Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore, an award-winning luxury serviced apartment in the heart of Singapore's vibrant Central Business District, is pleased to announce that daily stays are available for reservations now. The property has successfully obtained a hotel license whereupon the guests are no longer required to have a minimum of six nights stay.
There has been a number of exciting changes for Regent Singapore this year - the management agreement with Four Seasons was not extended for 2019 (the official last day was 31 December 2018) and the Potiac Land Group (who owns the property) has appointed Capella Hotel Group to manage the hotel this year.
Amadeus has appointed Mieke De Schepper as Executive Vice President for Online Travel and Managing Director for Asia Pacific.De Schepper comes from Egencia, the Travel Management Company of Expedia Group, where she held the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.Previously, De Schepper was the Vice President of Expedia Group's Lodging Partner Solutions in Asia Pacific, responsible for building and managing the hotel relationships in the region.Prior to Expedia Group, she spent 10 years with Phillips Electronics having held various global, regional and local leadership roles in product, marketing and sales.In her new role, De Schepper will be committed to helping online travel agencies, travel media companies and travel start-ups grow their businesses and position Amadeus as the partner of choice in online travel.As part of Amadeus' Travel Channels business, De Schepper will report to Decius Valmorbida.Having lived and worked across the globe including Asia Pacific for the last 14 years, De Schepper will also assume the regional leadership role and will continue to be based in Singapore.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) has announced the latest addition in Singapore, the fourth Holiday Inn Express hotel in this country, Holiday Inn Express Singapore Serangoon. Located within walking distance of Little India heritage area, this contemporary hotel offers comfort, convenience, and the best value for smart travellers for both leisure and business purposes.
HRS (Hospitality & Retail Systems), Oracle Hospitality's largest partner worldwide, has opened their new Regional Headquarters in the AXA Tower, Singapore. This operations hub, located in the heart of Singapore's business district, heralds the beginning of a new development phase for HRS in the Asia Pacific region.
After Singapore's residential and office markets made comebacks, the next property sector to bet on might just be its hotels.
Airbnb has promoted Mike Orgill as general manager of South-east Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Following the highly successful opening of Six Senses Duxton, sister property Six Senses Maxwell is scheduled to open on December 1, 2018. Six Senses Maxwell is the second of two heritage buildings that together form Six Senses Singapore. Split across two buildings and five minutes walking distance away, both are an easy wander apart and add a touch of luxe to the vibrant Chinatown community.
Many Singapore Polytechnic students under the hospitality programme are uninterested in joining the hospitality sector due to its semi-professional nature. The other reasons for not joining the sector include the over stressful and demanding job nature, long working hours, shift work, dealing with unpredictable circumstances in the job environment and having lower starting remuneration when set against other industries.
Following the highly successful launch of 'AUSCA', the world's first Autonomous Service Chef Associate, at M Social Singapore in 2017, Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR), the hotel arm of property giant City Developments Limited (CDL), is pleased to deploy AUSCA to the group's five other Singapore properties—Orchard Hotel Singapore, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, M Hotel Singapore, Studio M Hotel Singapore and Copthorne King's Hotel Singapore—by end November 2018.
M Social Singapore is delighted to announce the appointment of Louis Tan as Head Chef of Beast & Butterflies, with effect from October 1st, 2018. With an accomplished culinary background that spans 17 years of experience at dining establishments across Australia and Singapore, Chef Louis brings with him a diverse resume of stints at various hotels, resorts and restaurants. He joins M Social Singapore from his prior role as Head Chef at one of the concepts under The Lo & Behold Group.
Far East Hospitality, a leading operator of hotels and serviced residences in Singapore, announced, last week that it will open three properties on Sentosa island in 2019.
The inaugural Direct Booking Summit: Asia-Pacific will take place in The Fullerton Hotel Singapore on February 27-28. The event, hosted by Triptease, will bring together hoteliers from across the region to discuss practical strategies to increase the number of bookings that come directly through the hotel website (as opposed to through online travel agents, or 'OTAs'). The conference will specifically address regional challenges such as the problem of rogue wholesale rates, mobile UX challenges and the struggle to maintain rate parity in a fragmented OTA market.
Raffles Hotel Singapore has commenced accepting reservations for stays commencing 1 August 2019 onwards, ahead of its reopening in mid-2019.
Nor1, the leader in upgrade, upsell, and merchandising technology is proud to announce and welcome Sandra Tye as Regional Director, Business Development, APAC. Ms. Tye, based in Nor1's Singapore office, will be responsible for expanding and strengthening Nor1's relationships with industry partners throughout APAC.
An accomplished hotelier with over 20 years of experience, Getzova has held various general manager and leadership roles across luxury and boutique hotels in New York, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge in luxury hotel operations, strategy and business acumen. InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay is her first foray into Asia.
Hilton Singapore welcomes new Executive Chef Kazi Hassan who brings over 15 years of international culinary experiences from various acclaimed establishments, five-star hotels and Michelin-starred restaurant across Australia, Middle East and Asia. Born in Bangladesh and raised in Australia at a very young age, Hassan proclaims himself a modern Australian Chef yet holds true to his Bangladeshi roots with a penchant for spices and aromatic flavours. Hassan will be at helm of all culinary aspects of Hilton Singapore, from menu enhancements to efficient kitchen operations including six F&B outlets, room service, large banquet and outside catering events together with his kitchen brigade of over 80 chefs. Grown and trained in Melbourne, Hassan started his culinary journey back in 2002 and spent over six years in Australia honing his skills at large banquet operations catering for up to 2,500 guests. In 2008, Hassan decided to broaden his culinary horizons and travel to Doha, Qatar as a Chef de Cuisine at Market Restaurant, inspired by one of the world's most famous two Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. After his two-year tenure in Doha, Hassan returned to Sydney as an Executive Sous Chef at Sheraton on the Park Hotel. His first tenure in South East Asia started with Hilton in Kuala Lumpur as Executive Sous Chef, where he oversaw a brigade of over 200 chefs and stewards across ten F&B outlets. His last posting before Hilton Singapore was with Hilton Colombo in Sri Lanka as an Executive Chef where he successfully oversaw the master plan to redesign the hotel's F&B offerings that resulted in the successful opening of Graze Kitchen; an international cuisine concept restaurant.
Kitmun Fung oversees the development of new projects and sourcing new deals in the Asia Pacific region for Dream Hotel Group and its portfolio of lifestyle brands: Dream Hotels, Time Hotels, The Chatwal and Unscripted Hotels. Fung brings a broad background in business strategy, finance, and mergers & acquisitions to Dream Hotel Group with nearly 10 years working in financial services, and another decade of hospitality experience. Fung most recently served as Director of Development (Greater China) at Hilton Worldwide, where she played an instrumental role in executing Hilton's Greater China development strategy. Fung also worked with Raffles International, where she worked on mergers & acquisitions and development for Raffles' European operations. Fung also held positions with Intraco Ltd., Daimler-Benz, and Merrill Lynch International Bank. Fung received her Master of Administration from the University of Hong Kong and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Business from Nanyang Technological University.
Following the highly successful opening of Six Senses Duxton, sister property Six Senses Maxwell is scheduled to open on December 1, 2018. Six Senses Maxwell is the second of two heritage buildings that together form Six Senses Singapore. Split across two buildings and five minutes walking distance away, both are an easy wander apart and add a touch of luxe to the vibrant Chinatown community.
View in a web browserPan Pacific Hotels Group Kurt Otto Wehinger appointed General Manager of Pan Pacific SingaporePan Pacific Hotels Group - Oct 01, 2018 17:29 +08An accomplished hotelier, Kurt brings a wealth of hospitality experience spanning Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the USA