Two new appointments at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

AccorHotels has appointed William Haandrikman to helm the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi as general manager as well as the group’s area general manager in North Vietnam.

Haandrikman was previously the general manager of Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit, during which he served as cluster general manager for two AccorHotels properties.


William Haandrikman (left) and Joseph Colina

Since starting his career with AccorHotels in 1992, the Dutch hospitality veteran has held senior management positions in properties in Amsterdam, Brussels, New York and Moscow, as well as with the Sofitel brand in Vienna, The Hague, Paris, Vienna and Shanghai.

Meanwhile, Joseph Colina has been appointed as Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi’s new executive assistant manager. Colina recently moved to Hanoi from Washington DC, where he was previously the director of operations at Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square.

The American began his career as director of guest services at Sofitel Minneapolis in 2005, before becoming the director of guest services at Sofitel Chicago Water Tower and the director of rooms at Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square.

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