 Amari
Don Muang Airport Hotel, Bangkok has promoted Mark Bulmer to the
post of general manager. He was formerly executive assistant manager for
the same property. With a Bachelor's degree in hotel management from La
Trobe University Australia, Bulmer has over 10 years of experience gained
in Australia, the South Pacific and Southeast Asia |
| Rajat Chatterjee has been appointed as the
general manager of the Goa Marriott. In his position, he will be responsible
for the overall operation of the 188-room resort. Prior to this, he was
general manager of Courtyard by Marriott in Chennai. He has a long work
history with the Marriott group as well as the Oberoi group |
 Peter
Gowers has been appointed as the chief executive, Asia Pacific region
for the InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. His new position will come into
effect from November 1, 2007. He is currently chief marketing officer (CMO)
and will remain on the executive committee of IHG |
 Tony
South will resume his responsibilities as senior vice president, (development
and asset management), for the Asia Pacific after October 30, 2007 |
| Kirk Kinsell will join as the president, Europe
Middle East and Africa for IHG and will join the executive committee on
his appointment due on September 1, 2007. He is currently the senior vice
president, (chief development officer) for the Americas region. Kinsell
has an extensive experience both inside and outside the hospitality industry,
and was the driving force behind IHG's hotel development in Americas |
 Pariva
Rustagi has been appointed as the new director (sales and marketing)
for The Grand New Delhi. Previously she has worked with properties like
The Imperial Hotel, Shangri La Hotel, InterContinental the Grand and The
Oberoi, New Delhi |
 Saurabh
Verma has been appointed as the new associate director (front office)
for The Grand New Delhi. Verma has a wide experience gained at such hotels
as InterContinental the Grand, Hotel Radisson and Hotel Le Meridien |
 Satish
Mohan has been appointed as the new associate director (training) for
The Grand, New Delhi. Mohan has an experience of 13 years in management
and academic experience gained at Shangri La Hotel, New Delhi and at the
Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, New Delhi |
| Mövenpick Hotel Bur Dubai has promoted Katie
Harvey to the role of manager (public relations). Prior to the promotion
Harvey held the post of an executive (public relations and marketing). In
her new role as public relations manager, she will be responsible for further
development in the existing communication strategies to ensure continued
success for the hotel |
| Corinthia Hotels International (CHI) has appointed
a new sales and marketing structure for the Malta-based management company
that operates the Corinthia, Wyndham and Ramada Plaza brands across Europe,
Africa and the Middle ast.Vanessa Coleiro has been appointed as the
director (marketing); Vivienne Willison has been appointed as the
director (sales & key accounts); Manuel Briffa has been appointed
as the director (public relations); Shawn Pisani has been appointed
as the director (outbound sales & events); Chris Scicluna has
been appointed as the director (revenue) and Joseph Cilia as director
(Management Information Systems) |
 Chef
Pierre Burgade has joined The Imperial as the executive chef. Training
will be a paramount objective for him, to add a new dimension to his learning
process by discovering and enjoying the hospitality India is famed for.
He also intends to raise the profile of The Imperial in India and internationally.
Before joining The Imperial Chef Burgade was an
executive chef at The Oberoi, Mauritius. He has also worked at Raffles
Singapore, Peninsula Bangkok and Thailand. where his major responsibility
was to develop and maintain high standards of fine
|
| Rishi Puri has been appointed as the general
manager of The Lotus Suites Ecotel, Mumbai. As part of his responsibilities
he has to take care of the overall operation of the hotel. Puri, an IHM
Lucknow graduate has been associated with hotels like WelcomGroup Maurya
Sheraton Hotel & Towers, New Delhi, Holiday Inn, Surat, Usha Ascot,
Matheran, Saj Resort, Mahabaleshwar, Carlson Hotels branded Lords Park Inn,
Surat managed by Sarovar Hotel & Resorts |
