New GM at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort

Tony Pedroni has been appointed as General Manager of the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort.

Mr. Pedroni, an Irish national with 23 years' experience in hospitality, will report to William Visser, Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific.

Before joining Outrigger, Mr. Pedroni was with Marriott International, most recently as General Manager of the JW Marriott Resort, Phuket. Prior to that he was with The Renaissance Seoul Hotel, South Korea.

He has held hotel management positions in Kuwait, UK and Washington D.C. He has also been a General Manager and Director of Operations at two Hawaii beach resorts for Marriott.

Mr. Pedroni, who also speaks French, is a graduate of Newbridge College, County Kildare, Ireland, and HOSTA, Hotel and Tourism College in Leysin, Switzerland. He has also been an hotel owner in his career.

Mr. Pedroni is married with two sons and is a keen tennis player, golfer and family man.