The latest industry appointments
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CHIN YAU SENG will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Airways Holding on 1 November 2011, succeeding Tony Davis. Chin was formerly the CEO of Silk Air and has more than 15 years service in the Singapore Airlines Group.
CHRIS BUCHHOLZ has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of HongKong Jet. Previously the CEO of Metrojet, Buchholz lead the company for five years in which time the fleet expanded from one aircraft to more than 20.
MARLENE SANAU takes over as the new General Manager for Lufthansa Australia, this month. Ms Sanau has worked for Lufthansa for 23 years in various sales roles including Regional District Sales Manager in South Africa.
ALAN PORTEOUS has joined Absolute Hotel Services Group as the new General Manager of Romana Resort & Spa Mui Ne, Vietnam. Porteous is back in hotel management having bought a Queensland resort in 2008 and turning it around for resale.
NILS-ARNE SCHROEDER is the new General Manager at Hilton Worldwide’s Conrad Seoul. With the hotel set to open in March 2011, Schroeder’s experience of leading hotel openings in Malaysia, South Korea and China, will come in useful.
TIM JAMES is the new Regional Director of Sales for the United Kingdom & Ireland for EZyield. James spent eight years as Director of Sales for Travelclick where he was responsible for growing the region by 400%.
JASON LIN has been named the new Director of Sales, Hong Kong & South China for Worldhotels Asia Pacific. Lin has worked with various hotel brands including Mandarin Oriental, Novotel and Marco Polo Hotels in his 23-year career.
SIMON ETCHELLS has been appointed as Vice President, EMEA at Hotelzon. Etchells has held senior sales marketing and business development roles with global blue chip companies such as Nokia and Microsoft prior to joining Hotelzon.
RONI HUTTUNEN will be responsible for business development and sales in the Nordic region as Vice President, Nordics at Hotelzon. Huttunen previously worked for SAS Group’s Corporate Sales in Finland as Sales Director.
VIPUL KAMBOJ continues at the Leela Kempinski Gurgaon as Director of Sales and Marketing after heading sales during the pre-opening phase. In his career, Kamboj has worked at different destinations around India with Marriott.
RACHNA SHARMA joins Lebua Hotels and Resorts as Regional Director of Sales, India. Rachna has worked in sales and marketing roles with reputed hotel chains such as the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces and The Imperial New Delhi.
CHRISTOPHER KUCWAY will become Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia’s new Editor-in-Chief, promoted from Deputy Editor. Kucway spent seven years as the Editor of Thai Airways’ in-flight magazine and almost a decade at Business Traveller Asia-Pacific.
SUSANNA LI is the new Resident Manager of Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore. She joins the resort from Shangri-La Hotel Qingdao, where she held a similar position as Director of F&B. Ms Li has worked in hotels across China since 1986.
YOSHI MURANAKA takes over the kitchen at zuma Hong Kong as Executive Chef. After completing an apprenticeship at Osaka’s Kagairo, Chef Yoshi has worked in zuma hotels across the world, designing new menus as he goes.
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