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& Towers, Bangkok and VP & Area Managing Director Starwood Hotels & Resorts |
| Bangkok, Wednesday, August 1, 2001 --
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has appointed Peter Thompson
as General Manager of Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok
and Vice President & Area Managing Director Starwood Hotels & Resorts
(Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand). Thompson reports to Miguel Ko, President
of the Asia-Pacific Division based in Singapore.
Peter Thompson's tenure began with Sheraton in 1966 at the Sheraton Russell Hotel in New York. In 1972, he became General Manager of Sheraton Bangkok Hotel, the First Sheraton Hotel in Thailand. He moved on to Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, a 1,900 room Resort Convention Hotel in Hawaii and then was promoted to Vice President & General Manager at the Sheraton Perth Hotel in 1977. Promoted again to Senior Vice President and Area Manager for Australia/New Zealand in 1982 based at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney. He was also Vice President and General Manager at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel and Sheraton Towers Southgate, Melbourne. His previous position was General Manager, Sheraton On the Park, Sydney as well as Vice President & Area Managing Director, Australia, Starwood Hotels & Resorts. "One of Starwood's key strengths is its strong people asset. We have extremely talented leaders managing our operations in the field and we want to recognise and leverage on their expertise to drive our business performance to even greater levels," said Miguel Ko, President of Starwood's Asia Pacific Division. The new appointment will strengthen the operational and business development leadership in each respective Starwood region. Peter Thompson, a General Manager and an Area Managing Director, is at the Vice President level, will be instrumental in driving consistent operational standards, increasing business delivery and managing good owner relations, and will work closely with the Acquisitions & Development team in the divisional office on growing our hotel portfolio, according to Miguel Ko. Sheraton, the largest brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., has more than 375 hotels in 67 countries. Guests at Sheraton hotels and other Starwood properties can take advantage of the Starwood Preferred Guest program, the only frequent guest program in the industry without blackout dates. Starwood, through its St. Regis, Luxury Collection, Westin, Sheraton, Four Points and W brands, is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 700 hotels in 80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.
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| Benjawan Sudhikam
Director of Public Relations [email protected] |