ONYX Hospitality Group has announced five new appointments that came into effect last month at Onyx’s corporate head office, North Asia division and various properties in Thailand.
Firstly, David Cumming has been named vice president operational development for Onyx Hospitality Group, a role which will see him working on pre-opening phases of new hotels globally. The Briton brings 25 years of hospitality experience from the UK, Egypt, UAE, Oman and Thailand to his new post. He joined Amari in 2004 and was last general manager at Amari Orchid.
At Onyx’s North Asia office, Simon Dell has assumed the role of vice president operations, as well as general manager of the group’s first OZO property, OZO Wesley Hong Kong. Dell entered Onyx in 2008 as executive assistant manager of Amari Orchid Pattaya, and was most recently general manager of Amari Hua Hin.
Change is also afoot at the Amari properties. Christoph Leonhard, a hospitality professional with over 17 years of experience in countries such as Thailand, Germany and the US, has been appointed general manager of Amari Hua Hin. He came on board in 2000 at Amari Watergate Bangkok, and returned in 2009 as general manager, Amari Palm Reef Koh Samui.
Martin Kunzmann has been promoted from resident manager to general manager of Amari Palm Reef Koh Samui. He first joined Amari in 2007 as food & beverage manager, and has accumulated 18 years of industry experience.
At Amari Orchid Pattaya, Brendan Daly has taken on the role of general manager. He comes fresh from his role as general manager of the first Aloft Hotel in South-east Asia, for which he directed the pre-opening and opening. Daly brings with him 12 years of experience in hospitality.
