Staff Appointments w/e 22 January 09
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DR. ZINAN LIU has been appointed Manager Director - China with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. A travel industry veteran Dr. Liu will oversee all commercial and operational activities for three of the company’s brands, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises. Prior to joining Royal Caribbean, he served as Director of Sales and Account Management for the Hogg Robinson Group.
FRANCIS ZIMMERMAN has been appointed General Manager of the Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa. Canadian national Zimmerman has held leadership roles in Bangkok from 2000-2003. Prior to this appointment, he was the General Manager of Le Meridien Jakarta, where he served since 2003.
REBECCA NICOL has been announced as the new Director International Marketing for Tourism Western Australia. Ms Nicol has 20 years experience in tourism and marketing including the US, Canada and Latin America. Her most recent position was at Virgin Blue’s V Australia, where she developed marketing plans for the airline’s launch into the US market.
WILLIAM COSTLEY has been appointed General Manager of the Hilton Kuala Lumpur. With 24 years of hospitality experience, starting in the finance side of operations, Costley has worked in major cities of UK and Middle East for international hotel chains including Hilton.
JOACHIM KREISEL has been announced as the Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok’s new Executive Chef. German national Kreisel was most recently the Executive Sous Chef at The Westin Hotel in Sydney. Prior to that, he worked with Sheraton on the Park as its Banquet Sous Chef.
ROBIN MIDDLETON has been appointed Etihad Airways’ Regional General Manager for the Americas. Middleton, who joined Etihad in November 2008, has more than 20 years experience in the aviation industry in a wide range of roles and previously worked for British Airways, Qantas and Gulf Air.
STEVEN GREENWAY has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer with Jazeera Airways. Greenway has previously worked for aviation giants such as Sky Europe Airlines, Virgin Blue, OAG Worldwide, Virgin Atlantic, and Qantas Airways. Source: CAPA.
ZHANG YANLING has been announced as the new Chairman of of the Board of BOC Aviation. Ms Zhang has served as Executive Vice President of BOC since March 2002. Source: CAPA.
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