AUSTRALIAN native Jon Bourbaud has been named area general manager for Laos by Apple Tree Group.
The group’s three businesses in Luang Prabang will therefore come under his care, namely: Villa Maly,a boutique hotel in Luang Prabang; Kamu Lodge, with its eco-lodge concept and 20 safari tents on the banks of the Mekong river, located two-and-a-half hours upstream from Luang Prabang; and Nava Mekong, a dining cruise available for both dinner and lunch.
Bourbaud has spent over 10 years managing various properties across South-east Asia, and was last managing Apple Tree Group’s Bagan Lodge, an 85-room boutique hotel in Bagan, Myanmar.
He is conversant in English, French, and Vietnamese.
