GHM has appointed Katharina Kustos as director of sales and marketing for both The Chedi Club Tanah Gajah in Ubud and The Legian on Bali. Kustos has held sales positions in the Jumeirah Group and Park Hyatt Dubai.

John Autelitano has been promoted to group general manager of Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa. In this role, Autelitano oversees the operations of five Sunway hotels including The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat and the pre-opening programmes for SP3 Hotel and Sunway Velocity Hotel, which are due to open in 2016.

Alex Willats has moved from Dusit Thani Bangkok to Dusit Thani Manila, where has taken on the role of general manager. He is joined by new hire Anna Patricia Villareal, director of sales. Villareal was area director of catering sales at Crimson Hotel and Resorts and Quest Hotel.

Park Hotel Group (PHG) has promoted Mohd K Rafin from senior vice president to chief corporate officer. Mohd K Rafin joined PHG in 2007 as vice president and was promoted to senior vice president after two years. Prior to PHG, he undertook leadership positions with reputable hotel chains.

The Sentosa, A Beaufort Hotel has appointed Ian Ekers general manager. Prior to this, Ekers was general manager of Parkroyal on Kitchener Road for three years.

Chris Ehmann now leads the upcoming Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok (opening this month) and DoubleTree by Hilton Sukhumvit (opening May) as general manager. He was most recently general manager at Hilton Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Andrew Abram has been appointed general manager of Raffles Dubai. Abram joins from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, where he held a number of positions since 2003. He was most recently general manager of the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The Nam Hai Hoi An, Vietnam is now led by Anthony Gill, who joins from La Residence Hotel & Spa on Vietnam’s central coast. The luxury resort also welcomes Debbie Chee as director of sales and marketing. Chee was instrumental in getting Le Méridien Khao Lak back on the map after the 2004 tsunami. She also opened the Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa in 2010.

George Koumendakos has been appointed as general manager of the upcoming InterContinental Hanoi Landmark 72 in Vietnam. Koumendakos brings with him over 20 years of hospitality management experience in various locations worldwide. He was previously the general manager of ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has named Fergus Stewart director of operations, Thailand & IndoChina. Based in Vietnam, Stewart first joined IHG in 2008 as general manager of ANA InterContinental Tokyo and went on to become regional general manager in 2010, overseeing the group’s properties in the Greater Tokyo area.