The latest appointments – Asia
TIMOTHY SOPER has become Hilton’s new Vice President of Operations for Japan, Korea & Micronesia. The move marks the latest stage in Soper’s 25-year Hilton career, which has included spells as GM of the Hilton Tokyo Bay and Vice President of Operations for Greater China.
BRUCE McKENZIE has been named as Hilton’s new Senior Vice President of Operations for Greater China & Mongolia. McKenzie previously worked in the same role for IHG, and has also held senior roles with Mirvac and Choice Hotels in Australia.
CINDY TAN has been appointed as TripAdvisor’s Vice President of Display Advertising Sales for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She joins the online travel site from BBC Worldwide, where she spent seven years as Regional Director for Southeast Asia and China.
KEVIN FURRER has been appointed General Manager of the Swissôtel Resort Phuket. Furrer has been with Swissôtel since 2004, most recently as Acting General Manager at Swissôtel Nai Lert Park, Bangkok. He has also worked at hotels in Berlin and Osaka.
PUANGTHIP CHOTIPANTAWANON has been named as the new Director of Operations for the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Khun Mam, as she is better known, was previously Senior Manager of Events Management at Bangkok’s Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.
BIBIANA LAU has been announced as the new Senior Director of Sales at Suntec Singapore. Ms Lau joined the convention and exhibition centre in November 2006 as Senior Manager in the convention and special events department. She was previously Director of Sales.
DANIEL ANG has been promoted to the position of Senior Director of Operations at Suntec Singapore. Ang moves up from his previous role as Director of Operations. He joined Suntec Singapore in June 2005 and was responsible for securing events such as ITB Asia.
ALFRED SPIELER has been named Director of Food & Beverage at the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket. Spieler has more than 25 years of culinary experience with Hilton and Marriott. He previously served as Director of Food & Beverage at the Marriott Nanning in China.