Mok Kok Meng Appointed GM of Sedona Hotel Yangon

Mr. Mok Kok Meng has been appointed as General Manager of the 366-room Sedona Hotel Yangon.

A native of Malaysia, Mr. Mok has spent the last three decades managing hotels and operations at five-star luxury hotels, resorts and mixed use properties throughout China and Malaysia.

Most recently, over the past ten years, Mr. Mok worked with the Accor Group where he managed and helped to open several properties under the Sofitel brand, including the pre-opening activities for Sofitel Guiyang Hunter, located in Western China’s tallest building; Sofitel Nanjing Galaxy, where he oversaw a major expansion and renovation; Novotel Nanjing East Suning Galaxy; Sofitel Wanda Ningbo; the Grand Mercure & Mercure TEDA Hotels, two interconnected properties in Dalian; and the Renmin Square Hotels Xi’an, a multi-branded hotel with four hotels under the Accor Group brand.

Prior to the Accor Group, Mr. Mok was the corporate general manager for City Associates in Penang Malaysia where he managed two hotels and a variety of leisure properties including entertainment clubs, spas and a fitness studio. Before this, Mr. Mok with the Shangri-La Group throughout China where he worked in increasingly senior positions at several different hotels. From the front desk to sales and marketing, Mr. Mok has worked his way through every aspect of the hospitality industry, giving him unique perspective and an incredible depth of experience.

“We are delighted to welcome Mr. Mok to the Sedona Hotel Yangon,” said Mr. Khoo Peck Khoon, General Manager of Keppel Land Hospitality Management. “His extensive experience across China and Malaysia managing five-star properties provides him with the ideal expertise to elevate Sedona Hotel Yangon’s reputation for five-star luxury and gracious hospitality.”

Mr. Mok is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Indonesian and Hokkien. He is conversational in German and can understand Italian and French. He is a graduate of the Alpina International Hotel Management School in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.