Dooremalen has joined Raffles Hotel Singapore as hotel manager. He was director of operations at Raffles Praslin, Seychelles.
Raymond Tan
Grand Hyatt Singapore has appointed Tan its director of events. He was last director of MICE event services at Resorts World Sentosa Singapore.
Phuong Nam Nguyen
Hanoi’s five-star Apricot Hotel has appointed Nguyen as its new hotel manager. She was last Prestige Hotel Hanoi’s general manager and had held various positions at Sunway Hotel in Hanoi from 1999 to 2010.
Kelly Kuhn
Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s Kuhn is now president, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Global Partners Network, based in London, having moved from her former role as president, Asia-Pacific.
Kai Chan
Previously general manager, South-east Asia for Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Chan is now president, Asia-Pacific, and part of the global executive team. She is based in Singapore.
Jansen Low
Furama RiverFront has picked Low for the position of director of sales & marketing. Low brings with him more than 20 years of experience in both hospitality supply, demand and vendor environments, and was last with Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central.
Carl Jones
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has named Jones its vice president for global client management in Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, Jones will lead global client management in the Asia-Pacific as well as GBT’s global mining, marine and energy portfolio. He joins from Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
Anne Scott
Scott is now general manager of The St Regis Kuala Lumpur Hotel and Residences, set to open in 2Q2016. A familiar face in the Starwood family, she was last general manager of The St Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort in Hainan, China.
Amelia Roziman
The Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) has promoted Roziman to the position of general manager, marketing and sales.
The former global marketing and communications director will now manage SCB’s departments of marketing, sales, bids and communications.
New brand, growth plan for BCEC as it hits 20 years
BRISBANE Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a brand rejuvenation and a strategic plan for growth.
BCEC general manager, Bob O’Keeffe, said the new brand is designed to shape a future BCEC.
Said O’Keeffe: “We see our 20th anniversary as a catalyst for change. We are taking this opportunity to look forward, to challenge the status quo.
“We intend to broaden our culture of innovation across all aspects of our operation, raising the bar even further working with our clients and partners, and taking our event delivery to the Next Level with a strong strategic plan for growth and enhancement.”
The new brand, along with fresh advertising materials, was developed over several months with Ogilvy Brisbane, exploring the competitive environment, locally and internationally, incorporating research and new marketing trends.
Managing director of Ogilvy Brisbane, Russ Vine, said: “While the venue is well established and runs like clockwork, it is not without edge (and) excitement.”
BCEC has a strong track record of hosting high calibre international and local events including the 2014 G20 Leaders Summit. It has hosted more than 17,000 events and 11 million visitors.
Vine pointed out that “Next Level is not always about being bigger or better – it means going beyond expectations and striving to make events a success. This might be Next Level service, cuisine, lighting or staging, and Next Level innovation, harnessing technology or simply thinking outside of the box”.
As part of the new branding, BCEC has also launched a new mobile friendly website.
Graeme Caplen, director of Entegy who re-built the BCEC website, said BCEC.com.au is fully mobile optimised and designed for visitors and clients who are on the go.
“(The) website will evolve with the centre as it delivers on its Next Level promise,” Caplen said.
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