Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City has appointed Carl V Sladen its director of sales and marketing. Sladen joins from Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi.

Dexter Chia is now global senior vice president of sales and marketing at Regent Hotels & Resorts. Chia brings more than 25 years of hotel sales and marketing experience to the role, with his most recent position being vice president of sales and marketing for the Rosewood Hotel Group.

Vernon Lee is the new general manager of Capri by Fraser, Changi City/Singapore. Lee was most recently hotel manager of Village Hotel Albert Court Singapore, under Far East Hospitality.

Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort & Spa, Singapore has made Tane Picken its new resident manager. Picken brings over 13 years of hospitality experience across China, Africa, the Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand to his new role. He was last cluster director of business development for a five-star hospitality establishment in Thailand.

Edsa Shangri-La, Manila has appointed Urs Solenthaler resident manager. Prior to this appointment, Solanthaler served as senior executive service manager A&G at Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta and also at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa.

Australasian Society of Association Executives (AuSAE) has appointed Brett Jeffery general manager, New Zealand. He has served on the AuSAE board for the past five years, and has more than 20 years of industry experience. He was recently sales and marketing manager at Rotorua Events and Venues.

Taro Tan has joined Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa as hotel manager. Tan, who had started his hospitality career in 1989, was most recently with the Landmark Lancaster Hotel Group in Thailand, where he held dual roles of area director of rooms and hotel manager of Lancaster Bangkok. Meanwhile, the hotel has also welcomed Colin Yeoh as resident manager. He joins from Raffles Hainan where he held the same title.

Yngvar Stray now heads Harbour Grand Kowloon as general manager. He joins from Banyan Tree Shanghai on the Bund where he played the same role.

Alexander Wassermann is now general manager of InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong. Wassermann returns to the hotel after his departure in 2010 as hotel manager. He was last general manager of the InterContinental Beijing Beichen and area general manager of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, North China.

Dorsett Hospitality International has named Adeline Sang the new general manager of Lushan Resort in Jiangxi Province, China. Sang has over 32 years of extensive operational and management capabilities in the hotel industry and was involved in the successful opening of properties such as Sheraton Towers Singapore and Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta.