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Appointment General Management

Dagmar Lyons has been appointed as General Manager at Raffles Hotel Le Royal

Raffles Hotel Le Royal, the 95-year-old luxury heritage hotel in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, has appointed Dagmar Lyons as its new General Manager.

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Dagmar Lyons

The veteran hotelier joins Raffles from the luxury Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Canada, where she served as Hotel Manager for the past two years. Prior to that, Dagmar was Hotel Manager at Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China, and Deputy General Manager at The St. Regis Doha in Qatar.

Her hospitality career has included successful postings at numerous luxury hotels and resorts around the world, including in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Dagmar led Fairmont Pacific Rim to a Forbes Five-Star rating - the highest level of distinction - for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024 for both the hotel and spa.

Dagmar joins Raffles Hotel Le Royal as the landmark historic hotel continues to garner accolades and awards from many of the world's leading travel authorities. This year alone, Travel + Leisure magazine declared it the best city hotel in Cambodia and the UK-based Luxury Lifestyle Magazine named it one of the world's best city hotels (No. 24 overall).

Raffles Hotel Le Royal, which originally opened in 1929, features 175 spacious rooms and suites that underwent a full refurbishment as part of a meticulous one-year restoration project in 2019. The hotel's elegant past has been reinterpreted in a bold, contemporary style that is inspired by French colonial, Khmer and Art Deco influences.

Dagmar Lyons is an alumnus of Cornell | Executive and Professional Education .

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