Octavio GamarraHospitality Marketing Concepts (HMC), the worlds leading provider of outsourced CRM-driven database management and loyalty marketing programs for premium hotel organizations, today announced the appointment of Octavio Gamarra to the position of Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific, effective January 1st 2012. Octavio recently designed and delivered executive training programs for Citibank, N.A. throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has held a number of senior management positions leading global hotel companies, including serving as Senior Vice President at Dusit International during the hotels expansion into the international market, as well as 18 years in Ritz Carlton most recently as General Manager at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore, where he led the hotel to over 70 million U.S. dollars in yearly sales. A graduate of the acclaimed hotel management program at the Ecole Hotelière de Lausanne, Switzerland, Octavio brings to HMC a proven track record with over 20 years of experience in some of the worlds most prominent hotels.