Robert C. Hauck Appointed as Thanyapura’s Group President

Thanyapura, a Phuket-based hospitality and sports group, has appointed Mr Robert C. Hauck, as Group President of its hotel and sport facilities. The appointment is effective 1 September 2011.

Prior to his most recent role as General Manager at the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor in Cambodia, Mr Hauck held management positions at renowned luxury hotels across Asia Pacific, including Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Island Shangri-La Hong Kong, Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur and Pudong Shangri-La in Shanghai.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be joining such an innovative project as Thanyapura with its world-class facilities and hotels,” Mr Hauck said. “Thanyapura offers a remarkable range of international calibre venues and integrated activities to both the leisure and corporate markets, bringing something totally new to the Asian region – and certainly something unique to the travel and hospitality industry.”

Thanyapura offers an unsurpassed portfolio of diverse resources centred on a 23-hectare campus in Phuket, which includes the Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club - a world-class sports and fitness facility for elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts. Thanyapura’s on site services extend to restaurants and bars, a cooking school, day spa, fully equipped kids and teens club, visual arts studio and a performing arts centre.

It also home to the Thanyapura Mind Centre for the cultivation of mental and emotional balance, the Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS), the 38-room Thanyapura Retreat, the 77-room Thanyapura Resort and the five-star Thanyamundra Ogranic Resort, the first and only certified organic farm in southern Thailand, adjacent to Khao Sok National Park.

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