Originally Posted by
SeamasterLux
Greg Liddell's departure to the LMO HK
GM-1 retired
chef Dominique left to Macau IIRC
head Sommelier left
and so on
generally speaking >
has it ever happened that owner was not happy with replacements offered by management company? or owner wanted management company to poach certain people from competitors, and they would not. or have management company use certain employees (in their own company) and management company did not want to. just 3 thoughts specifically regarding staffing decisions.
interesting timing re MO chiang mai >
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/medi...-managers.aspx
6 August, 2012
Paul Jones has been appointed General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Taipei with effect from 17 September, 2012
10 September, 2012, Christian Hassing will succeed Paul Jones as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Singapore and in support of the Group’s growth in the Asia region, he will also take up the appointment of Area Vice President, Operations
Anthony Costa will succeed Christian Hassing as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo with effect from 3 September
Greg Liddell will succeed Anthony Costa as General Manager of The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong with effect from 27 August, 2012. Mr Liddell joined Mandarin Oriental in 2009 as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, during which time the property has been named as one of the ‘Best Hotels in Asia’ for service in the recent Travel + Leisure, ‘World’s Best Service’ listing.
Andrew Abram will succeed Greg Liddell as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai with effect from 24 August, 2012. Mr Abram began his career with Mandarin Oriental in 2003 as Resident Manager of The Excelsior, Hong Kong, before being appointed General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta in 2004. Andrew has overseen the closure and total renovation of this hotel, prior to its successful re-launch in 2009.
Originally Posted by
SeamasterLux
31st August 2013. From that date forward, the hotel will be called The Dhara Dhevi hotel
MO >
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l-bangkok.html
jan and amanda are poorly regarded here, questionable decisions by MO for BKK
jan DID end up moving to solely corporate position, as originally suggested by
Braniff >
http://www.tophotelchains.com/en/jan...mandarin-orien
http://www.hotelbusiness.com/links/n...s.php?ID=45090
http://read.gaaaccounting.com/news/a...l-hotel-group/
Originally Posted by MO CFO
Mainland China is the group’s second largest customer base, representing over 13 percent of the room nights sold globally
Before that we were looking at greenfield sites and at building resorts in various places. Now we’ve got the same number of opportunities, but many of them are for existing hotels that have struggled since the financial crisis under another brand or operator
atlanta was their first reflag? others doing reflags include dorchester, and?
so this is fully on topic in terms of what MO is doing as a management company in terms of their business model.
(interesting it seems the real changes to luxury hotel companies are happening now, rather than during economic crisis.)
Originally Posted by
SeamasterLux
Owner and Mandarin Oriental have different aspirations for its management and long-term development