Hotel investment and management company Presidian Hotels & Resorts names Jeremy Day as chief operating officer. He is responsible for the operations of all hotels in the Presidian portfolio as
Grand Hyatt Taipei names Sammy Carolus as general manager. He was previously GM of the Hyatt Regency Hua Hin in Thailand.
Virgin Hotels names Alex Andjel as vice president of development. Based in London, he will oversee the brand’s expansion into Europe.
Hoping to acquire two or three properties per
Dusit International appoints Lim Boon Kwee as chief operating officer. Based in the company’s Bangkok headquarters, he oversees the operations of Dusit’s global portfolio of hotels and resorts
Andrew Turner has been appointed managing director of Rosewood Phuket, which will open the first quarter of 2017 as the first Asia resort for ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotels & Resorts®
Philip Schaetz
Marco Polo Hotels names Philip Schaetz as vice president, sales & marketing, succeeding Jennifer Cronin who was promoted to president of the company last month.
Schaetz was most
Gunilla Rudebjer is stepping down as CFO of Scandic Hotels Group. The process to recruit a successor has begun and Rudebjer will remain at Scandic until August 31, 2016.
Marco Polo Hotels appoints Kitty Liu as Regional Director of Sales, Shanghai for the hotel group.
Previously holding the position of Assistant Director of Sales – Regional Sales Office for Park
Hyatt, a subsidiary of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, has been named to the 2016 FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list, an annual ranking of companies with outstanding workplace cultures.