Staff Appointments w/e 21 January 2010
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CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN has been named General Manager of Grand Mercure Xidan Beijing. Duncan knows the Chinese hotel industry well, having previously worked at the Crowne Plaza Maanshan in Anhui province, Sofitel Silver Plaza Jinan.
MICHEL TARIDE has been appointed President of Hertz International. Taride, who is based at the company’s headquarters in London, was previously Executive Vice President of the car rental giant. He has served with Hertz for the past 13 years.
IRENE YUN LIEN LEE has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director with Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. Ms Lee is the Chairman of Keybridge Capital Limited and a member of the Australian Government Takeovers Panel.
JEFF STRACHAN has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the Middle East & Africa for Marriott International. Based in Dubai, Strachan previously served as Area Marketing Director for the same region.
GARY DODDS has been appointed Regional Vice President of Human Resources for the Middle East & Africa, with Marriott International. Previously, he was Vice President of Human Resources for the United Kingdom, Middle East & Africa, based in London.
LEE SHAVE has been named as the new Chief Operating Officer of Wataniya Airways, Kuwait’s premium service airline. Shave has worked with several major airlines, including British Airways SWISS, Qatar Airways and Gulf Air.
RICHARD CUSHING has been announced as the new Vice President, OnTouchTM Program Management, with GuestLogix Inc, the onboard store technology provider to the travel industry. Cushing previously spent nine years with British Airways.
ANA DE PRO has been named as the new Chief Financial Officer of Amadeus. Ana A Spanish national, Ms de Pro has previously held positions with Arthur Andersen, Metrovacesa and Sacyr Vallehermoso.
DANNY WONG has been appointed Hotel Manager of the Meritus Mandarin Singapore. Wong has been with the hotel since 1986, having been Director of Project Services, Director of Rooms, Executive Assistant Manager and Director of Food & Beverage.
ERIC YEO CHENG LENG has been named as the new Executive Chinese Chef at the Meritus Mandarin Singapore. With more than 20 years’ experience Chef Eric has most recently Executive Chinese Chef of the Tang Dian Wang Shanghai Restaurant.
DESMOND TAN has been announced the new General Manager of Grand Park Kunming. With over 18 years of experience, Tan joined the hotel two years ago as Hotel Manager and will continue to oversee day-to-day operations.
IAN SUTEDJO has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort, Lombok. Sutedjo has been with Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Indonesia for six years, including the Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali.
GIORDANO FAGGIOLI has been appointed as Executive Chef of the AYANA Resort & Spa Bali. Chef Giordano has more than 20 years’ experience in luxury hotels, including Executive Chef positions with St Regis and Four Seasons properties.
DANIEL SMITH has been appointed Director of Food & Beverage for the Holiday Inn Male. Smith arrives in the Maldives from the Crowne Plaza Queenstown, New Zealand, and was part of the pre-opening team at the Holiday Inn Wellington.
PANPATH KANLAYA has been appointed to the position of Group Director of Sales for the Burasari Group. Kanlaya previously worked for Banyan Tree Bangkok and Sheraton Hua Hin, and is also studying for a PhD.
JACKSON FERGUSON has been appointed Marketing Manager at The Rembrandt Hotel & Towers, Bangkok. Ferguson joined the Rembrandt last year as an E-Commerce Executive.
SIMON PRESS has been announced as the new Exhibition Director for the World Travel Market (WTM). Press has been with Reed Exhibitions for three years working as Exhibition Director on WTM’s sister exhibition, the Arabian Travel Market.
NIELS STEEMAN has been appointed General Manager of The Destination Co Ltd, the Asian online travel company. Steeman has more than 17 years of sales, marketing and business development experience in the tourism and hospitality industry.
RUNG-AROON KUMPALANUWAT has been named as the new Director of Thailand Cluster Sales Wholesales for the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). She has previous experience with Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Four Seasons.
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