PERSONALITIES
Will
DREAM come true ?
STEIN LEADS AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PATH FOR NEW YORK- BASED BOUTIQUE PLAYER .
By JEFF WEINSTEIN , EDITOR IN CHIEF
Dream Hotel Group ( DHG ), New York , had a few false starts under its previous incarnations as Hampshire Hotels Management and Debut Hotel Group . There were less-than-flattering family-related headlines , followed by the short-lived tenure of former CEO Eric Danziger , who announced several new brands before heading uptown to Trump Hotels . Enter Jay Stein , a seasoned hotelier with stays at Starwood , Hilton and others before working his way up to chief operating officer for Dream Chairman Sant Chatwal .
Just over a year into his new role , Stein seemingly has settled the ship by renaming the company once again , reorganizing and removing some brand concepts , opening a development and operations office in Bangkok and just recently announcing
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