Bangkok--1 Aug--ScottAsia Communications
Darren Edmonstone, Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Pedroni as General Manager of the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort, effective August 1, 2013.
Mr. Pedroni, an Irish national with 23 years' experience in hospitality, will report to William Visser, Outrigger? Hotels and Resorts Vice President Operations, Asia-Pacific.
Before joining Outrigger, Mr. Pedroni was with Marriott International, most recently as General Manager of the JW Marriott Resort, Phuket. Prior to that he was with The Renaissance Seoul Hotel, South Korea.
He has held hotel management positions in Kuwait, UK and Washington D.C. He has also been a General Manager and Director of Operations at two Hawaii beach resorts for Marriott.
Mr. Pedroni, who also speaks French, is a graduate of Newbridge College, County Kildare, Ireland, and HOSTA, Hotel and Tourism College in Leysin, Switzerland. He has also been a hotel owner in his career.
Mr. Edmonstone said: "Tony combines extensive international hotel industry experience with strong local knowledge on the challenges and opportunities of Phuket beach resort management. He will be a great asset to Outrigger as we continue our strategic expansion."
Mr. Pedroni is married with two sons and is a keen tennis player, golfer and family man.
Editors can download images of Tony Pedroni, Darren Edmonstone, and William Visser and Outrigger resort properties in Asia Pacific here
About Outrigger Enterprises Group
Outrigger Enterprises Group is one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging, retail and hospitality companies in the Asia Pacific and Oceania regions and continues to expand its presence throughout the area. A family-owned company with 66 years of hospitality experience, Outrigger runs a highly-successful, multi-branded portfolio of hotels, condominiums and vacation resort properties, including Outrigger? Hotels & Resorts, OHANA? Hotels & Resorts, Embassy Suites?, Holiday Inn? Best Western?, Wyndham Vacation Ownership? and Hilton Grand Vacations. Currently, Outrigger operates and/or has under development 45 properties with approximately 11,000 rooms located in Hawaii; Australia; Guam; Fiji; Bali; Thailand; Mauritius; Vietnam; and Hainan Island, China. Outrigger Enterprises Group also operates and develops hotel properties and hospitality-related retail and real estate opportunities for partners in Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. For on-line information, log on at www.outriggerenterprisesgroup.com and .
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Ste 105-108, Plaza Del Mar, No. 1 Pasak-Koktanod Rd
Cherngtalay Sub-Dist., Thalang District
Phuket Province, 83110 Thailand
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