Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, a leading developer and operator of luxury hotels, resorts and spas, in Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Director of Operations for Thailand, along with new general managers in hotels in Bangkok, Thailand and in the Maldives.
Francis Zimmerman (pictured) has been appointed to the role of director of operations for Thailand. Zimmerman joined Minor Hotel Group, owning company of Anantara, in November 2008 as General Manager of the Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa and has been at the helm during the hotel’s recent conversion to Anantara Bangkok Riverside Resort & Spa.
Taking the reins as general manager at Anantara Bangkok Riverside Resort & Spa is Claudia Pronk, who transfers from a cluster role in the Maldives where she was general manager of Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa, Anantara Veli Resort & Spa and sister hotel Naladhu. Pronk joined the company in 2009 from The Grand Mauritian Hotel in Mauritius, where as general manager she led the hotel pre-opening and the first full year of operation.
Replacing Pronk, Jeffrey F. Seward has been appointed as cluster general manager of Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa, Anantara Veli Resort & Spa and Naladhu Maldives properties, all located in the Maldives’ South Male Atoll. Located around a private turquoise lagoon a mere 35 minutes by speedboat from the island nation’s international airport, the three award winning resorts are heavenly sanctuaries on secluded paradise islands, each with its own distinctive character. Seward joins Anantara from Taj Hotels where he held the role of General Manager at Taj Boston in the USA. Prior to Taj Boston, Seward worked for Ritz-Carlton hotels for nearly 20 years, holding management and executive positions in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.