Staff Appointments w/e 14 January 2010
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ROBERTO HUKOM has been appointed as Etihad Airways’ new Country Manager for the Philippines. Hukom has worked in aviation for almost 30 years holding the position of Commercial Manager for the Philippines with Gulf Air since 1986.
SARINYA TIYAPHORN has been appointed Assistant Managing Director of the Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta, Thailand. Educated in Switzerland, Ms Sarinya has training at hotels across Thailand, including The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok.
CRAIG WOOD has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Accor Vacation Club. Wood has served as Chief Operating Officer at Accor Vacation Club for close to two years and has over 20 years in the holiday ownership industry.
MARK HEATHER has been announced as the new Regional Managing Director - India for Absolute Hotel Services Co Ltd, effective 1 February 2010. Heather was previously General Manager of Eastin Hotel Makkasan Bangkok. He will be based in Mumbai.
NOORAZZUDIN OMAR has been appointed General Manager of the Impiana Resort & Spa Phuket. Omar, who has almost 17 years industry experience, moves from Impiana Resort & Spa Samui where he served as Resort Manager.
FRANCIS CHUNG has been named as the new Director – Corporate Sales & Marketing for Impiana Hotels Resorts & Spa. Prior to joining Impiana Group, Chung was an investment banker and held several senior roles in multinationals companies.
SABINE HANSEN PECK has been appointed Vice President of Human Resources for Amadeus. Ms Hansen Peck joins Amadeus from Citigroup where she was Head of Human Resources, Europe, Middle East & Africa for the Global Consumer Group.
J. GREGORY LAND has been appointed Senior Vice President, Americas for RADIUS. Prior to this new role, Land held the position of Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Distribution over 11 hotel brands in the Wyndham Hotel Group.
RICHARD MARGO has been appointed Director of Operations at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa. Margo brings over 20 years’ experience to the role, most recently serving as Executive Assistant Manager at Le Meridien Amman in Jordan.
VIVI MARIA has been appointed General Manager of Buaya Travel. Ms Maria will also retain her role as Finance & Accounting Manager of PT Buaya Travel Indonesia, the corporate group covering ASIABEDS, Buaya Travel and LUX2asia.
SURESH MENON has been announced as the new Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Amari. Prior to joining Amari, Menon was Senior Vice President of HR at Atlantis Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. He has 28 years experience in HR roles.
SURAPAN SOMTHAI has been appointed General Manager for Eastin Hotel Makkasan Bangkok. With over 25 years of hospitality experience in Thailand, Surapan joins from U Chiang Mai where he also held the position of General Manager.
ALLAN KALFABUN has been appointed Sales & Marketing Manager of Le Lagon Resort Vanuatu. Kalfabun brings over 10 years of tourism experience to the role, including destination marketing, aviation, hospitality and tour operations.
SANDRA LUCERO has been appointed LAN Airlines’ Business Analyst for Australian and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Ms Lucero will support the LAN sales and marketing teams through analysis and ad-hoc studies of existing and potential markets.
SIMON P. RINDLISBACHER has been announced as the new Hotel Manager of the Rembrandt Hotel & Towers, Bangkok. Rindlisbacher joined the Rembrandt three years ago as the Executive Assistant Manager and Resident Manager.
CRAIG MOYES has been appointed as Reed Travel Exhibitions’ (RTE) new Group Exhibition Director for the global Meetings & Events portfolio. Moyes was previously Exhibition Director of World Travel Market (WTM), a position he held since 2006.
SPECNCER KELLS have been named as Director of Kitchens at the Sheraton Pattaya Resort. A UK national, Kells has accumulated over 20 years’ cooking experience most recently at the Millennium Hilton Bangkok.
FEDERICO MANTOANI has been appointed Executive Assistant Manager of the Grand Hyatt Muscat. Federico has been the Director of F&B at the hotel since July 2006, prior to which he worked in various Hyatt Hotels & Resorts worldwide.
SILVANO AMOLINI has been appointed Executive Chef at the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket. The Italian-born chef from the province of Lecco was once a Junior Sous Chef at Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket in 1993. He returns to lead a prestige team of 60.
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