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Shangri-La Hotels and
Resorts has appointed Takeshi Monguchi as vice president sales and marketing for Japan.
Reporting to Austin Frost, vice president of international sales, Mr Monguchi
will be based in the Tokyo regional sales office from 17 May 2004 and oversee
the sales and marketing activities of the group in Japan.
Mr Monguchi has more than 30 years experience in the travel industry and was
most recently based in Hong Kong where for 12 years he was president of Japan Travel Agency Limited with responsibility for its ten offices in Asia and
Australia. Prior to this role, he worked in senior sales positions at five-star
hotels in Japan, Singapore, Korea, the Philippines and the United States.
Commenting on this new appointment, Austin Frost, said: 'We are delighted
that Mr Monguchi will be joining Shangri-La at this interesting time of our
development and are confident that he will successfully enhance the group's
position in Japan as Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group.' |
