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Appointment General Management

Michael Monks has been appointed as General Manager at Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Sunway International Hotels & Resorts
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Michael Monks
Sunway Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality division of Malaysian-based property-construction conglomerate Sunway Group, has announced the appointment of Michael Monks as General Manager for Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Drawing on over 35 years of hospitality industry experience, Michael is responsible for the overall operations and business growth at Sunway’s 650-room hotel, strategically located opposite Kuala Lumpur’s Putra World Trade Centre (PTWC). Michael is a British national who joins Sunway from being General Manager of the 312-room Crowne Plaza Xi’an in China. Prior to that, Michael served as General Manager in Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort & Spa in Fiji, Shangri-La’s Golden Flower Hotel Xi’an, China, Shangri-La Hangzhou, China and Traders Hotel Manila, Philippines. The Kenyan-born hotelier worked in Seychelles as General Manager of the Beau Vallon Bay Hotel and held several senior leadership rooms’ division roles with Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts in Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Michael brings diverse technical experiences in sustainable development. He was involved in numerous environmental, eco-hotel and tourism projects in Guyana, Seychelles and Maldives as a lead consultant; providing environmental protection consultancy in the areas of waste management, water quality, urban planning, infrastructure design, and related environmental protection tasks and training.Michael completed several professional development programmes at the University of Hawaii Tourism & Travel Management School, Cornell University School of Hotel Management, Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre (SHATEC), Singapore Management University and Nanyang University Singapore.
General Management Asia Pacific Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Sunway International Hotels & Resorts
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