Appointments
HOTEL Business Review
Willy Ribbe Willy Ribbe has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. Willy Ribbe is a Hotel Management Graduate and has over 28 years of extensive experience in Hospitality industry. Prior to joining us, he was the Area General Manager for the breathtaking properties of Ritz Carlton at Doha, Qatar. He has an illustrative career with Marriott Hotels in Europe and USA, worked with some of the award winning Marriott hotels like the New York Marriott Marquis, Marriott Hotels in Washington DC, Bucharest Marriott Grand Hotel, etc. He has held various senior Management positions for over 25 years in Marriott Intl including Cluster General Manager Position in Europe.
Dr. Arun Tomson Dr. Arun Tomson has been appointed as Director of Spa at the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa. He will be spearheading the spa operations at the newly launched Quan Spa at the hotel. In his new role, he will be responsible for conceptualizing spa treatments, designing marketing strategies, departmental structuring, revenue generation, guest service recovery and facility maintenance. Prior to this, Dr. Tomson headed the spa operations at Surya Samudra Private Retreat. He started his journey in health, beauty and wellness six years ago. Under his supervision, The Leela Kempinski Kovalam Beach received an award for the best hotel spa in 2008 by Pevonia Asia Spa Magazine. Dr. Tomson is well versed in Ayurvedic, Oriental and European Spa therapy. His spa and fitness philosophy provides the guests an ultimate holistic spa therapies and enriching experience. He aims at creating life enhancing therapies that help to retrieve
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the balance of the mind and the body, improve vitality to enable them to lead a longer and healthier life. Dr. Tomson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. He has also received Doctor’s training in Panchakarma (Ayurveda) and other special therapies of Kerala from Kerala Ayurvedic Pharmacy. In addition, he has also gone through a programme on Advanced Paramedical Aesthetics from Christine Valmy international school of Aesthetics, Mumbai. Currently, he is pursuing his MBA (Specializing in Human resources) from the National institute of Business Management, Chennai.
Ray McShane Ray McShane has been appointed as Vice President Sales, Royal Orchid Group & General Manager, Hotel Royal orchid, Bangalore. Ray McShane is a Diploma holder in Hotel Catering & Institutional operation and has over 23 years of extensive experience in Hospitality industry. Prior to joining us he was working with the Centara Hotel & Resorts, the Grand, New Delhi. He has held various Senior Management positions in India and Abroad and worked with international hotels like Conrad HotelsTurkey, Hyatt Hotels- Kazakastan & Saudi Arabia, Jeddah Intercontinental-Saudi Arabia, etc.
Milburn Sequeira The Mirador Hotel, Mumbai has promoted Milburn A. Sequeira as Director of Rooms. His exceptional people skills, networking, strong organizational & administrative capabilities are his core strengths and have earned him many accolades over the years as Front Office Manager from where he has been designated to his
present. In his new role, Milburn will be entrusted with superior responsibilities of enhancing guest experience, standards, efficiency, maximizing occupancies and generating higher room revenue. He has returned to the Mirador, after a short stint as a General Manager in East Africa. He has been associated with the Mirador hotel since 9 years.
Bharat Bhusan Biswal Bharat Bhushan Biswal has taken over as the new General Manager of Lotus Resort Konark. With Bachelors Degree in Tourism & Hospitality services from IIHM, Bhubaneswar and experience of about 6 years in the hotel industry, he brings with him a plethora experience, education and maturity to help the resort to reach greater heights of glory. Biswal started as a trainee with Jaypee Palace Hotels , Agra and later joined as F&B Associate at The Orchid Mumbai. He was subsequently elevated as F.&B Executive and then promoted as Asst F&B Manager. In 2009 he became the Deputy General Manager at Lotus Resort, Konark. He has recently taken over as General Manager.
Biswajit Biswas Biswajit Biswas has been appointed as the General Manager at Fort JadhavGadh, A Gadh Heritage Hotel of Kamat Hotels India Ltd. With 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry he started his career with K.Raheja Group of Hotels at The Resort, Mumbai. He has worked with different Hotel Chains , The Regent, Taj Lands End,Ras Resorts and Velvett Country,Khandala. After Graduating in Hotel Management from IIHM, Kolkata and Hospitality Management Diploma from (AH&MA), he has done his Masters in Business Administration from ISBMMumbai. He also holds a certification of Internal Auditor for ISO 9001: 2000.