Kurt Macher has joined Pan Pacific Singapore as resident manager. Macher brings with him 18 years of international hospitality experience and was last executive assistant manager at The Peninsula Hong Kong.

Bill Sheppard now helms Crowne Plaza Changi Airport as general manager. He was regional general manager for UAE at InterContinental Hotels Group and general manager of Crowne Plaza Deira Dubai.

Alejandro Helbling has been made general manager of Capella Singapore. He joins from Dorado Beach, a Ritz Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico where he was pre-opening general manager.

Frederic Chretien is now general manager of Outrigger Mauritius Resort and Spa, which will open next month. He joins from The Residence, Mauritius where he was general manager for 14 years.

Vineet Mahajan has been appointed both director of sales & marketing at InterContinental Bali Resort and area director of sales & marketing, Bali resorts at the group level. He also oversees Holiday Inn Baruna and Holiday Inn Penang. He was last director of sales & marketing at Ayana Resort and Spa.

Mark Irwin is now general manager of Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island. Irwin, who has more than 13 years of hospitality experience, was last with Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong.

Tourism Australia has appointed Tony Everitt regional general manager for Greater China, based in Shanghai. He was general manager Asia at Tourism New Zealand, where he was responsible for all commercial and marketing activities.

Lars van der Most is now general manager of Le Méridien Yixing. He has held senior management positions with leading hotel chains worldwide, and joins the hotel from Westin Bund Center Shanghai.

Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) has promoted Yates Fei to general manager of HRG China, succeeding Harald Weber-Liel. Fei was last director of sales and account manager, and has been with HRG for eight years. Meanwhile, Weber-Liel will take up a key position within the senior management team at HRG Germany.

The Association of Australian Convention Bureaux has appointed chief executive of Business Events Sydney, Lyn Lewis-Smith, as its new president. She takes the reins from Damien Kitto, chief executive of the Adelaide Convention Bureau.