Kempinski Hotel Chengdu has appointed Simon Schenk executive assistant manager/ic rooms and Calvin Chee Hong Khoong executive assistant manager/ic F&B. Schenk has 15 years of hospitality experience, while Chee possesses 21 years of industry experience.

Patrick Pahlke is now hotel manager of Grand Hyatt Guangzhou.
He first joined Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in October 2002 as a sales executive at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.

Dorsett Hospitality International has named Hugo Gerritsen area general manager of Dorsett Grand Subang and Dorsett Grand Labuan, and Alfred Paulsen as general manager of Dorsett Grand Labuan.
Both properties are in Malaysia. Gerritsen was last COO at Katara Hospitality in Qatar, while Paulsen rose from his last position as deputy general manager at Dorsett Grand Subang.

Dominic Sherry is now head of sales for Asia-Pacific with Hilton Worldwide.
Sherry joins Hilton from Marriott International, where he has served in key leadership positions since 1992 including regional vice president, sales & marketing for Asia-Pacific.

Melbourne Convention Bureau has appointed Edward Kwek regional sales director – South Asia, based in Singapore.
Kwek joins the bureau from the Institute of Technical Education where he was section head, leisure & travel operations, and brings with him a wealth of experience in the hospitality and tourism industries.

Pan Pacific Singapore has appointed Jessie Khoo director of sales.
She will lead the hotel’s sales, catering and event services teams, and was last MICE director of sales at Pan Pacific Hotels Group’s Singapore National Sales Organisation.

Bo Kyung Byun has succeeded Sung Won Hong as president and CEO of Coex Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea.
Byun has extensive experience heading several of South Korea’s top information and technology corporations, including LG-IBM PC and KOLON Global, and was also CEO and president of Seoul Business Agency, an organisation that supports small and mid-sized domestic businesses.

Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts has appointed Tareq Bagaeen area director of sales and marketing for Bangkok and Laos, based in the Thai capital.
Bagaeen has been with Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts since January 2011, when he joined as director of sales and marketing at Banyan Tree Bangkok.

Indigo Pearl in Phuket has appointed Shaun Dünhofen hotel manager.
He brings over 10 years of experience in operations and management at luxury boutique hotels and resorts such as Per Aquum Resort & Spa in the Maldives, The Fortress in Galle, Sri Lanka and The Manor in New Delhi.

Marcus Bauder has joined Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok as hotel manager.
He was last hotel manager at China World Hotel, Beijing.