Stéphane brings with him 25 years of experience in the global luxury hospitality industry, including 6 years in Raffles Hotel Singapore as its Wine Director, from 2009 to 2015.
ITB Asia, 'Asia's Leading Travel Trade Show' is already exceeding expectations on exhibitor numbers, recording a 20.8% increase in new exhibitors signing up for the show, versus the same period last year. This comes after the enormous success of last year's 10thanniversary show which saw record-breaking numbers with 113 countries exhibiting at the event.
The fifth annual Hotelier Awards held a spectacular event on 23rd May 2018, at the Sofitel Singapore City Centre to recognise outstanding individuals' professional excellence across the hospitality sector in Asia.
Francis R. Ledesma, Owner- Marco Polo Davao, was awarded Owner Representative of the Year.
Taking home the "General Manager of the Year" Award for Asia was Matthew Cooper, General Manager- JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square. "Wow what a surprise! On behalf of the associates at Dongdaemun Square, it is not my awards, these guys that I work with are simply stars, they are my family. Tonight I am super proud to work with Marriott International. Everyone thinks it's this big monster company, but deep down we are all about our associates and our families and looking after each other. I would like to shout out to the associates at JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square, they are everything to me. Thank you very much."
Ramzy will be based at the company's Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. He will also be a member of the Asia Pacific executive committee. In this key role, he will oversee all aspects of the group's regional development activities, including leading the Asia Pacific development team in identifying new opportunities to drive growth and strategic expansion of our hotel portfolio.
Dusit International, one of Thailand's foremost hotel and property development companies, has appointed Mr Eric Piatti as General Manager of Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore, the first Dusit-branded property within the country, scheduled to open in Q1 2019.
Kempinski Hotels announces plans to open The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore at Capitol Singapore, the first luxury heritage lifestyle destination in the city-state's downtown Civic District, owned and managed by Singapore-based, Perennial Real Estate Holdings Limited. Comprising three heritage buildings, Capitol Singapore houses the premier shopping and dining destination Capitol Piazza, the iconic Capitol Theatre, the luxurious Eden Residences Capitol and the upcoming The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore.
STR's preliminary April 2018 data for hotels in Singapore indicates performance growth. Based on daily data from April, Singapore reported the following in year-over-year comparisons:
AUSCA the robotic egg chef has clinched M Social Singapore the "Best Business Innovation Award" at the Singapore Tourism Awards 2018.On 17 November 2017, M Social Singapore successfully launched the world's first Front-of-House Autonomous Service Chef Robot prototype, 'AUSCA' to the hospit ality industry.
Based in the WorldHotels' Asia Pacific Singapore Regional Office, Teo joins the company as a senior manager, overseeing hotel development in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining WorldHotels, Teo spent three years at the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, spearheading the property's new events revenue management initiatives. Over the course of his career, Teo has also worked at international chains including the Mandarin Oriental Geneva, Capella Singapore and the Grand Hyatt Singapore. Teo received his Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors) in Hospitality Management from Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland.
Kafnu Taipei, a full-service lifestyle space designed for creators in the heart of Taipei, has successfully reached 100% occupancy for its private offices since opening in January 2018. With a rapidly-growing member ecosystem, Kafnu is expanding its innovative concept across Asia-Pacific, with confirmed properties in Bangalore, Colombo, Ho Chi Minh City, and Sydney opening within the next 12 months.
Sereena Supa'at has been named director of sales and marketing for Six Senses Duxton and Six Senses Maxwell. Six Senses Duxton, the group's first city hotel and first Singapore property, opened on 15 April. With over 15 years' experience in the luxury hospitality sector, Sereena has cultivated and expanded target audiences while delivering top and bottom-line results. Six Senses Singapore, comprising of Six Senses Duxton and Six Senses Maxwell, will be Sereena's fifth and sixth pre-opening hotel projects. At Six Senses she looks forward to setting targets, identifying growing market segments and leading her team by example to build relationships based on respect, loyalty and trust. Prior to joining Six Senses, Sereena spent four years at Patina Capitol Singapore as Director of Sales and Marketing, where she created a highly energized sales culture. She has worked for ultra-luxury hotels and resorts including Patina Hotels and Resorts, Capella Singapore, St. Regis, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, The Fullerton Hotel and Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts. Born and raised in Singapore, Sereena completed her diploma Business Studies and Marketing at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
The most comprehensive international food and hospitality biennial trade event in the region, Food&HotelAsia (FHA) will return in 2020 as two dedicated shows - FHA-HoReCa in early March andFHA-Food & Beverage starting late March.
Frasers Hospitality, a member of Frasers Property Group, is gearing up for Capri by Fraser's latest arrival at China Square Central in 2019. Since the opening of Capri by Fraser, Changi City / Singapore in 2012, the brand has now expanded to 14 cities worldwide with over 3,500 rooms in 16 properties. This has extended its footprint to Brisbane, Barcelona, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Ho Chi Minh City, Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Jakarta, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Singapore and Tokyo[1].
The Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore is taking its luxury family experience to another level. The hotel is now offering a variety of guest rooms, suites and play spaces---geared toward families with children. The rooms and play areas are a veritable Shangri-la for the hotel's youngest guests.
The Republic of Singapore is a metropolitan city-state and island country in Southeast Asia with a total land area of 714.3 square kilometres. It is situated at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula, between Malaysia and Indonesia. With an economy supported by its growing population of approximately 5.6 million, Singapore rose as an economy in the latter half of the 20th century and today serves as a global commerce, finance, and transportation hub.
Anand Nadathur, Group Chief Executive Officer of Singapore-based Next Story Group, today announced two key additions to his executive team in support of the group's ambitious expansion. Next Story Group welcomes Darren Edmonstone as Chief Executive Officer of Next Hotels & Resorts, and Andreas Flaig as Group Chief Development Officer.
Originally from Australia, Darren Edmonstone joins Next Story Group from Outrigger Resorts. As CEO of Next Hotels & Resorts, Darren will be responsible for driving highly customized guest offerings and delivering operational excellence across the Next, Sage, Country Comfort & other hotel brands within the group. Darren will oversee their executive roles from the Singapore headquarters of Next Story Group.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group has appointed Jeane Lim as general manager of PARKROYAL on Pickering. Prior to this appointment, Lim was most recently the general manager of Destination Singapore Beach Road. Her career spans 30 years, where the first 18 was spent with Grand Hyatt Singapore in areas of guest services, business development and sales. Tan then spent the next 12 years with Millennium Hotels & Resorts in various positions such as director of sales and marketing at Copthorne King's Hotel, and vice-president global sales Asia.