STAFF APPOINTMENTS w/e 28 August 08
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YIM CHOON HING has been appointed Millennium & Copthorne Hotels’ (M&C) new Chief Operating Officer – Asia. Yim joins M&C with 29 years of hospitality industry experience with Omni Hotels, Pan Pacific and Meritus. Most recently Yim was Senior Vice President of Operations at Meritus.
SCOTT BOYES has been announced as Accor’s new Regional General Manager for Victoria & Tasmania, as the hotel giant expands in Australia. Boyes had previous held the same role for South Australia and the Northern Territory regions.
Amadeus has announced two new appointments as it extends its Business Solutions Group in Asia Pacific:
LISA AKEROYD has been appointed to the new role of Regional Director for Corporate Solutions in Asia Pacific. Akeroyd previously headed up Amadeus’ Travel Services business.
SHELL LIM, who previously managed the Amadeus Airline Direct Channel, is now Regional Director, IT Sales, for the Business Solutions Group.
WESSEL KRAUSS has been appointed as the new General Manager of URBN Hotels and Resort new Shanghai property. Dutch-national Krauss has previously worked with major hotel groups Accor, IHG and Raffles-Fairmont.
DORIS XU has taken over the role Director of Sales & Marketing at the Crowne Plaza Paragon Xiamen. Xu arrives at Crowne Plaza from her previous role as DOSM at the Holiday Inn Shifu Guangzhou.
CHARLIE MILLER has been named as Boeing’s new Vice President of International Corporate Communications. Based in London, Miller will be reporting to Senior VP Communications, Tom Downey. Prior to his new appointment, Miller had been spearheading Boeing’s communication efforts in Europe and the Middle East.
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