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Roland Fasel has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Aman

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Zug, Switzerland
Roland Fasel
Roland Fasel, former general manager of the Dorchester and regional director, UK, of the Dorchester Collection, has been appointed chief operating officer of global, luxury hotel group Aman. In his new role, based in Zug, Switzerland, Fasel will oversee the operation and future growth of the company, which currently operates 31 hotels and resorts, primarily in Asia. The group also has properties in France, Montengro, Greece, Dominican Republic, the Turks & Caicos Islands and the USA. He said that he has always admired the “pioneering spirit and uncompromisingly bespoke approach” of Aman. He explained that his priorities will be “the continued integration of Aman Wellness, the forthcoming introduction of a new culinary concept and a robust pipeline of development projects”, alongside enriching the experience of guests. Fasel recently left the five-red-AA-star, 250-bedroom Dorchester hotel, after being based at the property since in 2008. He previously worked as general manager of the InterContinental London Park Lane for four years and before that at the Badrutt’s Palace hotel in St. Moritz, as well as for the Four Seasons, Regent Hotels and Shangri-La groups. A graduate of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne in his native Switzerland, Fasel has also achieved a MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, USA. Vladislav Doronin, chairman of Aman, won a long-running legal battle last year to retain full control of the company, after former co-owner Peak Hotels & Resorts brought a claim in the High Court, London. Aman was founded in 1988 with the launch of Amanpuri in Phuket, Thailand. Its next opening will be the Amanyangyun in Shanghai, China, in the autumn.

Roland Fasel is an alumnus of EHL Hospitality Business School .

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Aman was founded in 1988 with the vision of building a collection of intimate retreats with the unassuming, warm hospitality of a gracious private home. The first, Amanpuri (place of peace) in Phuket, Thailand, introduced the concept and, since then, Aman has grown to encompass 32 exquisitely serene hotels and resorts in 20 destinations across the world, with a further nine under construction. The next Aman to open will be Aman New York (2020).