James Kostecky appointed General Manager of Four Seasons Chiang Mai

James Kostecky has been appointed General Manager of the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai.

Kostecky came to the hospitality industry by way of the medical field. After wrapping up pre-med at the University of Notre Dame he leaned towards a career in reconstructive surgery but realized that 15 years of medical school would impede his wanderlust. And so at his sister’s encouragement, he changed his career path and enrolled in hotel studies at Cornell University.

The switch was not really that extreme. “Medicine and hotels are similarly cerebral,” said Kostecky, who joined Four Seasons in 2002. “At heart, both are about helping people, and everyday is something different.”

Born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Kostecky spent his formative years working in restaurants and delighting in slide shows from his parents’ travel through Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Hotel work has kept him moving too, to posts in Africa and across the U.S., as well as a turn as Hotel Manager of Four Seasons Hotel London and most recently as General Manager in The Bahamas. 

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