Cornelia Samara Joins Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center as General Manager

Cornelia Samara has joined the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center as General Manager.

Cornelia was born in Jerusalem as a German national with Palestinian roots and grew up immersed in the hospitality industry as her family owned a travel agency.

A graduate of Hawaii Pacific University, the past ten years of Cornelia's career have been spent as General Manager of two Andaz hotels in New York as well as the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club as General Manager, her most recent assignment before moving to Philadelphia.

Prior to becoming GM, Cornelia spent over 7 years working as Director or Rooms and Senior Director of Rooms at different Hyatt hotels in San Francisco, Boston and Washington D.C.

Cornelia has lived in and visited countries all over the world. Not only has she visited quite a few countries within Southeast Asia, she has also lived in Singapore for a year.

Cornelia has moved to Philadelphia with her chihuahua, Rosie.

“I got her from a shelter called Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue,” Cornelia recalls with a laugh. “They’d rescued her from a kill shelter in Georgia and called her ‘Rosalynn Carter’. I just call her ‘Rosie.’"

See latest Travel Industry News, Video Interviews, Podcasts and other news regarding: Four Seasons, GM, General Manager, Philadelphia.