Juergen Doerr

Mr Juergen Doerr has been appointed as the General Manager of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, while continuing his role as Vice-President, Operations (Hong Kong & Taiwan), effective 1 August 2020. Mr Doerr has been with the group for over 21 years, previously holding the title of General Manager at Kowloon Shangri-La. In his new capacity, Mr Doerr will oversee the daily operation of Island Shangri-La, including an extensive asset enhancement of the Club floors, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the hotel, due to launch at the end of 2020.

A German native, Mr Doerr is a well-versed hotelier with almost three decades' work experience in the hotel industry. He joined the Shangri-La Group in 1999, assuming the position of Director of Food and Beverage at Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa, Kota Kinabalu in Indonesia. In the following 10 years, he moved across other Shangri-La properties in major South East Asian destinations, including Singapore, Taipei, Mactan and Jakarta. This is his sixth general-manager post within the Shangri-La Group.