PHUKET, Thailand (Nov. 25, 2021) – Magdalena Martorell, a seasoned professional with two decades of hospitality experience in Europe and Asia has taken charge of the new Meliá Phuket Mai Khao, a 30-suite and 70-villa resort due to open in December. The Spanish-born general manager comes to Meliá Phuket Mai Khao after successfully opening Meliá...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (Nov. 18, 2021) – Alma Resort has elevated seasoned professionals Vu Thi Huong Giang and Rowie Villacencio to the highest realm of its management structure. Giang and Rowie have stepped up as resort manager and director of administration respectively at the 30-hectare resort overlooking Long Beach on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula. Born...
CAN THO, Vietnam (Nov. 1, 2021) – Azerai Can Tho in the Mekong Delta has appointed Nicolas Pillet as its new General Manager, as the resort announced plans to reopen on Nov. 12 following the easing of COVID-related restrictions in Vietnam. Pillet, a French national, brings a strong culinary background to Azerai Can Tho, having...
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (31 August, 2021) – Meliá Chiang Mai has welcomed an executive chef and director of food and beverage who bring more than four decades of combined experience to the new urban hotel slated to open December this year. Thai national Suksant Chutinthratip (Billy) and Filipino national Jay Tadifa Abiang have been named...
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (June 7, 2021) – A Taiwanese national with 15 years of hospitality experience in Asia, the Middle East and Europe has been named Meliá Koh Samui’s director of food and beverage. Ting Yueh Hu (Yolande) has joined the 159-room and 41-suite beachfront resort on Koh Samui’s north-east coast in the Gulf of...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Mar. 8, 2021) – Café Cardinal has taken a new chef de cuisine under its wing with the appointment of Paul Pettini. The French native recently joined the team after two years as head chef at Jardin Des Sens, a French restaurant by three-star Michelin chefs, Jacques and Laurent Pourcel....
CAM RANH, Vietnam (March 1, 2021) – The Anam has elevated five employees with more than five decades of hospitality experience to managerial positions despite the difficulties COVID-19 has inflicted on the tourism industry. The Anam’s founder and owner Pham Van Hien has this month appointed Le Huu Nghia as executive sous chef, Nguyen Duy...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Dec. 22, 2020) – The soon-to-open Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh is already elevating its culinary appeal with the appointment of Sandeep Jinarajan as the hotel’s director of food and beverage. Located within walking distance to some of the city’s biggest attractions including the Royal Palace and the Mekong River, the 247-room hotel...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (December 18, 2020) – The Alma resort has appointed two executive sous chefs who bring more than two decades of hospitality experience to 14 restaurants and bars at the new 30-hectare beachfront property. Alma’s general manager Herbert Laubichler-Pichler this month named Mai Ly Huong and Francesco Conzattu as executive sous chefs at...
SINGAPORE (Nov. 24, 2020) — Though the pandemic has rewritten the playbooks of hotel management groups worldwide and precipitated waves of downsizing all over, GHM is ramping up for the robust growth expected once the hospitality industry is back on its feet. The 28-year-old hotel group has moved Ilkin Ilyaszade into place as vice president...
