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Michael Gaarde-Nielsen has been appointed as General Manager at Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort

Gaarde-Nielsen holds a bachelor's degree in hospitality management from Oxford Brookes University in England. He will be responsible for all aspects of resort operations, with an eye to maximising commercial performance while delivering best-in-class service culture, host and guest satisfaction. Gaarde-Nielsen has several years of resort leadership experience in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He has held general manager positions in both his native Denmark and Thailand, where he served as General Manager for Centara Hotels and Resorts in Phuket and Krabi.

Rory Campbell has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort

Outrigger welcomes back a familiar face in Rory Campbell to oversee sales and marketing for the resort. Campbell will be responsible for the development and implementation of internal and external sales and marketing strategies and related plans to maximise the resort's revenue market share and optimise profitability for all source markets. With several years of Outrigger experience, Campbell was Area Director of Sales and Marketing for the former Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach and Outrigger Koh Samui Beach Resorts; Director of Sales and Marketing for the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort; and General Manager of the Outrigger Koh Samui Beach Resort. Before joining Outrigger in 2013, Campbell worked in senior sales and marketing roles for Hilton in Spain, Anantara Hotels and Resorts in Thailand and the Eaton Hotel in Hong Kong. Campbell is a Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Deakin University in Geelong, Australia.

Asari Tashima has been appointed as Group Sales Manager – Asia at Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort

The appointment of Tashima as group sales manager for the Asia market, demonstrates the brand's commitment to growing this important market segment. Based in Waikiki, Tashima's focus will be on small groups for the beachfront Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort and Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort. Tashima's previous experience is as events and catering manager, Far East, for the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. She also held management positions at the Pacific Beach Hotel. Tashima holds a bachelor's in Travel Industry Management from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is a certified wedding and events planner and is fluent in Japanese with basic knowledge in Mandarin.

Jenna Perrier has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort

With an extensive background in sales and marketing and a deep knowledge of the tourism market trends in Mauritius, Perrier's experience comes from her tenure as cluster and head of sales and marketing for LUX* Grand Gaube & Belle Mare, a fresh- and forward-looking luxury accommodation tucked away in Belle Mare. She was also head of sales, groups and incentives, for the brand and sales manager and commercial coordinator for the all-inclusive Tamassa Resort in Bel Ombre. Perrier holds a bachelor of commerce, PR and marketing from the Curtin University of Technology and is fluent in English and French.

Pieter van der Hoeven has been appointed as General Manager at Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort

Outrigger Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment of Pieter van der Hoeven as general manager of the Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort, effective Jan. 7, 2015. The appointment marks van der Hoeven’s second spell with Outrigger. Until early 2013, he was Outrigger vice president sales and marketing, Asia Pacific. In his new role in Mauritius he will report to William Visser, Outrigger vice president, operations, Asia Pacific, who is based in the Outrigger Resorts regional office in Phuket, Thailand. Van der Hoeven initially joined Outrigger as a general manager when the company started its expansion in Asia in 2008. He now returns to Outrigger after 18 months as general manager of the two Raffles hotels in Cambodia. Prior to joining Outrigger, he had a long career in hospitality that included three years with Six Senses Resorts, where he was general manager of the Evason Hua Hin Resort and Evason Hideaway at Hua Hin, Thailand, and the Evason Hideaway at Ana Mandara in Vietnam. He has also spent five years with The Peninsula Bangkok with earlier management positions in his native Australia with Hyatt and at The Peninsula Hong Kong.

Frederick de Marcy Chelin has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at Outrigger Mauritius Resort

Darren Edmonstone, Outrigger Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, has announced the appointment of Frederick de Marcy Chelin as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Outrigger Mauritius Resort and Spa. The new Outrigger property is scheduled to open in the Indian Ocean in December 2013. Mr de Marcy Chelin's appointment is effective from 27 August 2013.