Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu Announces New Appointments

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. December 28, 2009

Andrew Steele, general manager of Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu, is pleased to announce the appointments of Tommy Kennington as director of recreations, Harry Tan as assistant director of food and beverage, Pang Boon Aik as service manager, Samantha Siow as communications manager and Wendy Yong as sales manager.

Mr. Kennington will assume responsibility for the resort's recreational sport operations including co-ordination of leisure activities, management of the health club, maintenance of facilities and equipment and supervision of health evaluation programmes for employees. Mr. Kennington possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Mr. Tan, the newly appointed assistant director of food and beverage will be responsible for the efficient running of the department and supporting the director of food and beverage in areas of operations to ensure the smooth running of all outlets and banquet operations. Mr. Tan has just successfully completed the Shangri-La Corporate Management Programme.

Mr. Pang will be accountable for the daily operations of the resort's Italian restaurant; Peppino's, including the monitoring of food and service quality, implementation of promotions, menu engineering and cost control. Mr. Pang's professional experience includes working for Restaurant Lafite, Lemon Garden Cafe and Cinnamon and Zipangu Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur.

Ms Siow will be responsible for the implementation and execution of the resort's overall brand standards, supporting the director of communications on local and international public relation programmes and activities and managing internal and external communications. She possesses a Bachelor's degree in Creative Advertising and Marketing from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

Ms Yong's responsibilities in the sales team include meeting overall sales targets and objectives, maintaining customer relations, identifying new business opportunities and developing new marketing strategies to boost revenue and team performance. She is a tourism graduate from RMIT, Melbourne.

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages 65 hotels under the Shangri-La and Traders brands with a rooms inventory of over 28,000. Shangri-La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services. Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, Canada, mainland China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. The group has over 40 projects under development in Austria, Canada, mainland China, France, India, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, Seychelles, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information or reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com.

PRESS CONTACT:
Tulip Noorazyze
Director of Communications
Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu
Tel: (60 88) 327 880
Fax: (60 88) 244 871
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.shangri-la.com

For digitised pictures of the group's hotels, please go to http://www.shangri-la.com/imagelibrary.