Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa Welcomes Ivan Casadevall as General Manager (Thailand)
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Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa Welcomes Ivan Casadevall as General Manager (Thailand)
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Category: Asia Pacific - Thailand - Careers
- Appointments
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2008-09-16
Anantara Resorts have appointed Spanish native Ivan Casadevall in the position of General Manager to oversee operations at the recently opened 60 all-suite Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali.
Ivan’s extensive 15 year experience in hospitality, and as an accomplished hands-on General Manager, has seen him build a strong career throughout Europe and Asia including roles with Sol Melia, Hanoi and Bali, with Victoria, Sapa and Can Tho in Vietnam, and for the past 3 years with Anantara, Golden Triangle and Hua Hin in Thailand.
Most recently Ivan held the position of General Manager for Anantara Resort Hua Hin, Thailand where in addition to introducing new guest concepts and destination discoveries to the hotels 187 rooms and suites he oversaw operations for the resort’s Spa achieving notable industry awards including Conde Nast Traveller UK “9th Best Overseas Hotel Spa”.
Ivan is no stranger to the island of Bali and its community having spent 2 years as General Manager at the Melia Benoa Resort to wide acclaim. His move to Bali comes with genuine enthusiasm and vision as he sets to enhance the resort’s range of stylish entertainment, dining and lifestyle venues including the dazzling SOS -Sunset on Six, RGW - Rooftop Grill & Wine, and Wild Orchid Thai restaurant as well as the Anantara Spa and glamorous new 420sqm Penthouse.
With a 160 strong team of resort and executive staff to support him, the vibrant 34year old says, “I’m looking forward to creating a unique identity for the resort with inspiring destination experiences, cutting edge epicurean events and emerging lifestyle and entertainment concepts that ultimately create stories for our guests to take home.”
“What is truly exciting is that there are no limits to how we approach the lifestyle and destination experiences we are able to create for our guests which are uniquely distinctive to Anantara.”
Commenting on Ivan’s appointment, William E. Heinecke, CEO Minor International says, “Ivan is a proven industry leader who has consistently delivered solid results and growth for the company in the different resorts he has managed for us. Under his visionary guidance, Anantara Seminyak is poised to grow as a dynamic and unique resort that will set a new benchmark for innovation in the boutique resort market”.
Sharing Anantara’s corporate vision to ‘set a new benchmark in boutique resort standards’ Ivan says other key objectives are to increase revenue, strengthen brand identity and recognition as well as to expand Anantara portfolio presence in Indonesia.
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