Kai Speth has been appointed as Area General Manager Vietnam at Sofitel

Kai Speth
Sofitel has promoted the current general manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Kai Speth, to a new position as area general manager for Vietnam. Now, in addition to ongoing responsibilities at the landmark Hanoi property, Speth will have oversight responsibilities for Sofitel Plaza Hanoi and Sofitel Saigon Plaza. General manager at the Metropole since 2008, Speth has amplified that hotel’s stature on the international stage in recent years. Prior to his work at the Metropole, Speth managed Hyatt properties in Korea, Los Angeles and Colorado. He worked for much of the 1990s in New York City after graduating from Heidelberg’s Hotel Management School in his native Germany in 1989.

Kai Speth is an alumnus of Hotelfachschule Heidelberg .

General Management Asia Pacific Vietnam Hanoi

Accor Asia is the one of the largest and fastest growing international hotel management groups in the region. Our hotel network has grown from 68 hotels around Asia in 2000 to 96 hotels and over 21,900 rooms by the end of 2003. Accor hotels can now be found in 12 Asian countries - Cambodia, China and Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam.