Staff Appointments w/e 01 April 2010
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MICHEL HORN has been appointed Vice President of Operations for Centara Hotels & Resorts. Horn was previously GM of Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, and he will continue to oversee operations at the hotel.
PETER CARMICHAEL has been announced as the new Senior Vice President of Anantara. A Canadian national, Carmichael joins from the Intercontinental Hotel Group where he held the position of Vice President of Operations – South East Asia & Maldives.
KEES HARTZUIKER has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Rixos Hotels. He arrives at the Turkey-based international hotel group from Hilton Worldwide, where he held several senior positions, most recently Vice President of Operations - Asia.
KERSTIN POETZSCH has been named as Director of Leisure Sales - Europe, for Carlson Hotels. Based in the company’s Singapore corporate office, Ms Poetzsch will be responsible for driving sales to the Asia Pacific region from source markets in Europe.
BAGUS Y. SIREGAR has been named as Garuda Indonesia’s new Senior General Manager for South West Pacific, based in Sydney. Siregar has worked for Garuda for 23 years, including roles as Cargo Development Manager and Marketing Director for Indonesia.
ROBERT J. GERBER has been appointed General Manager of the Regal Riverside Hotel, Hong Kong. He will also assume the role of Group Director of Projects. Prior to joining Regal, Mr. Gerber was the GM for the New World Hotel, Dalian, China.
DORIS GREIF has been appointed as General Manager of the Jumeirah Etihad Towers, which will open in Abu Dhabi in 2011. A German national, Ms Greif returns to Jumeirah where she previously served as GM of Jumeirah Beach Club Resort & Spa.
ANDY CUTHBERT has been announced as the new General Manager of the Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai. Cuthbert has been with Jumeirah Group for 10 years, working as Director of Operations for Jumeirah Hospitality.
IAN BARROW has been appointed General Manager of the soon-to-open Doubletree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur. Barrow has 15 years of specialist hotel opening experience, including properties in Shanghai, Dhaka, Kathmandu and various cities in Indonesia.
LEO FRANKEL has been announced as the new Business Development Manager of the Doubletree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur. He has over eight years of experience in the hotel industry, most recently serving as Revenue Manager at the Hilton Shanghai.
ANDREW KHOO has been announced as the new General Manager of the Hard Rock Hotel Bali. A Singaporean national, Khoo previously managed the rebranding of the Concorde Hotel in Singapore, from its previous Le Meridien branding.
KARLO BUER has been named Captain of the Seabourn Sojourn. The Yachts of Seabourn vessel debuts in June 2010. Capt. Buer has served as Captain on all Seabourn yachts over the past 19 years, including Seabourn Odyssey in 2009.
CRAIG DOUGLAS has been named as the new General Manager of La Residence Hotel and Spa in Hue, Vietnam. An Australian national, Douglas most recently served as General Manager at the SALA Samui Resort and Spa, Koh Samui.
VACHARAVICH TASANAROUNGRONG has been appointed Director of Training at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, a Luxury Collection hotel. Vacharavich joins the hotel from Le Meridien Chiang Rai, where he served as Human Resources Manager.
MATHIAS OLSSON has been appointed as Executive Sous Chef at the Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa. A Swedish national, Chef Mathias worked as Executive Chef for the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor in Cambodia, before taking on this new assignment.
STEPHEN SECKOLD has been appointed Chef de Cuisine at The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali. Chef Stephen has worked in kitchens in London, Sydney, Botswana and most recently at the Sheraton Fiji Resort.
MONICA PEREZ has been announced as the new Sales Senior Manager – Australia and New Zealand, for LAN Airlines. Ms Perez, who has been with the Chilean carrier for seven years, most recently serving as Business Development Senior Manager in Brazil.
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