PHUKET: Thanyapura, Phuket's new world-class campus of wellness, health, sport and education, continues to build its team of leading experts and talent across myriad fields with the appointment of Sirima Rojprasitporn as Director of Business Development.
Ms Sirima has a long and storied track record of success in the luxury hospitality industry, having worked at hotels including Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor, Siem Reap and Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh, Kandooma Resort in the Maldives and at Bangkok institutions like the Millennium Hilton, The Peninsula and The Metropolitan.
Her depth of experience and knowledge of the sector make her a valuable asset to the Thanyapura team, where part of her role will entail building up the brand's key hotel and resort offerings while looking for prestigious sporting and lifestyle companies to bolster the Thanyapura vision of a unique total health approach to wellness and fitness.
The Lausanne, Switzerland and University of New Haven, Connecticut-educated Thai national is a seasoned professional, having managed everything from international leisure, corporate and embassy accounts, raising hotel yields, online booking technology, train the trainer programs, dealing with local and international press and ensuring a key brand presence at international trade and travel shows and fairs.
''I'm looking forward to putting all my experience to work for Thanyapura,'' Ms Sirima said. ''It is an exciting opportunity and an amazing project, with so many different facets to the overall vision.
''This is a great challenge, and I believe Thanyapura is quite special, not just in Asia but in the world, in terms of the quality of its facilities and the total health approach.''
Thanyapura Group President Robert C. Hauck said he was delighted to welcome Ms Sirima to the team.
''We have assembled a team of top professionals now and Sirima will be a perfect fit. Any vision, especially one as broad and sweeping as Thanyapura's, can only be achieved through its people.
''And we are well advanced now in getting the right people into the right places to put Thanyapura on the map globally. The future's bright and I for one wouldn't want to be anywhere else.''
About Thanyapura.
Thanyapura offers a diverse portfolio of unique properties centred on one idyllic campus in the heart of Phuket including Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club - Phuket, a world class sports and fitness facility for elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts, Thanyapura Mind Centre for the cultivation of mental and emotional balance, Phuket International Academy Day School, 77-room Thanyapura Resort (opening 2012), 38-room Thanyapura Retreat as well as a satellite operation, the five-star, nine-suite Thanyamundra two hours drive north of Phuket on a working organic farm adjacent to Khao Sok National Park. Thanyapura's leisure amenities extend to a day spa, fully equipped kids and teen clubs, arts studio and performance centre plus innovative food and beverage outlets featuring organic cuisine, wine and cooking instruction. Unrivalled on Phuket, Thanyapura presents the ideal destination for active leisure travellers, professional and amateur sports enthusiasts, corporate groups on offsite retreats, seminars, incentives and team building as well as for the active and wellness needs of the local community. Thanyapura prides itself on being a responsible member of the Phuket community, operating with integrity as equal opportunity employers and adhering to the highest ethical standards.
Ms Sirima has a long and storied track record of success in the luxury hospitality industry, having worked at hotels including Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor, Siem Reap and Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh, Kandooma Resort in the Maldives and at Bangkok institutions like the Millennium Hilton, The Peninsula and The Metropolitan.
Her depth of experience and knowledge of the sector make her a valuable asset to the Thanyapura team, where part of her role will entail building up the brand's key hotel and resort offerings while looking for prestigious sporting and lifestyle companies to bolster the Thanyapura vision of a unique total health approach to wellness and fitness.
The Lausanne, Switzerland and University of New Haven, Connecticut-educated Thai national is a seasoned professional, having managed everything from international leisure, corporate and embassy accounts, raising hotel yields, online booking technology, train the trainer programs, dealing with local and international press and ensuring a key brand presence at international trade and travel shows and fairs.
''I'm looking forward to putting all my experience to work for Thanyapura,'' Ms Sirima said. ''It is an exciting opportunity and an amazing project, with so many different facets to the overall vision.
''This is a great challenge, and I believe Thanyapura is quite special, not just in Asia but in the world, in terms of the quality of its facilities and the total health approach.''
Thanyapura Group President Robert C. Hauck said he was delighted to welcome Ms Sirima to the team.
''We have assembled a team of top professionals now and Sirima will be a perfect fit. Any vision, especially one as broad and sweeping as Thanyapura's, can only be achieved through its people.
''And we are well advanced now in getting the right people into the right places to put Thanyapura on the map globally. The future's bright and I for one wouldn't want to be anywhere else.''
About Thanyapura.
Thanyapura offers a diverse portfolio of unique properties centred on one idyllic campus in the heart of Phuket including Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club - Phuket, a world class sports and fitness facility for elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts, Thanyapura Mind Centre for the cultivation of mental and emotional balance, Phuket International Academy Day School, 77-room Thanyapura Resort (opening 2012), 38-room Thanyapura Retreat as well as a satellite operation, the five-star, nine-suite Thanyamundra two hours drive north of Phuket on a working organic farm adjacent to Khao Sok National Park. Thanyapura's leisure amenities extend to a day spa, fully equipped kids and teen clubs, arts studio and performance centre plus innovative food and beverage outlets featuring organic cuisine, wine and cooking instruction. Unrivalled on Phuket, Thanyapura presents the ideal destination for active leisure travellers, professional and amateur sports enthusiasts, corporate groups on offsite retreats, seminars, incentives and team building as well as for the active and wellness needs of the local community. Thanyapura prides itself on being a responsible member of the Phuket community, operating with integrity as equal opportunity employers and adhering to the highest ethical standards.
