Clermont Hotel Group (CHG), one of London’s leading hotel operators has appointed Andy Goss as Group Head of F&B. Andy joins from HMSHost International, where he was responsible for over 20 proprietary and franchise concepts at various UK travel hubs, and brings over 25 years of industry experience, including 16 years in senior commercial roles.

Andy will lead CHG’s F&B strategy across their 14 hotels including a number of in-house outlets such as The Soak, Vicinity, Aviator Sports Bar and Restaurant and VU from The Tower, as the group continues to diverse their offering to meet the needs of the modern traveller. CHG recently announced a long-term, multi partnership with Gordon Ramsay Restaurants Global, bringing one of the world’s most recognisable culinary brands into the portfolio.

This partnership forms part of CHG’s ongoing investment in their F&B offering to ensure there are ‘spaces for all’ across the portfolio to strengthen guest experience and deliver personalised and memorable stays.

On Andy’s appointment, Gavin Taylor, CHG’s CEO, said: “F&B remains a strategic priority for CHG and Andy’s appointment represents our intent to continue to invest in this area of our business. We are committed to creating a variety of innovative F&B spaces at our hotels alongside offering gastronomic experiences for our guests and beyond. I look forward to working with Andy on our exciting F&B pipeline as we strive to elevate guest experience”.

Andy Goss said: “I was drawn to CHG by both their strong London presence and continued investment in F&B. It’s an exciting time for the group, with a varied F&B pipeline planned across our hotels. I look forward to working with the talented CHG teams to develop our F&B offering further, as well as ensuring all our outlets have their own sense of place and unique identity for our guests”.