational support services, he is keen to see it diversify further and develop a wider range of services for its customers.
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Ray Auvray
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Ray Auvray is Executive Chairman of the Prospects Group and has managed the company since its foundation in the summer of 1995. In that period Ray has grown the Group from a company holding a single contract in South London to a national organisation with a turnover of over £60 million, employing nearly 1,200 staff and delivering a wide range of education, training and employment services to the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Learning and Skills Council, local authorities, schools and colleges.
Before joining Prospects, Ray spent 11 years heading the London Borough of Havering Careers Service, the only local authority run careers service to win the Charter Mark Award. He understands the local authority perspective well, having served as a Basildon District Councillor, Essex County Councillor and a member of the Essex Police Authority. He has also twice stood as a parliamentary candidate. He started his career as a teacher, before moving into the Careers Service.
Ray has served on a number of national careers service advisory bodies and is also a Board Director of several companies. He is a graduate of Reading University and undertook further studies at the University of East London.
Having led the Prospects Group to its current role as a major provider of educational support services, he is keen to see it diversify further and develop a wider range of services for its customers.
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Kevin Beerling
Prospects Group Finance Director
Kevin Beerling joined Prospects in January 2006 as Group Finance Director and has responsibility for financial reporting, facilities management, HR, ICT and legal services.
Kevin qualified as a chartered accountant in 1995 with Price Waterhouse and was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 2006.
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While working at Price Waterhouse, Kevin appeared five times as the independent adjudicator on the National Lottery Saturday night TV show.
He has a First Class Honours degree in Business Economics and Accounting from Southampton University.
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