TDA APPOINTMENTS w/e 28 July 2011
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GEORGE TANASIJEVICH has been appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of Marina Bay Sands. Tanasijevich is also the Managing Director of Global Development for Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of the Singapore integrated resort.
MARC HEDIGER has been named Chief Executive Officer of Lanson Place Hospitality Management Limited. Hediger has 30 years’ experience and arrives at Lanson from New World Hospitality where he was Senior Vice President of Product & Development.
JACK ANDERSON has been announced as Crystal Cruises’ new Senior Vice President of Marketing & Sales. Anderson most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Sales & Public Relations at The Yachts of Seabourn.
BENNY ZIN has been named as the new Chief Operating Officer of Marina Bay Sands.
Zin most recently served as Marina Bay Sands’ interim COO and was formerly Vice President for Conventions and Exhibitions, driving the company’s MICE strategy.
EDWIN BRIELS has been named as Khiri Travel Group’s first General Manager for Myanmar. Briels, who has previous experience in the country with Air Mandalay and Exotissimo Travel, will head up the company’s new office in Yangon.
REID RIDGWAY has been named as the Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) new Regional Director for Asia. Prior to joining PATA, Ridgway was a Senior Communications Officer for a UN FAO project, working with eight Asian governments.
STUART LLOYD has taken up the role of Senior Director – Marketing and Membership Services for the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Lloyd was most recently as Director of Worldsmith360, a Thailand-based tourism marketing consultancy.
NIGEL FISHER has been appointed General Manager of the soon-to-open Marco Polo Lingnan Tiandi Foshan, China. Fisher previously worked with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Four Seasons Sydney and the Tanjung Rhu Resort in Malaysia.
ROBERT ATLEE has been named General Manager of the Novotel Bangkok Fenix Silom. Atlee joined Accor in 1999, and has had spells as the pre-opening GM of the Pullman Guiyang in China, and as GM of the Mercure Palm Resort in Johor Bahru.
JAY KRISHNAN has been appointed as Boeing’s new Communications Director for Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Ms Krishnan has more than 10 years’ experience, with a spell with Grayling PR where she handled the Embraer and Rolls-Royce accounts.
MANEEPORN KOATKHAO has taken the role of Area Director of Sales MICE – Thailand for Anantara. A Thai national, Ms Koatkhao has more than five years’ experience, including spells at Conrad Bangkok and Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok.
ATICHA PASAPRATES has been announced as the new Director of Sales & Marketing for Rasananda Resort & Spa Phangan, which will join Anantara in November 2011. Ms Pasaprate joins Anantara from InterContinental Hotels Group.
URIP WIEDODO has been appointed Director of Operations at the Hansar Samui. An Indonesian national, Wiedodo has extensive experience with the Oberoi group in India and Indonesia and spent the last five years at Cambodia’s Hotel de la Paix.
KAMUTPORN CHAIWONG has been announced has the new Director of Sales & Marketing for Anantara Hua Hin Resort & Spa. A Thai national, Ms Chaiwong was most recently Director of Sales for VIE Hotel Bangkok and V Villas Hua Hin.
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