Kurt Otto Wehinger has been appointed as the General Manager of Pan Pacific Singapore, a part of Pan Pacific Hotels Group. Kurt was transferred from Australia, where he was the General Manager for PARKROYAL Darling Harbour and Area General Manager for Oceania for the past two and a half years.
A hospitality veteran with more than 35 years of experience, Kurt is not unfamiliar with Singapore, as he was the General Manager of Marina Mandarin Singapore for seven years prior to joining Pan Pacific Hotels Group. He was also the first General Manager of Kempinski Beijing Lufthansa Hotel and Grand Millennium Beijing, a flagship property under Millennium & Copthorne which opened just prior to the Beijing Olympics.
An Austrian national, Kurt’s career has taken him to various destinations in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the US, where he managed hotels under international brands including Kempinski and Intercontinental.
Kurt has accumulated numerous accolades throughout his career, notably, he was World Luxury Hotel Awards’ Global General Manager of the Year in 2015, Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards Singapore’s General Manager of the Year from 2011 to 2013 and City Weekend’s Best Foreign Hotelier in China, 2009.
In his role as General Manager of Pan Pacific Singapore, Kurt will focus on developing its associates, products and services to deliver a world class luxury hospitality experience.
