Gregory Gubiani has been appointed as General Manager at The Westin Kuala Lumpur
Gregory Gubiani has been appointed as the new General Manager of The Westin Kuala Lumpur. Armed with over 14 years of hospitality experience, Greg will be leading the team to provide a whole new level of experience to its guests and expand the brand further to the local market.
A French national, Greg is fluent in French, English, Italian and is knowledgeable in Spanish and German. He graduated from the School of Tourism and Leisure Management in Strasbourg, France.
With Rooms Division background, Greg kick-started his career as a resort host in an international five-star luxury resort in the Maldives and moved on to be a Front Office Manager in French Polynesia.
Greg then joined the then Starwood Hotels and Resorts, now part of Marriott International as Front Office Manager at Le Mridien Nouma, New Caledonia and then to The Westin Melbourne, Australia, where he evolved as Executive Assistant Manager in charge of rooms. Greg took up a seven-month task force stint as Acting General Manager at The Westin Auckland Lighter Quay, New Zealand. He then moved to South East Asia in 2011, by stepping into the Hotel Manager role at Le Mridien Kuala Lumpur before heading off to open Le Mridien Bali Jimbaran, Indonesia as its General Manager.
Young and dynamic, Greg was spearheading the Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral from 2015 to 2018 before venturing to The Westin Kuala Lumpur. Gregs outstanding leadership has won him the Marriott International General Manager Leardership Awards in 2017. Now, Greg is delighted to come back to the Westin Brand for the third time and is looking forward to work with its new team.
Greg favours a cup of coffee or several anytime during the day and enjoys a good squash game on the weekend.