(Bangkok Thailand) - October 7, 2004 - Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts' President Ichigo Umehara recently announced the appointment of Samir R. Wildemann as the new General Manager of Pan Pacific Bangkok.  For the past 17 years, Wildemann held various management and supervisory roles in the hotel industry.  Prior to this appointment at Pan Pacific Bangkok, Wildemann was General Manager of Le Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht Club, Phuket and then moved to Le Royal Meridien Baan Taling Ngam in Koh Samui.

Samir R. Wildemann

Wildemann went on to pursue his studies at the Klessheim school of Hotel Management and Tourism in Salburg, Austria, after which he served an apprenticeship with the Sheraton in Salzburg.  His first job in Asia was at the then Borobudur Inter-Continental Jakarta, Indonesia.  Subsequently, Wildemann's career path took him to Paris and Singapore where he served as Rooms Division Manager and Executive Assistant Manager at Le Meridien, before arriving in Thailand.

Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts currently encompasses 24 hotels (17 managed properties and 7 marketing affiliates) in 11 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific and North America.