HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (May 10, 2019) — Wellness-inspired hospitality brand Fusion hired former team member Hylton Lipkin earlier this year as GM of Alba Wellness Valley by Fusion, a natural hot springs resort and hotel on the outskirts of Vietnam’s imperial capital Hue. Alba Wellness Valley, with its natural, mineral-rich hot springs, authentic...
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Fusion Appoints New Vice President of Operations
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Mar. 19, 2019) – After more than three decades in the hospitality industry, including 20 years managing hotels in Thailand, Samir Wildemann has moved east to Vietnam where he’s joined the Fusion hospitality group as vice president of operations. Fusion is planning to open several new properties in the next...
Dawid Koegelenberg Named General Manager of Fusion Resort Cam Ranh
CAM RANH, Vietnam (Feb. 12, 2019) – As wellness-inspired hospitality group Fusion readies for a year of growth, they’ve tapped globe-trotting hospitality veteran Dawid Koegelenberg to lead the charge at Fusion Resort Cam Ranh, on Vietnam’s South Central Coast. The South African brings with him close to a decade of experience in hotel management in...
Louis T Collection Appoints New General Manager to Mantra Samui Resort
SINGAPORE – (Dec. 12, 2018) – Louis T Collection has appointed Chaivaree Chitrakorn as general manager of Mantra Samui Resort in Koh Samui, Thailand. The Thai-national, who has spent most of her career with Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong, relocated to her homeland last year to join Louis T Collection and has assumed a...
Fusion Appoints New General Manager at Fusion Resort Phu Quoc
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Nov. 27, 2018) – Industry vet Peter Neto has signed up for a second tour with wellness-inspired hospitality group, Fusion, and for another stint in the emerging tourist destination of Phu Quoc, Vietnam. Neto’s most recent role was as GM of The Taaras Beach & Spa Resort in Malaysia but...
Metropole Hanoi Appoints New Executive Sous Chef
HANOI, Vietnam (Nov. 6, 2018) – Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has named Raphael Kinimo as the hotel’s new Executive Sous Chef. The French national has worked in some of the world’s top kitchens and hotels and brings more than two decades of culinary experience to Vietnam’s most storied hotel. In his role as Executive Sous...
GHM Appoints Tommy Lai as CEO
SINGAPORE (Nov. 6, 2018) — As GHM readies the grand opening of a new resort on the Arabian peninsula and looks to the next phase of its expansion, the 26-year-old luxury hotel group has appointed Tommy Lai as its CEO. The Singapore native will assume some responsibilities currently managed by GHM co-founder and president Hans R....
Louis T Collection Appoints GM to Newly-Named Perth Hotel
SINGAPORE (Nov. 1, 2018) – As Louis T Collection continues to oversee the multi-million dollar redevelopment and repositioning of Perth’s now-shuttered New Esplanade Hotel, the hotel management company has announced it will reopen in Q1 2019 as Quay Perth, a new four-star boutique hotel, with seasoned hospitality executive Lovelynn Clark as general manager. An Australian...
Laguna Lang Co Gives Experienced New F&B Hire Room To Manoeuvre
LANG CO, Vietnam (Oct. 25, 2018) – With 280 hectares of prime oceanfront real estate, Laguna Lang Co offers plenty of scope for special guest experiences. And it is this potential for creativity that most excites Justin Wermers, who has just been appointed as Area Director for Food and Beverage at Banyan Tree and Angsana...
The Anam Appoints Trio of Hospitality Professionals
CAM RANH, Vietnam (August 30, 2018) – The Anam has welcomed three new senior recruits who bring four decades of combined experience to the food and beverage team behind the beachfront property on Vietnam’s southern coastline. The Anam’s general manager Herbert Laubichler-Pichler announced the appointments of Ye Chang Sheng, Wayne Cameron and Vu Thi Huong...