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FAMILY NEWS – WEDDINGS FAMILY NEWS – BABIES
07/07/07 wAS the hAppy dAy For dAriA rykovA ANd kirill
ZheltukhiN to Commit to oNe ANother For A liFetime.
Martin Kisseleff, his wife Marianne and Marga Cretton flew to Moscow
for the festivities. They were happy to meet some other alumni, friends
and family, like Anton Rykov and his lovely wife Amanda, both living
in Chicago, while Daria and Kirill live in Vancouver, Canada.
daria.rykova@ritz.edu, kirill.zheltukhin@ritz.edu
Bonita Shi married Frank Cui
on 12 May. Bonita is working
at the PricewaterhouseCoopers
Center as an Auditor.
bonita.shi@cn.pwc.com
luBNA Ali got mArried to AdNAN rAhmAN
in a beautiful ceremony attended
by family and friends from around
the world, lubna Ali got married
to Adnan rahman on 21 June 2007
at the grand hyatt Amman.
BooN low got mArried
to ireNe iN mAlAySiA oN
8 July 2007:
“Our wedding was a mix of
traditional Chinese and Western
styles. The photo shows Irene and
me with my nephew who simply
would not let me out of his sight!”
bylow33@gmail.com
“The “César Ritz” alumni who
attended our wedding were:
Isabelle Vromant; Cecilie holst and
husband Shalab Sharma; Katharina
Rutz; Barbara Kahl; Vanja Kranjec;
Margarita Sannikova; Philippe
Abou Jaoude; and Afif Salibi.
They came a week before the
wedding so we had time to catch
up and talk about the nice old days
in “César Ritz”. We showed them
around Jordan, had a good time at
several pre-wedding parties, and
of course, at the wedding. This was
preethi veNkAtrAmANi
ANd dAvid
The traditional hindu wedding
between Preethi Venkatramani
and David was celebrated in
India in August 2007.
“I am very happy to tell you
that the wedding went extremely
well and I am now back in
France. I live very close to
Geneva and am slowly settling
in with my husband.”
preethi.venkatramani@ritz.edu
emma mainwaring married
Chris Jordan on 14 July in Wales.
emmam@howes-percival.co.uk
one of the best reunions and having
my friends around meant so much
to me!”
lubna.ali@ritz.edu
After a few years in Malaysia as
General Manager of Shangri-La’s
Tanjung Aru Resort, ulf Bremer is
about to take up a new challenge as
General Manager in Taiwan.
“After having settled in Kota
Kinabalu for the past three years,
it’s now time for me to pack my bags
and move to my next assignment,
the Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza
hotel, Taipei. I am truly honoured
to have been given yet another
opportunity to move elsewhere
within the company.”
ulf.bremer@shangri-la.com
A lot has changed in the life of
Flavia Sales-holman.
“Paul and I had our first baby,
Victoria, in March this year and
we are very happy as parents!
We have also moved from DC to
England and now live in Lincoln
in the East Midlands.
I am very happy to be back in
Europe near a lot of people I know.
Tobias Schoch came for a visit and
I have also met Frederike Rostock
in London. hopefully now it will
be easier to go back to Switzerland
and visit the school.”
fsholman@gmail.com
In August we had the pleasure
of welcoming to Le Bouveret,
ulli kastner and his wife,
Claudia, and baby boy, Ben,
who was born on 13 July.
Ulli left hilton to join Accor
hotels in Munich where he
is their E-Commerce Manager
for Germany, Switzerland and
Austria responsible for all
brand websites.
ullrich.kastner@ritz.edu
Sylvia wan ying Saw:
“I am happily married to a French
hotelier and have a two and a
half-year-old son. We have just
moved to Morocco after Indonesia
and Maldives and I would
love to be in contact with some
ex-classmates from Le Bouveret
(1992–1993). As I am looking
for some new friends, who better
than ex-“César Ritz” students?”
sylviapascal_m@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations to Julia hacker
(ex-Gruber) and her husband, who
had a baby girl, Franziska Antonia,
on 24 April 2007.
juliahacker@mac.com
denise Seet Fah montenegro (ex
Wong) is married to James and has
two children, Amber, 6 and Jett,
16 months.
“hi “César Ritz”. It’s been 15 years
already! After graduation, I returned
to Malaysia and joined the Renaissance
Malacca for 2 years in the F&B
Department. After that, I had the opportunity
to join the ‘Datai’ Langkawi
in Malaysia for a year where I also
worked in F&B. In 1996, I received
an offer to work for the hyatt Regency
Saipan and am still there today!
I started as a Supervisor in Room
Service and am now the Training
Manager. My career path has been
very exciting and challenging.”
montenegro.denise@gmail.com
Jill raub (ex-Cettie) sent news
from Everett in Washington
State where she lives with
her husband, Christopher, and
nine-year-old Spencer and
one-year-old baby twins,
Keegan and Tavish.
“I think of my year in Switzerland
all the time and the great
group of people I met in 1987.
I hope my children get to have
an experience like that someday
too. hotelconsult “César Ritz”
Colleges should be a part of
every curriculum!”
jilopher@comcast.net
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