BANGKOK, 5 JANUARY 2006 � Accor Asia Pacific is pleased to announce
the following appointments in its Asia hotel network.
Blandine Cressard is the General Manager for both Hotel Ibis
Siam Bangkok and Hotel Ibis Huamark Bangkok. Accor�s first two Ibis hotels
in Thailand are scheduled to open January 2006. Blandine joined Accor in
1989 working with Novotel Paris and she later moved on to positions in
West Africa and the United Kingdom. She relocated to Thailand in 2002 and
was most recently Revenue Analyst, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square.
Scott Davies has been appointed General Manager at the new Novotel
Citygate Hong Kong, which is scheduled to open in early 2006. Scott joined
Accor in 1995 and held senior operations roles in Perth, Melbourne and
Brisbane later moving to Mercure Resort Great Keppel Island as General
Manager. Scott was most recently General Manager of Mercure Hotel Perth.
Gilles Tourenne is the new General Manager of Embassy Place
Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Gilles joins Accor Asia Pacific after two years
as General Manager of Hotel Ibis London Barking. He started his career
with Accor in 1994 and has held a variety of senior positions in Paris
and Wales.
Dominique Albero is returning to work in Asia from his most
recent position as General Manager, Hotel Scribe Paris (managed by Sofitel)
as General Manager, Hotel Gran Mahakam (managed by Sofitel). Dominique
has been with Accor for over 12 years originally working in France. He
first relocated to Indonesia in 1997 and later held senior positions in
Myanmar and Thailand.
Valerie Diard has been named General Manager, Mercure Johor
Bahru. Valerie originally joined Accor in 1991 with the Mercure Grand Roubaix
France and later worked in Thailand and Laos. Since 2001, she has held
positions at Accor hotels in Indonesia and the United Kingdom, most recently
as General Manager, Hotel Ibis Stratford London.
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