Staff Appointments w/e 28 January 2010
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MASARU ONISHI has been elected as President of Japan Airlines Corporation (JALS), the holding company of JAL. Onishi, who joined JAL in 1978, will also be assigned the role of Chief Operating Officer. He was previously President of Japan Air Commuter.
HISAO TAGUCHI has been announced as the new Executive Vice President of Japan Airlines Group and Japan Airlines International. Taguchi was previously serving as an executive officer in charge of JAL’s operations in the Kyushu region.
IAN LAURANCE has been named as the new Chairman of the Perth Convention Bureau. Laurance, who recently stepped down as Chairman of Australia’s North West Tourism, accepted an invitation to join the Bureau’s Board as a Consultative Director.
MIKA KOPONEN has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Technical Services, Asia Pacific, with Carlson Hotels Worldwide. Koponen assumes the new role after almost two years as Carlson’s Senior Director of Technical Services.
BERNHARD BOHNENBERGER has been appointed Deputy Chairman of Six Senses Mauritius. Bohnenberger, who joined Six Senses in 1991 and is the company’s longest serving executive, will continue in his current role of Managing Director of Six Senses.
NEIL SWANN has been appointed as General Manager of leading travel consulting firm Asia Tourism (ATR). Swann, who will be based in Shanghai, has over 30 years’ experience in international tourism sales and marketing.
ROJJANA FRANZKE has been announced as the new Executive Assistant Manager of the Sheraton Pattaya Resort. Ms Franzke arrives from the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, where she held the position of Rooms Manager.
MATTHEW HORVAT has been promoted to the position of Area General Manager, Perth, for the Rendezvous Hospitality Group. In this new role, Horvat will lead the management teams of RHG’s two Perth properties.
ANDY MA has been announced as the new Resident Manager of Grand Park Wuxi in China. Ma will assume the responsibility of running the daily operations including Finance, Marketing, Customer Service and Human Resource management.
KARANEE SUANBUDH has been appointed Assistant Director of Sales for the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, a Luxury Collection hotel. Ms Suanbudh’s has held management roles with the InterContinental Bangkok, and the Holiday Inn Bangkok.
ERIC POUTOT has been named as Executive Chef of the Holiday Inn Male, in the Maldives. Chef Eric has worked in five-star hotel kitchens with hotel groups including Hyatt International and Swissotel as well as InterContinental Hotels Group.
UWE HABERMEHL has been appointed Executive Chef for The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. With more than 20 years’ experience in Europe and Australia, Chef Uwe has been with the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre since 1998.
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