The latest appointments – Asia
TAREQ BAGAEEN has been promoted to the position of Area Director of Sales & Marketing for Bangkok and Laos, with Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts. Bagaeen joined the company from Hyatt in January 2011 as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Banyan Tree Bangkok.
EDWARD KWEK has been named as the Melbourne Convention Bureau’s (MCB) new Regional Sales Director for South Asia, based in Singapore. Kwek joins the MCB from the Institute of Technical Education where he was Section Head for Leisure & Travel Operations.
JESSICA CHANG has been announced as the Melbourne Convention Bureau’s (MCB) new Regional Sales Director for North Asia, based in Shanghai. Ms Chang has previously held the role of Director of the MICE Project Office at the Bureau of Foreign Trade in Taiwan.
BHUMIBAT KUNNARAT has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at The Sarann resort in Koh Samui. A Thai national, Bhumibat has more than 12 years’ experience in international hospitality, most recently as Group Director of Sales for Bandara Hotels & Resorts.
YUVARAT TRAISUTRAMPORND has been named as the new Director of Event & Convention Management at the Dusit Thani Pattaya. A Thai national, Ms Yuvarat joins the 457-room hotel following spells with Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok and The Peninsula Bangkok.
HEMANT DADLANI has been appointed Executive Chef at the Pangkor Laut Resort, Malaysia. Chef Hemant has experience in several luxury hotels, including the Fairmont in Bermuda, Oberoi Hotels in India, and more recently, the Rosewood Hotel in the British Virgin Islands.