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Hospitality Bites
Hulhule Island Hotel accounces new
executive appointments
Mr. Dhirendra Pratap Singh,
Manager Front Office
Pratap has joined Hulhule Island Hotel as
Manager Front Office. After completing his
diploma in Hotel Management and Post
Graduation in Business Administration with
specialization in Sales and Marketing, Pratap
started his career with Heritage Village
Resort. He has worked with Trident Hilton
at Agra, Marriott at New Delhi, Oberoi Group
of Hotels and Intercontinental Eros at New
Delhi prior to taking up this assignment.
Mr. Aviram Panda
Executive Housekeeper
Aviram has joined Hulhule Island Hotel as
Executive Housekeeper. Aviram has done his
PG Diploma in Accommodation Management
and B.A (Hons) and has gained experience
in the hospitality industry with Hotel Prachi
in India, Oberoi Group of Hotels in India,
Best Western Elite Hotel at Bahrain, Marriot
Welcome Hotel at New Delhi and Emirates
Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE prior to joining
Hulhule Island Hotel.
Maldives Wins Best Island Award 2008
Male’, 10 September 2008; The Maldives has
won the Condé Nast Traveller’s Readers Best
Island Award for the year 2008. Maldives
scored well in all 10 scoring criteria including
the top mark for beaches.
The Maldives won this milestone award from
the readers’ poll by successfully competing
against Greek Islands, Mauritius, Barbados
and Hawaii etc. This is the third consecutive
year that Maldives won this award.
In addition, six Maldives resorts were among
the best hotels in Overseas Leisure Hotels
in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian
Ocean category. They are One & Only Reethi
Rah, One & Only Kanuhura, Soneva Gili,
Fourseasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa,
Cocoa Island Resort and Huvafenfushi.
The Conrad Bangkok was recognized
as the best business hotel in Bangkok
by the 2008 Business Traveller Asia-
Pacific Readers’ Poll.
The awards, which recognize the best in
the industry, are based on the results of an
annual Business Traveller subscriber survey,
conducted from May to July this year. Reader
voting ensures that true industry merit is
objectively assessed and recognized.
HES Global Ltd the leading executive
search firm for the hospitality industry
exclusively, introduces Aukse Bright,
the new Executive Director for Asia-
Pacific.
Managing Director, Guy Teerlinck says
“We are delighted to announce that Aukse
Bright joins our team as Executive Director
responsible for the Asia-Pacific region.”
He adds “Aukse works already many years
with a passion for the hospitality industry.
She gained invaluable experience at several
International Hotel chains over the world and
at an International Recruiter competitor.”
Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group,
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, was
named Best Business Hotel Brand in
Asia-Pacific for the eighth consecutive
year and won a total of seven awards
in Business Traveller Asia-Pacific
magazine’s 2008 Readers’ Poll.
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore was voted Best
Business Hotel in the World, Best Business
Hotel in Asia-Pacific and Best Business Hotel
in Singapore. Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong;
Makati Shangri-La, Manila; and Shangri-La’s
Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei each won the
Best Business Hotel awards in their cities. The
poll was conducted among the magazine’s
frequent traveller subscribers based mainly
in the Asia-Pacific region. Results will be
published in the October 2008 issue of
Business Traveller Asia-Pacific.
Luxury resort group One&Only has
partnered with Technogym to offer
guests a highly personalised fitness
and wellness experience on holiday and
at home.
Regarded worldwide as the best choice for
sporting professionals and luxury home
wellness, Technogym, with its expert
combination of state-of-the-art equipment,
nutritional advice, workout support and
training guidance, has tailored each
programme to respond to the individual
needs of the One&Only guest. All five
One&Only resorts (One&Only Reethi Rah in
the Maldives; One&Only Le Saint Géran in
Mauritius; One&Only Royal Mirage in Dubai;
One&Only Ocean Club in The Bahamas and
One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico)
feature Technogym equipment. Each resort
is linked through an advanced technology key
system ensuring that guests can follow the
same programme at whichever Technogym
they visit.