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Andrew Yee has been promoted to General Manager at Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Orchard

Andrew Yee, Resident Manager of Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Orchard, Singapore, has been promoted to General Manager of the 126-unit property. Andrew has been with Pan Pacific Hotels Group for over a decade, starting out as Resident Manager of PARKROYAL Serviced Suites, Singapore. Andrew was an integral part of the pre-opening team for Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Orchard, Singapore before becoming its Resident Manager last year. In his new role, Andrew will continue to spearhead and implement strategies to deliver product and service excellence.

Pan Pacific
Singapore, Singapore
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David Donald has been appointed as General Manager at PARKROYAL on Beach Road

After a successful tenure as General Manager of PARKROYAL Parramatta, David Donald has assumed the position of General Manager at PARKROYAL on Beach Road in Singapore. Having spent most of his 20-year hospitality career across Australia and New Zealand working in the areas of Operations, Rooms Division and Revenue as well as managing business hotels, David will bring with him a fresh management perspective to his first appointment in Asia to drive a new phase of growth at the hotel.

Pan Pacific
Singapore, Singapore
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Andrew Donadel has been appointed as General Manager at Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Beach Road

Pan Pacific Hotels Group has announced the appointment of Andrew Donadel as General Manager of Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Beach Road, Singapore, opening on 7 May. An Australian, Andrew started his hospitality career with The Westin Sydney and Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain before moving on to Ascott International where he spent some 10 years managing Somerset, Citadines and Ascott serviced residences in Singapore and Australia. Prior to his current appointment, Andrew was the General Manager of Ascott Raffles Place Singapore and Citadines Mount Sophia Singapore, responsible for a total of 300 apartments and over 100 staff members. His extensive industry experience has led him to develop strong expertise in the areas of people and productivity management as well as cost control. Andrew is fluent in English and French.

Pan Pacific
Singapore, Singapore
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Winston L. Reinboth has been appointed as General Manager at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Reinboth held numerous senior positions including General Manager and Vice President of Sales & Marketing for luxury hotels and groups such as Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, Hilton International, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Marriott International. Winston was also instrumental in the successful opening of hotels in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Millennium
Singapore, Singapore
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Martin Chua has been appointed as Director of Sales for Asia Pacific at ZDirect

Chua comes to ZDirect with extensive business development experience in hotel brand and technology sales. Previously, he served as vice president of business development (Asia) for iBAHN Singapore Private Limited. He held similar roles with interTouch Pte Limited as sales director - South East Asia and Fastbooking Asia Pte Limited as vice president, business development. Before moving into the hotel technology sales realm, Chua was instrumental in the business development efforts for several Asia hotel chains, including: regional director of sales and marketing for Carlton Hotels; regional director of sales - Singapore for Century International Hotels; and, regional director of sales for Sol Melia Asia Pacific. He also held sales positions with Albert Court Hotel and Concorde Hotel Singapore/Concorde Hotels. He is a graduate of Marketing Institute of Singapore and is fluent in English and Mandarin, Bahasa Malay/Indonesia, and speaks the Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese dialects.

ZDirect
Singapore, Singapore
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Steven Smith has been named Senior Director, Meetings & Events Asia Pacific at CWT Meetings & Events

CWT Meetings & Events, a global leader in events and meetings management, announced that Steven Smith is appointed senior director, CWT Meetings & Events, Asia-Pacific. Smith will be part of the CWT regional leadership team, based in Singapore and the global CWT Meetings & Events team. Kelly Kuhn, president CWT Asia Pacific said, “The meetings and events market represents increasing business opportunities and significant growth potential in the Asia-Pacific region. With a strong global focus on this sector, we are committed to investing in our meetings and events organization through both people and technology”.

CWT
Singapore, Singapore
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Francis Killory has been named Vice President, Development - Asia Pacific at SH Group, the hotel brand management company of Starwood Capital Group

SH Group, the hotel brand management company of Starwood Capital Group, has named Francis Killory as Vice President, Development - Asia Pacific, for the company. In this role, Killory will lead and manage the acquisition and development of the company’s two new hotel and residence brands, Baccarat and 1 Hotels, throughout the Asia Pacific region and particularly in China. Killory will also establish and manage the company’s Asia regional office in Singapore. Killory brings nearly 30 years of development experience in the Asia Pacific region to SH Group. Most recently he was the Vice President, Development of Asia Pacific for Jumeirah with prior roles in development with Carlson and Meridien. Killory has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism/Communications, as well as a Master in Business Administration from Cornell University. He also holds a Master of Science in e-Commerce from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Killory is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. In 2006, Starwood Capital Group created SH Group, a hotel brand-management company that owns the environmentally-focused 1 Hotels & Resorts brand and holds the Baccarat Hotel license, as well as other potential future hotel brands. SH Group provides Starwood with significant proprietary investment opportunities and maximizes returns on hotel investments in the firm’s dedicated hotel funds. Professionals within SH Group also act as Starwood Capital’s in-house design and hotel operations experts.

Starwood Capital Group
Singapore, Singapore
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Movenpick President and CEO Jean Gabriel Pérès has been named ‘Travel Personality of the Year 2012’ at the TTG Asia Travel Awards

The award is recognised as one of the ‘Oscars’ of the travel industry in Asia and Mr Pérès was selected for his “outstanding achievement in transforming Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts into an inspiring success story”.When Mr Pérès joined Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in 1999 he inherited a portfolio of 36 hotels. Now there are 76. By 2015 he aims to have 100 properties open worldwide with more than half of the company’s 30 new hotels in development opening in Asia.

Mövenpick
Singapore, Singapore
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Franck Courmont has been appointed as General Counsel for Asia Pacific at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups, today announced the appointment of Franck Courmont as general counsel, Asia Pacific with effect on November 1. Based in Singapore, Franck will report directly to Simon Barlow, president for Asia Pacific. Prior to this appointment, Franck was vice president, legal, at Rezidor Hotel Group in Brussels for seven years. At Rezidor, Franck successfully negotiated more than 100 management agreements and licences for Radisson Blu, Park Inn by Radisson and Hotel Missoni in EMEA. He was also responsible for setting up and managing joint ventures for real estate investments in emerging markets. He has 20 years of legal experience and has previously held positions including global head of legal at AXA Investment Managers and legal team leader at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, based in London. He also worked at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher; White & Case; as well as Arthur Andersen International in Paris.

Radisson Hotel Group
Singapore, Singapore
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Martin Chan has been appointed as General Manager at Lanson Place Winsland Serviced Residences

Lanson Place Hospitality Management Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Martin Chan as General Manager of Lanson Place Winsland Serviced Residences, Singapore, effective from 6th September 2012. Martin Chan has over 18 years of hospitality experience in International luxury Hotel groups, Hyatt International, Mandarin Oriental and Banyan Tree in operational and Sales & Marketing roles in Singapore, China, Indonesia, Maldives and Seychelles. Martin Chan’s most recent role was Director of Operations in Park Avenue Hotels & Suites to oversee the pre-opening phases and post-management operations of the two mixed development projects under the Group.

Lanson Place
Singapore, Singapore
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Christian Hassing has been appointed as General Manager at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore

With effect from 10 September, 2012, Christian Hassing will succeed Paul Jones as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Singapore and in support of the Group’s growth in the Asia region, he will also take up the appointment of Area Vice President, Operations with responsibilities for Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur and Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta. Mr Hassing has more than 35 years in the hospitality industry. He began his career with Mandarin Oriental as the opening General Manager for Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur in 1997, where he was responsible for positioning the property as the city’s premier hotel. For the past eight years he has been General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, overseeing the successful opening and establishment of this award-winning luxury hotel.

Mandarin Oriental
Singapore, Singapore
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Jennifer Yong has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort

Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore have announced the appointment of Jennifer Yong as director of sales and marketing. She joins the resort from Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin, in China. Previously, Ms Yong was the director of sales and marketing at Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ Regional Sales Office in Beijing. Prior to this, she was assistant director of sales at Traders Hotel, Singapore.

Shangri-La
Singapore, Singapore