Luxury Travel Advisor - November 2008 - (Page 64)

THE PULSE HOT LEADS Sandy Lane and The House in Barbados both have new general managers. The House has hired Yomi Mapp (omapp@elegantho tels.com), who hails from Sandy Lane. Sandy Lane, meanwhile, has tapped Robert Logan as its new GM. He most recently served as GM of Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Luxury travel advisors, however, should contact Claire Jordan (cjordan@sandylane. com), director of sales and marketing, with questions. www.sandylane.com www.thehousebarbados. com Peter Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands has a new GM, Matt Balcik. He hails from the Westin Aruba Resort and Casino. The property also has a new manager of sales and marketing, Christy Little (clittle@peterisland.net; 770-476-9988); she is also the resort’s travel agent liaison. Peter Island’s former GM, Sandra Grisham-Clothier, is now the COO of the Bitter End Yacht Club. www.peterisland.com www.beyc.com Castlemartyr Resort in Ireland will no longer carry the Capella brand. Capella is the brainchild of Horst Schulze, founder of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Capella continues with its other worldwide expansion. www.capellahotels.com The New Aman Beijing Amanjunkies have reason for cheer: The Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing (www.aman resorts.com) has just opened. Cool Fact: A little more than 100 years ago, the palace regularly housed visiting VIPs in courtyard dwellings just steps from the gates. It is within these dwellings, and the surrounding gardens and courtyards, that The Aman at Summer Palace has been developed. What’s best about Amanresorts? They’re small enough so that the GMs know their repeat guests well, and, if a client is going to a new Amanresort, the GM will ring up his colleague there to make an introduction. The new Beijing resort has 18 guest rooms and 33 suites housed in a combination of original buildings and fabulous facsimiles. Suites surround an internal courtyard with an intricate latticework of pathways, separating formal gardens and trees. And while some have a combined bedroom and living area, others have separate bedrooms. There are seven Courtyard Suites; these are identical in design to the suites, but more spacious. The luxurious Imperial Suite comprises three separate dwellings; the private dwelling, the living/study dwelling and the formal dwelling. The formal dwelling is a boardroom-style meeting room with seating for 18 people that can also be used for private dinners. The Spa at The Aman at Summer Palace has nine selfcontained double treatment rooms with practitioners utilizing Imperial Chinese well-being techniques blended with modern wellness therapies. Contact Spa Director Rungratree Kongkwanyuen (rkongkwanyuen@ amanresorts.com; 011-86-105987-9900) for details. The Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing’s GM is Blaise Montandon (bmontan don@aman resorts.com; 011-86-10-59879999). Luxury travel advisors with questions can contact Jean Zhao (jzhao@amanresorts.com; 011-86-10-5987-9999), global sales manager. — Mark Rogers 64 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | November 2008 http://www.sandylane.com http://www.thehousebarbados.com http://www.amanresorts.com http://www.amanresorts.com http://www.peterisland.com http://www.beyc.com http://www.capellahotels.com

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