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Mr. Jean-Jacques Kiefer has been appointed Group General Manager of
Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, and the Managing Director of Allson International Hotels & Resorts.
In his capacity, Kiefer oversees 13 hotels under
the Sunway and Allson brand with hotels in five Asian destinations.
As the Group General Manager of the
flagship Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Kiefer focuses on strategic positioning
of the five hotel sub-brands within the integrated hotel development namely
the 441-room Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, the 17-units of luxury accommodation called The Villas (opening February 2004), 12-units of
townhouses with The Duplex (opening March 2004), the 549-room Pyramid Tower, an extension of the Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, (opening July 2004)
and 146 units of service suites with Resort Suites (opening October 2004).
Kiefer's role as Managing Director of Allson International Hotels & Resorts
brings international expertise in management, acquisition, development, brand positioning, and operational strategies. Armed with over 25 years of
invaluable experience, the French national joined the management team of
Allson International Hotels & Resorts as the General Manager of the 441-room
Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel in 1999. In April 2003, he was appointed as Group General Manager of the 5-star development to oversee the expansion
programme that is set to increases the Hotel's room inventory from 441 to
1168 guestrooms by end of 2004. Kiefer was also subsequently appointed as
Managing Director of Allson International Hotels & Resorts.
Allson International Hotels & Resorts presently operates hotels in Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. It provides management and franchise agreements as well as hotel marketing affiliation services. Future
development strategies include heightening brand presence in the Asia Pacific region. As a part of its portfolio, Allson International Hotels & Resorts is
the management arm that operates all Sunway Hotels & Resorts properties.
An experienced international hotelier, Kiefer's career began in 1976 at the
Hilton International Abu Dhabi in U.A.E. He held a number of managerial
positions in the Food & Beverage department with Hilton International in
Germany and France before he was appointed Area Food & Beverage Director
Asia Pacific, based in Tokyo Hilton in 1987. Kiefer's regional role in Hilton was
instrumental in shaping the brand's food & beverage positioning. He also held
the position of General Manager of Osaka Hilton, Tokyo Bay Hilton, and was
the General Manager of New Delhi Hilton and Hilton Divisional Director for
India before he moved to Hilton International Bangkok in 1998 and subsequently to Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel in 1999.
Kiefer is active in a number of industry and community organizations. Fluent
in French, English and German, he acquired several degrees and professional
certificates from private institutes in France, Switzerland, Canada and Cornell
University in the United States. Kiefer is based in the Allson International
Hotels & Resorts' Corporate office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel is part of an 800-acre integrated development
that comprises of a convention centre, theme park, a shopping mall, medical
and educational facilities. Located in a bustling suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the
multi-billion dollar development is an award-winning tourism landmark in
Malaysia. |
