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Mr. Khampi Suwanarat, Chief Operating Officer of Dusit Hotels & Resorts,
announced the appointment of Mr. Rutger E. L. Verschuren as Corporate Director of Operations of Dusit Hotels & Resorts, to support the daily hotel
operations of the total 21 Dusit and Royal Princess hotels and resorts in the
Dusit Group, as well as representing the group's interests in new overseas
ventures such as most recently the takeover of Dusit Inya Lake Resort in
Yangon Myanmar.
Immediately prior to his present Dusit key executive position, Mr. Verschuren
held previous posts as General Manager of Holiday Inn Manila, Philippines in
2000-2001, and GM in charge of the opening of Holiday Inn Resort Benoa, Bali,
Indonesia, in January 2000 on behalf of Six Continents Hotels, for which he
also worked as GM of Holiday Inn Resort Balihai, Bali in 1998-1999. He also
worked previously in Thailand as GM of Thavorn Palm Beach and Thavorn Beach Village resorts in Phuket in 1990-1997.
He began his early training and management posts for the Steigenberger
group in his native country, The Netherlands. Other experiences include management training at The Oriental, Bangkok (1985), and the position of
Director of F&B for The Montien, Thailand (1988-90).
He holds a Certified Hotel Administrator (C.H.A.) degree from the Educational
Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association, and a Bachelor's Degree
in Business Administration from the University for Hotel Management, The
Hague, The Netherlands. Among the honors he has received were those of President of Hotel & Restaurant Association of the Philippines and Vice
President and Founding Member of the Federation of Tourism Industries of
the Philippines, both in the same year, 2001. He was also Vice President of the
Thai Hotel Association Southern Chapter (1994-97). He is married and has one
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