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Jacqueline Albert Pensyl has been appointed as Director of Sales at Silka Cheras Kuala Lumpur

Jacqueline started her career with Sutera Harbour Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She has also worked for Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and at the National Sales Office of Shangri-La’s Hotels and Resorts, Malaysia. Her portfolio also includes senior attachments with Holiday Inn Resort Penang, Melia Kuala Lumpur and most recently with Ibis Styles Kuala Lumpur Cheras. Jacqueline has significant experience in the hospitality industry with a focus on sales. Her overall strengths and passion for building relationships will be essential to the ongoing success of the 319-room Silka Cheras Kuala Lumpur, which is scheduled to soft open on 23 April 2014. In her current capacity, Jacq as she is fondly known as, will be in charge of the entire sales and marketing team, building relationships and assessing the needs of local businesses, working with the general manager to facilitate marketing efforts and overseeing sales efforts that assure the success of the hotel.

Nazrul Nasihin has been appointed as Director of Rooms Operations at PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur

With over 16 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Nazrul started his career as a Customer Sales & Service Agent in 1996. He was then promoted as Front Office Supervisor in 1997. 1998 saw him moving on as Guest Services Manager at Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In 2002, Nazrul was its Front Office Manager before taking up the role of Executive House keeper in 2009. Prior to joining PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur, he was the Rooms Division Manager from November 2010 until 2012.

Bennet Chang has been appointed as General Manager at Wedgewood Residences by Swiss-Belhotel

Swiss-Belhotel International has announced the appointment of Mr. Bennet Chang as General Manager for Wedgewood Residences by Swiss-Belhotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With a career spanning 24 years in the international hospitality industry, Mr. Chang has held a number of senior management positions at leading international hotels in Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Besides his expertise in the management of world class hotels, Mr. Chang has extensive experience in hotel renovation, re-branding and pre-opening. A graduate of the Hotel Institute of Montreux in Switzerland with a Swiss Hotel Management Diploma, Mr. Chang also holds an American Hotel & Motel Association (AHMA) Hotel Management Diploma. Besides being fluent in English and Bahasa Malaysia, Mr. Chang is also able to converse in Cantonese, French and German.

Anson Chan has been appointed as General Manager at Lanson Place Bukit Ceylon Serviced Residences

Anson Chan has over 24 years of hospitality experiences in International luxury Hotel groups. Anson joined in 2004 as the opening Manager of the Group's first Boutique Hotel, the Lanson Place Hotel, in Hong Kong. Lanson Place Hotel is the first “Small Luxury Hotel of the World” represented in Hong Kong and has won numerous International Hotel awards since its opening. Anson became the Regional General Manager for Malaysia and Hong Kong since 2011.

Frank Stocek has been appointed as General Manager at Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur

Succeeding Pierre Barthes as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur is Frank Stocek. Mr Stocek joined Mandarin Oriental in 1983 as a management trainee. He swiftly worked his way towards a number of senior management positions within the Group’s Asian portfolio, before being appointed as General Manager of Elbow Beach, Bermuda, a post he has held since 2001. An announcement will be made in due course on Mr Stocek’s successor.