Two New CEOs @ Club Med in Asia

Ms. Heidi Kunkel has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Club Med East, South Asia and Pacific, based in Singapore.

Heidi joined Club Med in 2003, and was most recently President of Japan and Korea and previously held the position of General Manager Pacific. She has promoted strong growth in the Asia Pacific region and also improved business performance in Japan despite a difficult context. Heidi will now develop and grow Club Med’s business further in the East, South Asia and Pacific markets.

A newly-named East, South Asia and Pacific business unit located in Singapore, will manage sales in the Asia Pacific markets of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Indonesia. It will also be responsible for operations in eight resorts including Kabira Beach, Sahoro, Kani, Phuket, Cherating Beach, Bali, Bintan Island and Lindeman Island. It aims to build a strong momentum and profitable growth across these markets.

A new Greater China Business Unit, located in Shanghai, is being created to spearhead Club Med’s projects in China. Club Med successfully opened its first resort in China – the Yabuli Resort – in 2010 and is actively working on new projects in the country. It plans to operate five resorts by 2015 with 200,000 clients, thus making China Club Med’s second largest market.

Olivier Horps has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of this new Greater China Business Unit.

Olivier joined Club Med in 2007 and has demonstrated his capacity to develop growth in Asia. He was successively appointed Sales and Marketing Director, Asia, and Managing Director, Asia Pacific. He will relocate to Shanghai to lead Club Med’s development of the Greater China Business Unit.

The mission of the Greater China Business Unit is to plan and organise its business development to reach this objective as well as forge relations with Fosun, a major Chinese group, which is the shareholder and business partner of Club Med. This new business unit will cover sales across three key markets – China, Taiwan and Hong Kong – and handle operations of the Chinese resorts, beginning with the recently-opened Yabuli Resort.

Both the Greater China Business Unit and East, South Asia and Pacific Business Units will be effective from 1 May 2011.

See recent travel news from: Travel News Asia, Heidi Kunkel, Olivier Horps, Club Med, Shanghai, Women, Singapore, CEO