Picture: General Manager of the new Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort and Spa, Claude Baltes.
Golden Tulip's strategic expansion into Thailand has been consolidated with key appointments of two experienced General Managers for the group's hotels in Pattaya and Phuket.
Golden Tulip Managing Director, South East Asia, Mark van Ogtrop said Australian national George Hazard has been installed as the General Manager of the Golden Tulip Resort Pattaya and the Golden Tulip Erawan Hotel. Both Pattaya properties are undergoing extensive renovations to bring them up to Golden Tulip operating standards.
Mr Hazard has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 30 years and joins Golden Tulip from his previous position as the General Manager of the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya and has extensive experience in South-east Asia.
Mr van Ogtrop has also appointed Luxembourg national Claude Baltes as General Manager of the Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort and Spa. This property will also be the first resort in Thailand practicing ancient Ayurveda spa techniques.
Mr Baltes has more than 15 years experience in the hotel industry in South-east Asia. After stints with Shangri-La and Sheraton, he spent over 13 years with Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and Six Senses Resorts & Spas in Indonesia and Thailand.
Mr van Ogtrop, said the appointment of Messrs Baltes and Hazard was a key milestone for the group as it expands in Thailand and the region.
"Both George and Claude have a wealth of experience in operating hotels in Asia and they were very important appointments to get right and we have found two very professional General Managers here," he said.
Mr van Ogtrop and his team will manage the Asian expansion of the group from Golden Tulip's regional headquarters in Bangkok with plans to open more hotels in Thailand and in South-east Asia in the near future.
About Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
With nearly 50 years experience as a hotel franchisor, Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (www.goldentulip.com), with its head office in Amersfoort, Netherlands, is a worldwide hospitality company offering services in the mid- upper- and luxury scales to over 230 hotels representing 27,000 rooms in more than 40 countries.
The three brands present in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, the Asian Pacific Region and the Americas, promise International Standards of services and facilities throughout hotels which restrain their own unique flavours and personality.
Tulip Inn are three-star properties in convenient locations usually in city centres or close to major access routes. Each hotel benefits from its regional situation, but they all provide comfortable and functional accommodation along with friendly service. All hotels are designed to offer business and leisure travellers an exceptional value for money.
Golden Tulip are four-star properties by means of modern facilities, personal service and international standards of comfort. Each hotel offers its own individual character, whilst reflecting the flavours of its location. The hotels enjoy a perfect situation in business or leisure destination, aiming to exceed guest expectations.
Royal Tulip encompasses five-star properties offering the most elegant and luxurious facilities with a deluxe level of comfort and delicate service. Situated in gateway city centres and business districts, all hotels are equipped with ultra-modern amenities to ensure an exceptional stay. Royal Tulip hotels provide the discerning traveller with security, exclusivity and discrete excellence.
For more information and high-resolution photography, please contact:
Joy Sapanon
Corporate Director of Sales & Marketing
Golden Tulip
E-mail: joy@goldentulip.com
Tel: +662 634 4944
Website: www.goldentulip.com
Mark Armsden
Director
Delivering Asia Communications
E-mail: ma@deliveringasia.com
Tel: +662 246 1160
Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort and Spa, Phuket, Thailand
99/4 Moo 7, T. Rawai, Phuket 83130, Thailand
Tel.: +66 76 289399 – Fax: +66 76 289389
http://www.goldentulipmangosteen.com
info@goldentulipmangosteen.com
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