New appointment at Victoria Hotels & Resorts

Hanno Stamm

Indochina’s luxury hotel group, Victoria Hotels & Resorts (under EEM group), has announced a key appointment for their head office based in HCMC.

Hanno Stamm has taken over the position of managing director previously held by Eric Simard since 2002. At the same time, Stamm will keep his current position as General Manager of the Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa.

With almost 20 years experience in hotel groups such as Accor and Radisson, the German national joined Victoria Hotels & Resorts in July 2002 as Rooms Division Manager of Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa. In 2003, he held the position of General Manager of Victoria Chau Doc Hotel followed by Victoria Can Tho Resort in 2004 and Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort & Spa in 2007. Hanno Stamm has been Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa’s General Manager since May 2009. He is also a graduate of the Swiss hotel management school, Les Roches.

The group operates six luxury Indochina retreats embracing off–the-beaten-track mountain and beach spa resorts in Vietnam, two colonial-style hotels in the Mekong Delta, and an elegant spa resort at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The agreement with Thien Minh Travel Joint Stock Company under which EEM was to sell its five hotel properties in Vietnam has been cancelled early January.

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John Blanco appointed as general manager of The Nam Hai

John Blanco, new general manager of The Nam Hai

Luxury hotel and resort management company GHM has appointed accomplished international hotelier, John Blanco, as general manager of The Nam Hai, an all villa resort on Hoi An Beach.

Blanco comes to The Nam Hai after opening The Bristol Buenaventura in Panama. He has also worked at luxury resorts in Switzerland, France, Mexico, Spain, Singapore, Bali and the United States during his 25-year hospitality career.

“John is a well-respected and highly experienced hotelier who, in his role as general manager, will continue to drive the success of the resort and take it to new heights,” said Hans Jenni, president and director of GHM, in a statement.

Blanco’s first general manager role was at The Ritz-Carlton, Penha Longa Portugal. From 2006-2009, he was managing director of The Landmark Hotels Group, responsible for properties in Hawaii and Mexico.

Born in Venezuela, Blanco is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, and conversant in Italian and German. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the prestigious Centre International de Glion in Swtizerland.

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