Bangkok--12 Jul--Novotel Bangkok Fenix Silom
Clinton Lovell brings wide-ranging hospitality and business experience to hotel in Bangkok’s thriving commercial centre.
Novotel Bangkok Fenix Silom announces the appointment of Clinton Lovell as the downtown hotel’s new general manager.
A New Zealander by birth, Clinton graduated in 1995 from Australia’s Blue Mountains Hotel School with a degree in Hotel Management. Over the next five years he gained hotel-industry experience at Park Hyatt and Rydges properties in Sydney and Rydges Carlton Hotel in Melbourne. During the period he also acquired business-centre knowledge when with Regus Citigroup in Sydney and Regus Forrest Centre in Perth.
By 2002 Clinton had arrived in Hong Kong as manager of Regus Business Centres. He would eventually make his way to Southeast Asia, and to the Accor Group, as resident manager of Sofitel Phokeethra Royal Angkor Golf & Spa Resort in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Moving to neighbouring Thailand in 2005, Clinton held the position of resident manager at Hotel Lotus and Regency Park hotels in Bangkok.
From 2007 he bolstered his Thailand experience with general manager positions at All Seasons Hotel Pattaya and Mercure Samui Buri Resort on Koh Samui, where he assisted with the island property’s rebranding from Samui Buri Resort & Spa. While in Koh Samui he likewise oversaw pre-opening efforts for All Seasons Samui Chaweng. Clinton comes to Novotel Silom after serving as general manager of lifestyle beachside property Pullman Pattaya Hotel G, again overseeing a property rebranding, in this case from Pullman Pattaya Aisawan.
Clinton Lovell brings to Novotel Silom an ideal blend of experiences to ensure the property thrives. The city’s Silom district comprises major commercial sites including numerous corporate offices in addition to many of Bangkok’s main tourist and nightlife locations, making the hotel ideal for leisure and business travellers. The hotel offers guests not only a convenient location but also technologically advanced accommodation and highly functional facilities, in addition to contemporary food and beverage venues including signature restaurant The Square and chic bar and lounge Blue Sapphire.