Hyatt, Novotel gets new GMs

Hyatt, Novotel gets new GMs

YOGYAKARTA: The five-star Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta hotel and four-star Novotel Yogyakarta have new general managers.

Makassar-born Rizal Ruriko Kasim was installed as the new GM of the Hyatt Regency hotel by the president of the Hyatt International Cooperation, Bern Chorengel, earlier last moth. Previously French-born Fabrice Mini was installed as Novotel Yogyakarta's new GM.

The 41-year-old Kasim started his carrier with Hyatt International in 1992 as Front Office Assistant Manager at the Grand Hyatt Bali. He then served as the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Surabaya before being assigned to the Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta.

Meanwhile, Fabrice Mini started his carrier in Indonesia in 1997 as the general manager of the Tanjung Lesung Resort in West Java. He moved to the Novotel Toraja the following year and was installed as the general manager of the Ibis Mangga Dua Hotel and Apartments in 2002.

He held this position until mid 2005 before being offered the number-one spot in the Novotel Yogyakarta, where he has pledged to further improve the hotel's service quality.

"My family and I like Yogyakarta. The people are friendly and full of smiles," Fabrice, who speaks Indonesian fluently, said about his new post in Yogyakarta. --JP