Anantara Resorts has announced the appointement of MARK HEATHER as General Manager of its 77-room property Anantara Resort Golden Triangle in Northern Thailand and the transfer of incumbent Ivan Casadevall to oversee Anantara Resort Hua Hin.

Mark Heather, whose 15-year hospitality career includes operational and Sales & Marketing roles with Dusit Hotels. He also played an integral part in establishing an International Degree Programme in “Travel Industry Management” for Mahidol University and managed hotel projects for the World Bank in Laos. Heather joins Anantara Resort & Spa Golden Triangle from the Harbour View Hotel Haiphong, a Minor International Hotel.

Ivan Casadevall, a Barcelona-born Spaniard, commenced his career in Europe in a variety of Front Office, Sales and Food & Beverage roles and developed his international skills in South America before an opportunity with the Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts group brought him to Indonesia and Vietnam. Casadevall joined Anantara Resorts & Spas in early 2006.

Editors’ Notes:

• Inspired by local architecture and sensitive to the indigenous culture, Anantara Resorts are currently located in the Thai seaside town of Hua Hin (220kms south of Bangkok), on Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand and in the Golden Triangle in the country’s north.
• The 110-room Anantara Resort Maldives, located in the South Male Atoll, opened in September 2006.
• Minor International Public Company Limited is Thailand’s largest hospitality and leisure operator with annual sales of over US$250 million and employing over 10,000 people. Within its hotel division, Minor International currently owns and operates a portfolio of 13 hotels with a combined inventory of over 2,500 rooms under the Marriott, Four Seasons, Anantara and Minor International brands. The company also owns and operates food, retail and entertainment outlets, a chain of luxury spas under the M-Spa brand, the Marriott Phuket Beach Club in a joint-venture arrangement and the award-winning Manohra Cruises along Bangkok’s famous Chao Phraya river.