Marco Saxer has been appointed the General Manager of Swissôtel Kolkata, the internationally renowned Swiss hospitality group’s maiden property in India. He brings with him over 20 years of experience from international hotel chains across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Marco Saxer’s career began with the Carlton Hotel, Singapore followed by various positions in Sales, F & B and Finance w...

Until recently, Jürg Siegenthaler held the post of Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing for Kempinski Hotels & Resorts. He is taking over from Petra Götting who is leaving Swissôtel at the end of the year.Jürg Siegenthaler began his career at Swissair, where he held a variety of positions over the course of 22 years, finally holding the post of General Manager from 1993 to 2002. Prior to that,...

Daniel’s most recent appointment prior to joining Swissôtel Sydney was at Swissôtel Le Plaza, Basel in Switzerland as General Manager. A Swiss national, Daniel brings with him over 30 years of extensive operational and hotel management experience through his varied postings throughout Switzerland. Holding an MBA from the Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA) Zürich, Daniel’s career b...

Ferry moves to Kolkata from Swissôtel Merchant Court, Singapore where he was the Executive Assistant Manager since 2007. He recently held similar responsibilities in Turkey, as Interim General Manager of Swissôtel Grand Efes, Izmir from June until October 2010. Ferry first joined the Company in December 2002 as Food & Beverage Manager of Swissôtel The Howard, London, a position he kept until Augu...

Jack Breisacher brings with him over 37 years of hospitality experience internationally and has been with Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts since 2003. J. Breisacher moves to Beijing from Chicago, where he was most recently Hotel Manager of Swissôtel Chicago. Previous appointments include Acting General Manager for Swissôtel Nai Lert Park, Bangkok and the opening team for the newly launched Swissôtel Ko...

Riza Elibol started his career in İstanbul Etap Hotel and worked in many hotel chains in İstanbul, Ankara, Konya in Turkey and Switzerland, Kuwait, Bahrain, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan abroad. Elibol, a graduate of Hotel Management & Tourism had also opportunity to further his education in Switzerland and USA. Rıza Elibol was the General Manager of Intercontinental Almaty Hotel i...

Stefan Winistoerfer brings more than 12 years of experience at Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, especially in the Food & Beverage sector, to his new position. He began his hotel career in 1997 as the Operation Coordinator Meetings & Events at Swissôtel Zurich before taking on the role of Food & Beverage Manager at Swissôtel Métropole Geneva and at Swissôtel The Howard, London. He then moved back to Sw...

He follows in the footsteps of Ronald Nilsson, who has started to act as General Manager of the first Swissôtel in India. J. Krauss comes from the NH Hotel Group, where the 40-year-old was previously the Regional Director for three NH hotels in the Heidelberg region. As the son of a hotelier couple, Krauss grew up in the hotel industry. Born in the Allgau region of Germany, he began his career as...

Born in the Netherlands, Harold Kluit has already worked for four years in this hotel as the Director of Revenue & Marketing before taking over as General Manager at the Swissôtel Amsterdam. As a graduate of the Hotel Management School Wageningen, the Netherlands, he began his professional career in 1997 in marketing at the Rabobank in Utrecht. Among other responsibilities, he went on to become a...

After two and a half years as General Manager at the Swissôtel Amsterdam, Bart Westerhout is now moving within Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts to Tallinn, Estonia. Born in the Netherlands, he began his professional career in the marketing department of the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam, after graduating from the Hotel Management School in The Hague in 1984. The 49-year-old has since worked mainly in key posi...

Taking over the reigns from Torsten at Swissôtel Foshan will be Jackson Wong who comes to the property from The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou where he held the position of Assistant General Manager. Prior to this, he was General Manager Sales & Marketing at LNH Hospitality in Guangzhou. A Canadian national, Jackson has worked in several countries including Hong Kong, Canada, Australia and China. He beg...

Prior to his Bangkok appointment, Torsten was General Manager at Swissôtel Foshan which opened in May 2008 to become Foshan’s first international deluxe hotel. In a matter of months, he led his team to win the Best New Opening Hotel of China Award at the 4th China Hotel Starlight Awards and earned himself the Best General Manager of China’s Hotel Industry Award at the same ceremony. With a career...