On the Move – June 2014

11 years ago

Recent Appointments/Promotions Worldwide – June 2014

Asia

Name	Property	Position	Location
Abhijit Ghosh	Six Senses Ninh Van Bay	Resort Manager	Vietnam
Adeline Sang	Lushan Resort (Dorsett)	General Manager	China
Albert Cheong	Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa	Group General Manager	Malaysia
Amarinder Sadana	DoubleTree by Hilton	Director of Business Development	Malaysia
Amit Pathania	Alila Diwa Goa	Executive Chef	India
Angela Brown	Park Society Sofitel, Bangkok	Chef De Cuisine	Thailand
Anthony Quin	Movenpick Hanoi	General Manager	Vietnam
Armand Chaudhary	Sunland Hotels and Coco Collection	Chief Operating Officer	Maldives
Atul Lall	Claridges New Delhi	Vice President of Operations, General Manager	India
Brian Marcus	Tokyo American Club	Assistant General Manager Business Operations	Japan
Budi Artana	Wanda Reign Wuhan	General Manager	Thailand
Carl Sladen	Caravelle Hotel	Director of Sales and Marketing	Vietnam
Carlos Wong	Dorsett Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong	Director of Sales and Marketing	China
Christoph Schmidinger	Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong	General Manager	China
Colin Yeoh	Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa	Resident Manager	Malaysia
Combes Edouard	Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong	Restaurant Manager	Hong Kong
De Resseguier Charles	Pullman Saigon Centre – ACCOR	Director of Operations	Vietnam
Denise Matthijsse	Cheval Blanc Randheli	Director of Food and Beverage	Maldives
Devraj Singh	The Gateway Hotel, Jodhpur	General Manager	India
Dexter Chia	Regent Hotels & Resorts	Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing	Asia Pacific
Dhiren Pereira	Oberoi Mauritius	General Manager	Mauritius
Duncan Gray	Marina Mandarin Hotel	Resident Manager	Singapore
Eddie Kwan	Marina Mandarin	Director of Finance and Business Support	Singapore
Eric Pellen	Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta	Executive Chef	Indonesia
Etienne de Villiers	Mandarin Oriental Bangkok	Director of Public Relations	Thailand
Francis Park	Grand Hyatt Singapore	Sales Manager	Singapore
Freddie Coleman	Hilton Johor	Director of Operations	Malaysia
Gary Reed	Moevenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket	Director of Revenue	Thailand
George Edward Wahalatanri	ST Regis Chengdu	Chief Butler	China
Guido Farina	Shanti Maurice	General Manager	Mauritius
Hakan Ozel	Shangri-La, Tianjin	General Manager	China
Hemant Tenneti	Courtyard Pune Chakan	Hotel Manager	India
Howard Leigh	Anantara Hotel. Resorts & Spas, Bangkok	Chief Financial Officer	Thailand
Itthipon Meesawat	Eastin Hotel Yama Phuket	General Manager	Thailand
Jean-Paul Martin	Centara Hotels & Resorts	Area General Manager	Mauritius
Jeff Ross	Swissotel Resort Phuket	General Manager	Thailand
Jo Leung	Lanson Place, Hong Kong	Chief Operating Officer	China
Johan Eliasch	Aman Group	Chairman	Singapore
John Westoby	Eastin Hotel Yama Phuket	General Manager	Thailand
John Wong	Lanson Place Hospitality Management, Shanghai	Head of China Operations	China
June Harrison	Anantara Vacation Club	Special Project Consultant	Thailand
Luis Garcia	Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort	Director of Food and Beverage	Thailand
Marco Tiraferri	Shangri-La Makati, Manila	Executive Assistant Manager – Food and Beverage	Philippines
May Pendraat	Rosewood Hotel Group	Vice President of Sales and Marketing	Asia
Melanie Smith	Anantara Vacation Club	Club Operations	Thailand
Mete Atakuman	Jumeirah Group, Guangzhou	General Manager	China
Nadine Rouget	Novotel Bangkok	Marketing and Communications Manager	Thailand
Oliver Kreuzer	Mandarin Oriental Tokyo	Hotel Manager	Japan
Oliver Weber	MGM Macau	Executive Chef	China
Paul Vincent Benedict Brown	Coco Prive Kuda Hithi Island	General Manager	Maldives
Peter Semone	The PATA Foundation	Chairman of the Board of Trustees	Thailand
Poisson Louis	Tauzia Hotel Management – HARRIS Hotel and Conventions Bekasi, Jakarta	General Manager	Indonesia
Sachin Malhotra	Mercure Lavasa and Lavasa International Convention Centre	Hotel Manager	India
Shalabh Arora	Ritz-Carlton Bangalore	Director of Sales and Marketing	India
Simon Song	Four Seasons Beijing	Executive Chef	China
Sinan Yilmaz	Kerry Hotel Beijing	General Manager	China
Srishti Khanna	Dusit Devarana, New Delhi	Marketing Manager	India
Sven Fitjer	Laguna	Hotel Manager	Indonesia
Taro Tan	Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa	Hotel Manager	Malaysia
Thomas Maier	Grand Nikko Bali	Director of Food & Beverage	Indonesia
Walter Hess	Chedi Club Jimbaran Bali	General Manager	Indonesia
Weinstein Antoine	HARRIS Hotel Puncak, West Java	General Manager	Indonesia
Yngvar Stray	Harbour Grand Kowloon	General Manager	Hong Kong
Alan Yu	Wanda Realm Wuhan	General Manager	China
Dean Schreiber	Oakwood Asia Pacific	Managing Director	Singapore
Irena Reha	Grand Nikko Bali	Director of Sales and Marketing	Indonesia
Philipp Graf von Hardenberg	Thanyapura Phuket	President, CEO	Thailand
Sereena Supa	The Patina, Capitol Singapore	Director of Sales and Marketing	Singapore
Simon Mahon	The Lancaster Bangkok	General Manager	Thailand
Tamara Kobiolke	Westin Siray Bay Resort and Spa, Phuket	Director of Sales and Marketing	Thailand
William Lum	Furama RiverFront	Executive Chef	Singapore
William Pang	Siam@Siam Design Hotels & Resorts	Executive Director and Group General Manager	Thailand

Middle East/Africa/Europe

Name	Property	Position	Location
Alain Kallas	Jumeirah Group	Vice President of Development – Design	Dubai
Angela Christodoulopoulou	Ramada Plaza Jumeirah Beach Residence and Ramada Sharjah	Director of Sales and Marketing	Dubai
Anthony Tyler	Four Seasons Hotel, Riyadh	General Manager	Saudi Arabia
Carsten Menz	Steigenberger Al Dau Beach Hotel	Hotel Manager	Egypt
Chadi J Nicolas	Hala Arjaan By Rotana	General Manager	Abu Dhabi
Charis Michael	Hilton Cyprus	Hotel Manager	Egypt
Christophe Chabaud	Four Seasons Hotel – Bosphorus, Istanbul	Hotel Manager	Turkey
Christophe Mousset	Jumeirah Bilgah Beach Hotel	General Manager	Azerbaijan
Deepak Dahiya	The Ajman Palace Hotel & Resort	Director of Sales and Marketing	United Arab Emirates
Duarte Correia	Nira Yana Hotel, Pemba Island	General Manager	Zanzibar
Erik Huyer	Corp Executive Hotel	General Manager	Jordan
Ferghal Purcell	The Ajman Palace Hotel & Resort	General Manager	United Arab Emirates
Hakan Petek	Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa	General Manager	Kuwait
Hani Abu Lafi	The Four Seasons, Amman	Director of Sales and Marketing	Jordan
Lisa Bovio	Aman Group	Senior Vice President – International Sales & Marketing	Jordan
Liz Regan	Hospitality Management Holdings	Director HR & Training	Dubai
Maha Ali Maisari	Jumeirah Group	Vice President, Corporate Strategy	Dubai
Mali Carow	Four Seasons Hotel, Amman	Director of Food and Beverage	Jordan
Mark Carnazzola	Nobu Hotel Riyadh	General Manager	Saudi Arabia
Oussama Chalak	Grand Millennium Dubai Hotel	Resident Manager	Dubai
Philip Bryson	Marriott International	Senior Vice President, Middle East and North Africa	Dubai
Samir Baidas	Marriott International	Chief Development Officer – MEA	Dubai
Suraj Dubey	Movenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea, Amman	Director of Spa & Wellness	Jordan
Surget Marion	Jumeirah Zabeel Saray / Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts	Assistant Marketing Manager	Dubai
Tamer Refaat	Four Seasons Hotel, Sharm el Sheikh	Director of Sales and Marketing	Egypt
Vallee Emmanuel	FRHI (Fairmont Raffles Hotels International)	Regional Director Sales & Marketing (Africa, Middle East and India)	Dubai
Wayne Kafcsak	Fregate Island Private	Managing Director	Seychelles

Name	Property	Position	Location
Alessandro Maurizio Cabella	Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts	General Manager	Italy
Andrew Thresh	Macdonald Hotels and Resorts	General Manager	United Kingdom
Anthony Davies	De Vere Hotels and Village Urban Resorts	Food and Beverage Director	United Kingdom
Bjorn Spaude	Castell Son Claret, Mallorca	General Manager	Spain
Christian Fomm	St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort	Hotel Manager	Spain
Damian Goom	Malmaison Birmingham	General Manager	United Kingdom
Davide Bisetto	Hotel Cipriani	Executive Chef	Venice
Diogo Roquette	Four Seasons Hotel, Ritz Lisbon	Director of Food and Beverage	Portugal
Duarte Bon de Sousa	Chateau Saint-Martin & Spa	General Manager	France
Eric De Neef	Rezidor	Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer	Belgium
Francesco Galletti	London Marriott Hotel County Hall	Director of Food and Beverage	United Kingdom
James Wharton	Grosvenor House	Director of Sales and Marketing	United Kingdom
Jan Peter van der Ree	Park Hyatt Zurich	General Manager	Germany
Juan Asin	Melia Hotels	General Manager	United Kingdom
Laurent Garrido	Clinique La Prairie, Montreux	General Manager	Switzerland
Marc Denton	Amanzoe	General Manager	Greece
Marco Novella	Grace Hotels	Chief Operating Officer	Europe
Martino Acampora	J.K. Place Capri	General Manager	Italy
Nora Foreman	Hilton London Metropole	Director of Business Development	United Kingdom
Pablo Flores	Westin Palace, Madrid	General Manager	Spain
Robert Prendergast	Waldorf Hilton	Executive Chef	United Kingdom
Sarah Baptiste	Landmark Hotel London	Director of Sales and Marketing	United Kingdom
Serge Ethuin	La Royal Monceau Raffles Paris	General Manager	France
Serge Gouloumes	Domaine des Etangs Chateau & Spa	Executive Chef, Director of Food and Beverage	France

Australia/The Pacific

Name	Property	Position	Location
Colette Simon	Eureka Hotels	Business Development Manager – Wholesale and Leisure	Australia
David Tonkin	Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Melbourne	Regional Director Hotel & Resort Operations	Australia
David Udell	Hyatt Hotels	Group President	Asia Pacific
Erik Stuebe	InterContinental Fiji	General Manager	Fiji
Grace Lassig	DAYDREAM Island Resort and Spa	Director of Sales	Australia
Hudson Mitchell	InterContinental Fiji	Director of Sales	Fiji
James Kaplan	Minor Hotel Group	Senior Vice President Development	Asia Pacific
John Gerrard	Outrigger Enterprises Group	Area General Manager	Australia
Kel Constantine	Palazzo Versace	Marketing Manager	Australia
Marc von Arnim	Park Hyatt Sydney	General Manager	Australia
Matthew Tripolone	InterContinental Hotels Group	Head of Development, Australasia	Asia Pacific
Michael Cottan	Shangri-La Sydney	General Manager	Australia
Nick Honeyman	Sofitel Auckland, Viaduct Harbour	Executive Chef	New Zealand
Renay Logan	Palazzo Versace	Director of Sales – MICE	Australia
Thomas Hagemann	Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group	Vice President, Future Openings and Special Projects	Asia Pacific

Americas

Name	Property	Position	Location
Abe Berry	MGM Grand Las Vegas	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Adam Hayes	Barnsley Resort, Georgia	Executive Chef	USA
Alex Lugo	Westin Jekyll Island	General Manager	USA
Alison Cumberland	Auberge Resorts	Chief Development Officer	USA
Alonso Barragan	Hotel Matilda	Operations Manager	Mexico
Ami Grilly	MGM Hakkasan Hospitality, New York	Director of Operations	USA
Amy Esnault	El Encanto, Santa Barbara	Sales Executive	USA
Amy Olthoff	Park Hyatt New York	Spa Director	USA
Anna Gaffney	Verb Hotel, Boston	General Manager	USA
Anne-Juliette Maurice	Hotel Plaza Athenee, New York	General Manager	USA
Arielle Feinberg	Heavenly Spa – Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa	Spa Director	USA
Balendra Nagesvaran	Sofitel	General Manager, VP of Hotel Operations – North America	USA
Bernard Sarme	Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort	General Manager	Trinidad and Tobago
Billy Alberigi	Bardessono, Napa Valley	Director of Operations	USA
Bob Edwards	Gilchrist Club	General Manager	USA
Brad Randall	Turnberry Isle, Miami	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Brett Montgomery	Detroit Marriott – Renaissance Center	Executive Chef	USA
Brian Dandro	Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Brian Gipson	Mandarin Oriental San Francisco	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Brian Lee	AAA Five Diamond-Rated Hotel	Executive Chef	USA
Bruno Roulleux	Ocean House, Rhode Island	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Carlo De Leon	Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa, Palm Springs	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Carolina Voullieme	Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Caroline Dyal	SLS South Beach	Hotel Manager	USA
Cathy Matthews-Kane	Country Club of ColoradoCheyenne Mountain Resort	Club General Manager	USA
Charles Masson	Baccarat Hotel and Residences New York	Director of Restaurants and Bars	USA
Christopher Levine	Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort Spa and Marina, Virginia	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Claude Brock	Auberge Resorts	Chief Financial Officer	USA
Craig Forbus	Craig Forbus – Jamaica Bay Inn, Marina del Rey	General Manager	USA
Cyrille Pannier	Four Seasons Los Angeles, Beverly Hills	Executive Chef	USA
Daniel Amato	Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner	General Manager	USA
Danny Cooper	St Regis New York	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Dara Lum	Halekulani Corporation, Hawaii	Communications Director	USA
Darren Pound	Loews Coronado Beach Resort	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Darryll Adams	Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia	General Manager	USA
David Kirken	La Costa Resort and Spa	Managing Director	USA
David Wolfgram	Daphne’s Greek Cafe	President, Chief Executive Officer	USA
Deborah Zaharychuk	Time Warner Cable, San Diego	Human Resources Manager	USA
Donald Cook	Hilton Shreveport	General Manager	USA
Emmanuel Tirado	Viceroy Riviera Maya	Food and Beverage Manager	Mexico
Eric Chopin	Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort	Executive Chef	USA
Ernesto Gonzalez	El Encanto	Director of Rooms	USA
Ezra Duker	Mainland Inn, Philadelphia	Executive Chef	USA
Felipe Espinoza	Grace Hotels. New York	Head of Americas	USA
Franco Diaz	Le Meridien Chicago – Oakbrook Center	Executive Chef	USA
Frederick Kleisner	Sage Hospitality	Area Managing Director	USA
Gabriel Sorgi	Starr Restaurants Catering Group, New York	Regional Director	USA
Gatlynn Hicks	Sheraton Steamboat Resort	Director of Rooms	USA
Gilles Arzur	Four Seasons Dubai	Executive Chef	USA
Gino Caliendo	Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront	General Manager	USA
Heather Jacobs	Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts	Senior Vice President, International and Corporate Human Resources	USA
Hermann Elger	St Regis New York	General Manager	USA
Ivan Bauza	Setai Miami Beach	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Jackie Nixon	Gansevoort Hotel Group	Corporate Director of Human Resources	USA
Jason Niederkorn	Hotel Jerome, Aspen	Chef de Cuisine	USA
Jason Prendergast	Loews Santa Monica	Executive Chef	USA
Jenna Spittler	L’Auberge Del Mar	Leisure Sales Manager	USA
Jennifer Guevara	Rosewood, Baha Mar	Director of Leisure Sales	Bahamas
Jennifer Long	Langham, San Francisco	Western Region Sales Manager	USA
Jeremy Pacheco	Society Cafe Encore	Executive Chef	USA
Joanne Kolata	Associated Luxury Hotels International	Regional Vice President of Sales	USA
Joerg Rotenberg	Elite Island Resorts	Vice President Operations	Barbados
John Cordeaux	Fairmont Chicago	Executive Chef	USA
John Dexter	Hard Rock Hotel Chicago Bruno Roulleux	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
John Green	Pyramid Hotel Group, New York	Senior Vice President	USA
Jon Gersonde	Turnberry Isle Miami	Managing Director	USA
Joseph Fisher	Marco Beach Ocean Front Resort, Florida	General Manager	USA
Joseph Schuetz	Sheraton Steamboat Resort	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Josh Lesnick	Wyndham Hotel Group, New Jersey	Chief Marketing Officer	USA
Kalyana Krishnamoorthy	Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles	Assistant Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Kasia Bronisz	Carmel Valley Ranch	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Katarina Mezeiova	Westin Verasa Napa	Director of Finance	USA
Kelly Canizaro	Surrey New York	Director of Rooms	USA
Kerry Dyer	Mandarin Oriental Atlanta	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Kevin Karau	Timber Ridge Lodge & Waterpark, Wisconsin	General Manager	USA
Kimberly Wilson	Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami	General Manager	USA
Kris Kaminsky	Four Seasons Hotel, Denver	Hotel Manager	USA
Laurent Ertle	Giada – Cromwell, Las Vegas	General Manager	USA
Loews Coronado Bay Resort	Nicolas Bour	Executive Chef	USA
Mario Cabezas	Club 96, Villas Del Mar, Los Cabos	General Manager	USA
Mark Juliano	Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem	President	USA
Martha Poulter	Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide	Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer	USA
Matt Boris	Wyndham Grand Jupiter, Harbourside Place Florida	General Manager	USA
Matthew Stuhl	Flipside Hospitality	Director of Operations	USA
Meredith Voller	Edgewater	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Michael Hennessy	Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, Washington DC	Director of Sales	USA
Monica Derchi	W New York Times Square	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Nathan Wood	The Westin Columbus, Ohio	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Olivier Belliard	St. Regis San Francisco	Executive Chef	USA
Paolo Novello	Park Hyatt New York	Restaurant General Manager	USA
Patrick Berwald	Loews Hollywood	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Paul Ruiz	Summit Hotel Properties	Interim Chief Financial Officer	USA
Paulo Pena	Wyndham Hotel Group	Senior Vice President, Managing Director – Latin America	USA
Pieter Teune	Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Ramon Avila-Perez	W Retreat & Spa Vieques	Director of Engineering	USA
Randy Pierce	Remede Spa	Spa Director	USA
Ray Messina	Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Robert Jenny	Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Robert Megargle	W San Francisco	Director of Operations	USA
Rodrigo Ibanez	Terranea Resort	Director of Rooms	USA
Ronen Nissenbaum	Waldorf-Astoria	Managing Director	USA
Scott Hamilton	Hilton Hawaiian Village, Hawaii	Director of Food and Beverage	USA
Sean Massey	Morimoto Napa, California	Executive Chef	USA
Seema Parthasarathy	Terlato Wines, New York	Market Development Manager	USA
Shane Mcweeny	Beverly Hills Hotel	Director of Rooms	USA
Stacy Manzo	Aqua Kaua’i Beach Resort, Honolulu	Director of Sales	USA
Stephanie Happ	Playa Largo Resort & Spa, Key Largo	Director of Sales	USA
Stephen Bilby	Hotel Valencia Riverwalk	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Stephen Nass	Loews Boston Hotel	Director of Sales and Marketing	USA
Steve Martin	Marcus Hotels & Resorts	Vice President of Human Resources	USA
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