Marc Hediger Appointed CEO of Lanson Place

Wing Tai Properties has appointed Mr. Marc Hediger as the new Chief Executive Officer of Lanson Place Hospitality Management, effective 1 August 2011.

Lanson Place is the group’s hospitality arm, presently managing award-winning luxury boutique hotel and premium serviced residences in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Mr. Marc Hediger has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry covering operations, branding, as well as business development.

Prior to joining Lanson Place, Mr. Hediger was senior vice president of product and development at New World Hospitality. He was primarily responsible for promoting the New World Hospitality brand in management and product development, which included rolling out a new 5-star plus hotel brand and expanding a European limited service hotel chain to China and other parts of Asia.

Mr. Hediger began his career in hospitality management with Hyatt International in 1981. During his 16-year tenure with Hyatt, he was involved in assignments on several continents, including as General Manager of the Hyatt Casablanca, Grand Hyatt Taipei, Grand Hyatt Fukuoka and Bali Hyatt. In 1997, Mr. Hediger joined HPL Holdings in Singapore and successfully set up Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts International with the opening of its first Hard Rock Hotel in Bali.

He also worked for Moevenpick Hotels, based out of Zurich, Switzerland as Corporate Director of Food & Beverage. In 2001, Mr. Hediger was Senior Vice President of Development with Shangri-La Hotels Worldwide, where he played a key role in expanding Shangri-La’s global presence from 38 hotels to 65 hotels.

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