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Frankson Lee has been appointed as General Manager at InterContinental Beijing Financial Street

Lee landed in Beijing earlier this month directly from InterContinental Hong Kong. Since then, the native of Singapore has been adapting instantly into the culture of this historical and vibrant city. He sees Beijing's culture as playing a vital role in the successful running of a hotel. Lee started his career in hospitality as a trainee at Le Meridien Singapore in 1994 after graduating from hotel school. Later he joined Shangri-la Hotels Group and worked in Singapore, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Tokyo. In 2009, he worked as hotel manager and acting general manager at Mandarin Oriental Sanya before he joined InterContinental Hotels Group in 2010, as resident manager of InterContinental Hong Kong.

IHG
Beijing, China
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Alex kassatly has been appointed as General Manager at The Conrad Beijing

Prior to joining Conrad Beijing, Kassatly held various general managerpositions at Fairmont hotels in Montreal, Quebec City and The Plaza Hotel in New York City. As Hilton Worldwide reported, in 2007, he was transferred from Canada to Cairo to spearhead Fairmont's move to the Egyptian capital, overseeing the renovation and opening of the Fairmont Towers Heliopolis. He then moved to Asia as area general manager for Raffles hotels in Cambodia. Prior to his current appointment, Mr.Kassatly wasgeneral manager of Grand Millennium Dubai. Mr. Kassatly studied hospitality at Montreal's Concordia University and Cornell in New York, later graduated from the Advanced Management Program for the Hospitality Industry at the University of Guelph in Ontario. He is also a member of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs and L'Amicale des Sommeliers and throughout the years has been involved with many charity organizations at the fundraising and board level.

Hilton
Beijing, China
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Lily Ng has been appointed as President at Caesars Global Living's Asian Operations

Prior to joining Caesars Global Living, Ng was Executive Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, China, and led one of its fastest-growing advisory practices. Under her leadership, the practice was voted Best Consulting Organization by World Hotel Association (2008 & 2011) and Best Hospitality Service Institution of Asia by AHF Hotel International Hotel Investment Summit (2011). Her career spans hotel operations, advisory roles, investment assessments and underwriting for principal investors. She has held positions in Fortune 500 companies including Hilton Hotels Corporation, Security Capital Group (later acquired by GE Capital) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hong Kong). She has been involved in more than USD 300 billion worth of hotel assets throughout China, Asia and the United States and serviced a wide spectrum of hotel investors and owners. In China alone, she has assessed more than 300 projects in over 60 cities across the country.

Caesars
Shanghai, China