Andy Baker has been appointed managing director of the Hotgroup.

The position is part of Baker's responsibilities as Trinity Mirror's group director of digital businesses. He will lead the development of Workthing and hotonline.

He will report to Humphrey Cobbold, director of strategic development at Trinity Mirror.

Baker joined Trinity Mirror at the beginning of 2006, and has been responsible for the development of GAAPweb and Secsinthecity, two recent acquisitions.

Richard Keogh has been appointed sales director of the online division. He joins from Inside Communications, another Trinity Mirror company.

Hotgroup founder Harvey Sinclair quit as managing director of the company in February, just six months after Trinity Mirror acquired it for £50.5m.