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Symon Bridle appointed Chief Operating Officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Jun 06, 05 | 8:00 am

Symon Bridle has been appointed chief operating officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group. In this new   position, created  in  response to the company's rapid growth, Mr. Bridle will supervise the hotels' vice presidents to ensure optimal operational and financial performance among existing and opening hotels, as well as represent the management company to owners and shareholders.

He will report directly to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Giovanni Angelini.  "When Mr. Bridle joined us in 1990, we had 14 hotels in Asia; today that number has more than tripled to 47 hotels in Asia Pacific and the Middle East,with  another 40 hotels in the pipeline, including North America and  Europe," said  Mr. Angelini.

"Mr. Bridle will continue to play an invaluable role in spearheading product and service excellence, profitability and customer satisfaction." For the last two of his 15 years with Shangri-La, Mr. Bridle was a group vice president responsible for hotels in Australia, Beijing, Dubai, Fiji, Hong  Kong and India as well as new hotel projects in India, Oman and the Maldives. 

Previously he was group director of operations. He has held general manager posts at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong and Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei (now Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei). Before joining the company, Mr.Bridle, a UK native, held management positions with luxury hotel groups in South Africa, including Southern Sun Hotels and Westin Hotels in Johannesburg.

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, currently manages 47 hotels under the five-star Shangri-La and four-star Traders Hotels brand, with a rooms inventory of over 21,000. The group has over 30 projects under development in Canada, mainland China, India, Malaysia,  Mongolia, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.shangri-la.com