New GM to lead two Aberdeen TECA hotels

Ahead of The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) opening in 2019, hotel management company, RBH has appointed Mark Leyland as General Manager of its two new hotels on the site. Leyland, who started his management career as Food and Beverage Manager for the Aberdeen Marriott Hotel in 2003, will manage Hilton Aberdeen TECA and Aloft Aberdeen TECA. With eight years of experience as a General Manager, he has held previous posts with York Marriott Hotel, Portsmouth Marriott Hotel and the Skopje Marriott hotel in Macedonia. Hilton Aberdeen TECA will offer 200 bedrooms and seven meeting rooms. The 150-bedroom Aloft Aberdeen TECA will target next generation travellers with ‘tech-forward’ amenities, live music and urban-style interiors. Aloft Aberdeen TECA will be located next door to the new event complex, while Hilton Aberdeen TECA will adjoin the new conference centre currently under construction. Leyland said: “I am very excited to return to Aberdeen and proud to be leading two major new openings in the city with Hilton and Aloft… The teams are looking forward to next year’s greatly anticipated openings and will be poised to welcome both business and leisure travellers to the city as well as locals. “The event complex is starting to take shape and I am eager see the finished result. The new events complex and the two hotels will create the perfect place to stay and meet while in Aberdeen, helping to attract new events, world class performers and both local and international events giving a boost to the local economy.”