More Changes at the Top in Bali Hotels

(6/11/2007)

Hard Rock Hotel Bali

Darryl Marsden has been appointed General Manager of the Hard Rock Hotel Bali effective June 1, 2007. Daryl, who has been with the Hotel and Hard Rock Hotels on a local and regional basis since July 2000, replaces Jamal Hussain who has left Bali and accepted a senior management role Banyan Tree Resorts in the Maldives.

Darryl joined Hard Rock Hotel Bali in July 2000 as Director of Food & Beverage and in November 2001 was appointed as the Regional Director of Food and Beverage for Hard Rock Hotels, Asia. Promoted to Executive Assistant Manager in charge of hotel operations, in February 2003, Daryl brings 26 years of hospitality experience, with previous senior positions as Director of Food & Beverage, Palace of the Golden Horses Malaysia, Director of Food and Beverage Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and Executive Chef of Grand Wailea Resort, Hotel & Spa, Hawaii, USA.

InterContinental Bali Resort Bali

Norbert Vas has been appointed as Director of Operations Club InterContinental Bali Resort.

An Austrian national, Norbert has nearly two decades of hospitality management experience starting as a trainee at the SAS Palai Hotel in Vienna before returning to school to obtain a degree in Hotel and Tourism Management at the Centre International de Glion in Montreux, Switzerland.

In 1994, Norbert was appointed as Senior Sales Manager for Radisson SAS Hotel in Düsseldorf before moving to New York to become Assistant Food & Beverage Manager at the Four Seasons Hotel. Staying in New York, he also served in sales capacities with Ian Schrager Hotels and Omni Hotels.

Moving to Indonesia in 2000, Norbert has held sales and marketing positions with the Shangri-la Surabaya and Mandarin Oriental in Jakarta.

Norbert has also worked at the Imperial Aryaduta Hotel & Country Club in Jakarta as an Assistant General Manager and as General Manager with Swiss-BelHotel in Bali and Vietnam.