01. Mr. Deng Qin
General Manager of Grand Hyatt Shenyang
Recently, Grand Hyatt Shenyang has appointed Mr. Deng Qin (Carl Duggan) as the general manager of the hotel, committed to leading the hotel to open a new milestone.
As a senior in the hotel industry, Mr. Deng Qin has over 30 years of extensive hotel work and management experience in Asia, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore. Prior to his new role, Mr. Deng Qin was the general manager of Hyatt Regency Qingdao Lushang.
Mr. Deng Qin was born in the UK and has shown great enthusiasm and passion for the food and service industry since he was young. After graduating from Harrogate College in the UK, Mr. Deng Qin started his hotel career in his hometown and then moved to Hong Kong, China. With his superb cooking skills, he has held key positions in many international five-star hotels. Mr. Deng Qin's relationship with Hyatt began in 2000 and served as the executive chef of the Hyatt Hotel in Xi'an; then, in 2004, he was transferred to the Grand Hyatt Beijing Hotel; in 2006, he joined Hyatt Songshan Lake in Dongguan Hotel, served as an executive chef and participated in the preparation for the opening of the hotel; in 2008, Mr. Deng Qin returned to Hong Kong to participate in the preparation for the opening of the Hyatt Hotel in Shatian, Hong Kong and served as the director of the catering department; in 2010, he joined Guiyang Zhongtian Yue Hotel, served as the director of the catering department; later in 2014, he served as the regional general manager of Pattaya Beach Resort Pattaya, Thailand; in 2017, he returned to Hyatt and went to Qingdao Lushang Hyatt Hotel as the general manager of the hotel.
With keen market insight and excellent leadership, Mr. Deng Qin successfully led the hotel team to win many awards in the industry, and also has in-depth thinking and understanding of hotel strategic planning. I believe that under his leadership, Grand Hyatt Shenyang will achieve great results and better meet new opportunities and challenges.
02. Mr. Romeo
Managing Director of Rosewood Beijing
From April 1, 2020, Mr. Vito Romeo will formally serve as the managing director of Rosewood Beijing. With more than 30 years of rich hotel management experience and excellent leadership skills, he will lead the team to write a new record in the Beijing luxury hotel market.
Mr. Romeo from Italy has held key positions in many hotels around the world, and his work experience covers China, Turkey and Canada. Prior to joining Rosewood, Mr. Romeo served as the general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Chengdu, successfully establishing the hotel as a benchmark for luxury hotels in the Chengdu market. He previously served as the general manager of Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver, Canada and Shangri-La Hotel, Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Since 2017, he has served as the managing director of Rosewood Sanya. He has repeatedly achieved excellent results in the hotel's operational performance and team management, and has contributed a lot to the management of Rosewood Group.
Mr. Romeo holds a degree in hotel management from the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France, and has completed a general manager course at Cornell University. Mr. Romeo started his hospitality career as an apprentice chef at La Coupole Hotel Mirabeau in Monte Carlo. In the following ten years, he has been repeatedly promoted in the field of culinary and catering management. He has worked in top luxury hotels and Michelin-star restaurants in Monaco, Paris, London and New York, and worked with Alain Ducasse ) And Mr. Joel Robuchon, two legendary chefs, work closely together. He has rich and comprehensive operating experience, is particularly enthusiastic in the field of catering management, and is also a passionate and creative leader.
With his senior hotel management experience and unique insights into the Chinese market, Mr. Romeo will lead the Rosewood Beijing team to continue to create an extraordinary all-round experience for guests.
Mr. Romeo has a wide range of interests and hobbies. Outside of work, he likes to play golf, cook, collect cooking books from the world's top chefs, and is a fan of Juventus Football Club.
03. Mr. Xu Chiping
Managing Director of Rosewood Sanya
Mr. Xu Chiping officially became the managing director of Rosewood Sanya. The Rosewood Sanya, which was unveiled magnificently in 2017, is the first resort hotel under the luxury and magnificent brand in mainland China.
Mr. Xu Chiping insisted on using the Chinese name, relatives, friends, colleagues and guests both used the end of his last word as his nickname Ping.
Engaged in the hotel industry for more than 20 years, he has held key positions in many international luxury brand hotels worldwide. Before joining Rosewood Sanya, Xu Chiping worked as a hotel manager at Rosewood Beijing, where he was responsible for the daily operations and many affairs of the hotel.
Xu Chiping holds a graduate degree in hotel management from the Swiss IHTTI Hotel Management School. He joined the International Hilton Group in 1992 and began his hospitality career, during which he worked as an accounting manager at the Hilton Shanghai Jing'an, Hilton Tokyo Bay and Hilton Guam. In 2000, out of love for cooking, he joined the London Hilton Hotel across the line, and in his spare time intern at the 3-star Michelin chef Gordon Ramsay restaurant. After studying hard and practicing cooking, he was quickly promoted and became the head chef of Hilton London Docklands in 2002. And in 2001, he was awarded the top ten chef of the year in the Hilton Hotel in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
His experience in the UK gave him a solid kitchen and dining foundation. In 2003, he moved to the United States and became the executive deputy chef of Chicago's most prestigious Drake Hotel. In 2007, he finally joined his long-lost Peninsula Hotel Group as the chef of the Chicago Peninsula, and was sent to his hometown in 2009. Shanghai served as the executive deputy chef to open the Shanghai Peninsula Hotel. Because of his excellent performance, he was appointed as the executive chef of Beijing Wangfu Peninsula Hotel in 2011.
After that, Mr. Xu Chiping was invited to serve as the culinary and catering director and administrative assistant manager of three Ruihua hotels under Wanda's most high-end brands. In 2016, Wanda Group was appointed as the hotel manager of Wanda Ruihua Hotel in Shanghai, with overall responsibility for hotel operations.
Mr. Xu Chiping will inherit the magnificent tradition and bring the cultural essence and core concept of "heart-oriented" into the daily operation and reception of the hotel. Passionately create eternal memories for ourselves, colleagues and our guests every day.
04. Mr. Huang Guanlin
General Manager of Nanchang Sunac Hotel Group
Recently, the Pullman, Novotel, and Mercure Nanchang have appointed Mr. Huang Guanlin as the general manager of the hotel group and are fully responsible for the business and operation management of the three hotels.
Mr. Huang Guanlin has more than 20 years of senior hotel work experience. He has worked in several world-renowned hotel management groups, including Langham, Shangri-La, Marriott, Intercontinental and other international luxury brands. Catering management and hotel business operation and operation management are the professional core of Mr. Huang Guanlin.
In addition, Mr. Huang Guanlin had received education from a well-known hotel management university and obtained professional hotel management knowledge earlier. With its excellent management ability, professional management experience and full enthusiasm, it will surely lead the hotel management team to create better results for the hotel.
05. Mr. Michael Wardrayton
General Manager of Yunnan Red River Mile Hotel MGallery
Accor Group appointed Michael Vorderleitner as the general manager of MGallery Mile Hotel in Yunnan in October 2019. He will be fully responsible for the preparation and operation of this unique and artistic resort hotel jobs.
Michael is from Austria. He graduated from the Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland and received an MBA in international hotel management. Since 1994, he has started a hotel career in Austria.
Prior to joining Accor Group, he worked in many international hotel chains including Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia and accumulated rich management experience. Michael first joined Accor in February 2009 at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf Course and Spa Resort in Thailand. In August 2013, he served as the general manager of Pullman Weifang Wanda in Greater China. Before taking up his new role, he served as general manager of Wanda Mandarin Hotel Quanzhou.
06. Mr. Chen Jiaheng
General Manager of Holiday Inn Xi'an High-tech Zone
Recently, InterContinental Hotels Group appointed Mr. Chen Jiaheng as the general manager of Holiday Inn Xi'an High-tech Zone, responsible for the hotel's preparatory work.
Mr. Chen Jiaheng is a leader with more than 30 years of hotel management experience. He has held key positions in international brand hotels such as White Swan Hotel, InterContinental, Starwood and Accor. His enthusiasm for his career and excellent leadership ability have given him a long-term development in the industry. In 2013, Mr. Chen Jiaheng joined Agile Group Hotel Management Company as deputy general manager, responsible for the company's hotel operations, and was promoted to the general representative of Hainan regional hotel owners, as well as the owner representative of Hainan Agile Raffles Hotel, Qingshuiwan Holiday Hotel Owner's representative, general manager of Qingshuiwan Hanhai Hotel, executive vice president of Haishui Lingshui County Tourism Association, vice president of Hainan Tourism Hotel Industry Association.
Under the management of Mr. Chen, the Raffles Hotel Hainan ’s Asia Pacific Guest Satisfaction Ranking ranked first, and many projects have landed in the hotel one after another, including Dinner in the sky--Feast Sky, Boao Music Forum, Raffles Children Summer Camp . At the same time, he led the hotel to win many awards, such as the "Ctrip Travel Word of Mouth List of Best Luxury Hotel Award", "The Metropolis Magazine 2016 Hotel Awards Best Resort Hotel" and so on. Mr. Chen himself has won many awards in the hotel industry, such as the "Outstanding General Manager Award" awarded by the International Hotel Gold Leadership Federation, and the "Best Hotel Owner Representative" in the 2016 China Hotel Fashion Ranking.
In 2018, Mr. Chen Jiaheng returned to InterContinental Hotel Management Group and served as the general manager of Holiday Inn Fuzhou Rongqiao New Holiday Hotel and the general manager of Holiday Inn Express. Good foundation.
Outside of work, Mr. Chen loves traveling, singing and sports. He will lead the hotel team to create an extraordinary stay experience for guests, and convey the hospitality of InterContinental Hotels Group.
07. Mr. Stefan Fuchs
General Manager of AYANA Resort and Spa Bali
The hotel business of Mr. Stefan Fuchs from Germany started in the banquet department. He has accumulated rich experience in the banquet and conference for many years in the European hotel industry. He has been responsible for including the Lisbon Expo in 1998 and the World Formula One Grand Prix Multiple heavyweight banquets. During his tenure in the Middle East, he led the team to serve many large-scale team activities including Islamic Conference, Doha Asian Games, etc. At the same time, he was also the preparation team for the opening of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Russia, Japan, China and Bahrain Important member. From 2006 to 2014, Mr. Stefan Fuchs worked at Jumeirah Group, and was gradually promoted from the director of the catering department to the general manager. Joining the AYANA Resort and Spa in Bali this time, Mr. Stefan will work with the entire hotel team to build it into the most prestigious luxury hotel in Bali, and gradually make it a service benchmark among international luxury hotel brands.
08. Mr. Mohammed
Served as Assistant Manager of Sofitel Kunming
Sofitel Kunming Hotel announced the appointment of Mr. Mohammad Ali Kunhi as Assistant Administrative Manager (responsible for catering). In his new position, he will be fully responsible for all aspects of the hotel catering department from business strategy to service and operation. At the same time, Mr. Muhammad will continue to serve as the regional executive chef of the Accor Group in Greater China, responsible for the operation and support of the hotel catering business in Greater China.
Mr. Mohammed has more than 28 years of experience in the hotel industry, focusing on the catering business of international luxury brand hotels. He has worked in many hotels such as Fairmont, Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton and Atlantis. He has traveled throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia Pacific, and has 6 years of work experience in Greater China.
Mr. Mohammed grew up in a catering family. His parents are both chefs and restaurant operators. This growth environment is a great favor for his achievements today. In addition to his actual management and operation experience in catering, Mr. Mohammed has won many awards. And constantly surpassing himself, sculpting professional skills for excellence, is regarded as one of the most enthusiastic catering practitioners in the industry.
Mr. Muhammad said: "I feel full of vitality for the new role. My focus will be to improve guest satisfaction and, within the scope of my duties, promote talented hotels in the Greater China region, including Sofitel Kunming The development of chefs. The catering at Sofitel Kunming has always been a benchmark in the local area, and has inspired the city ’s exploration of food. With the team, I look forward to continuing to maintain a leading position in the market and leading each member to innovation Thinking and their respective expertise add vitality to the market, which is especially important in difficult times. "
Mr. Mohammed is from Singapore and is fluent in many languages including English, Indonesian, Tamil, Arabic and Mandarin. He also recently completed a hotel management course at Cornell University. Prior to this new appointment, Mr. Muhammad served as the executive chef of the Sofitel Kunming, and has been the regional executive chef of the Accor Group Greater China since 2016.
09. Mr. Dong Shen
Executive Assistant Manager of Hotel Maitreya MGallery
Recently, Accor Hotels Group appointed Mr. Dong Dong as Assistant Administrative Manager of Hotel Maitreya MGallery, assisting the general manager in managing hotel preparations and daily operations, strengthening hotel products and services, and working to improve the reputation and profitability of the hotel.
Mr. Dong Shen is from Lijiang, Yunnan and has more than 19 years of international hotel management experience. He has worked for Banyan Tree Hotel Group, Wanda Hotel Management Group, La Perle Hotel Management Group, Accor Hotel Group, InterContinental Hotel Group and other internationally renowned hotel groups Brand hotel. He has rich experience and unique insights in hotel operation, especially in catering management. Prior to his new role, he served as the catering director of InterContinental Group's Kunming Huayi Hotel.
10. Ms. Michi Sonoda
Served as Assistant Manager of Marketing and Sales of AYANA Resort and Spa Bali and AYANA Komodo Ai Qizhu Beach Resort
Michi Sonoda, who was born in Japan, joined the spa and boutique of the Ritz-Carlton Bali in 1997 (the hotel was officially rebranded as AYANA Resort and Spa Bali in 2009). In the following 23 years, Ms. Michi was gradually promoted to Director of Marketing and Sales. In 2020, she was promoted again to Administrative Assistant Manager in charge of marketing. Marketing and sales strategy
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