OSAKA (June 20, 2023) – As Japanese upscale-lifestyle hotel brand, Zentis, forays into the international market for the first time since pandemic restrictions put a damper on its July 2020 debut, seasoned hospitality professional Mikio Akiyama has stepped up as general manager of the brand’s inaugural property, Zentis Osaka. Akiyama brings with him more than...
BANGKOK (June 6, 2023) – Equipped with 10 years of hospitality experience in Spain, India, France, and the Maldives at some of the globe’s leading restaurants and hotels, Laia Ferrer has moved to Bangkok to become the Spanish chef de cuisine at Thailand’s first INNSiDE by Meliá hotel. The Barcelona-born chef joins INNSiDE by Meliá Bangkok...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (June 2, 2023) – A seasoned chef with more than two decades of hospitality experience in Asia and Europe has been appointed as Alma’s Italian chef de cuisine. Italian-born Francesco Leone has joined 30-hectare family resort Alma, overlooking Long Beach on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula, to take charge of trattoria-style Italian restaurant...
HO CHI MINH CITY (May 9, 2023) As Fusion continues to expand its reach throughout Vietnam, the hotel group has made a trio of management appointments in several of its key properties. Marc Bittner becomes Fusion Hotel Group Director of Operations and General Manager of Fusion Original Saigon Centre Fusion Hotel Group’s new Director of...
TOKYO (May 9, 2023) – As international travelers flock to Japan following its re-opening, Michelin-starred Esterre continues to refine its culinary appeal in the star-studded Michelin capital of the world with the appointment of Kei Kojima as chef de cuisine. Esterre, which was launched in partnership with DUCASSE Paris in late 2019, is rooted in the...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (May 04, 2023) – Alma Resort has appointed Hoang Nguyen Minh Anh, a hospitality professional with almost two decades of wellness experience at some of Vietnam’s leading resort spas, as spa manager. Born and bred in Vietnam’s mountainous Dalat, Minh Anh joins the 30-hectare family resort’s Le Spa after working as the...
HO CHI MINH CITY (Apr. 5, 2023) – After two decades in hospitality in Malaysia, New Zealander Aarron Nelson, is relocating to Thailand to become general manager of Meliá Hotels International’s first INNSiDE property in the country. The new role is Aarron’s first with Meliá Hotels International, a growing Spanish hotel group that has been...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (April 04, 2023) – Jed Arricivita, a hospitality professional with more than two decades of business development, sales and marketing experience has been named Alma’s commercial director. Filipino national Arricivita comes to the 30-hectare family resort, overlooking Long Beach on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula, after working as director of sales at The...
BALI (Mar. 6, 2023) – The GM of a boutique Bali resort, Tanah Gajah a Resort by Hadiprana, was selected by Cornell University for the General Manager Program, which brings together hotel general managers from around the world. With twenty spots available Deasy rose above strong worldwide competition and became the only candidate from Indonesia...
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (February 9, 2023) – A seasoned professional with substantial hospitality experience in Europe and Asia has been appointed general manager of Meliá Chiang Mai. Spaniard Marc Selinger has taken charge of the 260-key hotel that opened in April last year in the heart of Chiang Mai city in Thailand’s mountainous north. Marc...
