Mövenpick Lausanne GM Christian Kramer has been named “General Manager of the Year 2012 (upscale category)” at 13th annual Worldwide Hospitality Awards

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The General Manager of the Mövenpick Hotel Lausanne in Switzerland has received a highly respected honour in the 13th annual Worldwide Hospitality Awards which took place in Paris on November 12, 2012. The Worldwide Hospitality Awards 2012, organised by the MKG Group (www.hospitality-on.com) also recognised Kramer’s major contribution to sustainability in every aspect of the daily hotel operations, resulting in a Green Globe certification of 91 percent (from 100 achievable). Kramer has travelled extensively during his career. After graduating from École Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland, he trained in a variety of properties in Switzerland before working in key food and beverage positions in Hong Kong that included the famous Peninsula. Following Hong Kong, Swiss-born Kramer managed the Amari Airport Hotel and Amari Watergate in Bangkok, the Nexus On The Hill Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the Swissôtel Bangkok and Swissôtel Beijing as well as the Hotel Equatorial Bangi in Malaysia. Since 2002, he has been the General Manager of the 337-room Hotel Mövenpick Lausanne.

Mövenpick Lausanne GM Christian Kramer is an alumnus of EHL Hospitality Business School .

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Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, an international upscale hotel management company with over 16,000 staff members, is represented in 24 countries with 80 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers currently in operation. More than 30 properties are planned or under construction, including Chiang Mai and Koh Samui (Thailand), Palawan (Philippines), Sanya (Hainan Island, China) and Djerba (Tunisia).