SINGAPORE - Hospitality industry veteran, Jean-Marc Busato,
has been appointed president and managing director of
Carlson Hotels Worldwide - Asia-Pacific (CHW-AP). He will
take up his new position in January 2009 and will be based
at CHW-AP's regional headquarters in Singapore. Busato, a
Swiss national, joins CHW-AP from The Rezidor Hotel Group,
where he was area vice president and MD for Middle East and
Africa. Prior to this, he was MD of Egyptotel S.A.E, a
subsidiary of German tourism and shipping giant TUI. He has
also previously worked with Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
in various positions for over ten years.