Friday, April 20, 2007

Indochina’s Victoria Hotels & Resorts announces key appointments

Indochina's 'off-the-beaten-track' luxury hotel group, Victoria Hotels & Resorts has announced five key transfers and appointments.

Mr. Raphael Guillien transfers to Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa in Siem Reap, Cambodia as General Manager.

For the past two years, the Frenchman has been overseeing a new concept and full renovation as General Manager of Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort & Spa. His career has included seven years within Le Meridien, in the South Pacific and Abu Dhabi. He has also worked at hotels in Malaysia, Cyprus and The Maldives.
Mr. Hanno Stamm takes his place as General Manager at the Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort & Spa.

Mr. Stamm was formerly General Manager of Victoria Can Tho Resort in the Mekong Delta, having joined Victoria Hotels & Resorts in 2002 as rooms manager at Victoria Sapa Resort. A graduate of the prestigious Swiss hotel management school "Les Roches", he has previously worked at hotels in Luxembourg, Germany, Dubai and Beijing.

Ms. Carola Buck, a graduate in economics from Germany’s Bayreuth University, and Heidelberg’s Hotel Management School, is the new Front Office Manager at Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa. She joins from Hotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort in Montenegro. Her career previously took her to Abu Dhabi, with Le Meridien, and the Reethi Rah Resort in The Maldives.

Frenchman Mr. Francois Foulon is new Sales Manager at Victoria Head Office. For the past two years he has managed the Victoria Express Train.

Mr. Jean-Maurice (Maurice) Bertrand is appointed Food & Beverage Manager at Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa. The graduate of Geneva’s Hotel Management School joins from Sheraton Oran Hotels and Towers in Algeria, where he was Conferences and Banqueting Director. His hospitality career has taken him from hotels in Switzerland to Brazil, where he managed a restaurant, and Myanmar.

Victoria Hotels & Resorts (www.victoriahotels-asia.com) is the rising star of luxury holidays in Indochina.

It operates the mountain chalet-style Victoria Sapa Resort, close to the Chinese border in the picturesque north-west highlands of Vietnam; Victoria Can Tho Resort and Victoria Chau Doc Hotel in the Mekong Delta; Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa on the outskirts of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Hoi An; Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort & Spa 200km north of Ho Chi Minh City; and Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Mr. Eric Simard, General Manager of Victoria Hotels & Resorts, said: “I’m delighted to welcome our new team members, and confident our resort manager shuffles will continue our mission to create the most outstanding chain of boutique resorts and spas in Indochina."

Source: E-Travel BlackBoard

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