Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort Appoints Lutz Mueller as GM

Lutz Mueller has been appointed as General Manager of the Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort.

Having spent 22 years with Marriott International in Germany, India, Thailand and China, Lutz joins Anantara from his most recent position as General Manager of the Wanda Vista Resort Xishuangbanna in southern China.

Lutz started his career in 1991 with Marriott International in Germany, where he gained valuable experience in Finance and Rooms Operations within Marriott properties in the cities of Frankfurt and Hamburg.

In 2000 he joined the Marriott International Lodging team for a year as a Project Manager on their ‘At Your Service’ programme. Following this assignment, Lutz was promoted to Director of Rooms, and continued to work in this role for both Marriott and Renaissance Hotels in Mumbai, Bangkok, Shanghai and Tianjin, before becoming Resident Manager at the Renaissance Wuhan Hotel in China in 2006.

In 2007 Lutz was promoted to his first General Manager position at The Courtyard by Marriott Phuket at Kamala Beach in Thailand. This was followed by several more General Manager positions at the Renaissance Koh Samui Resort & Spa and Wanda Realm Nanjing in China, a property he joined to lead the pre-opening team.

A German national, Lutz is currently studying for an MBA in International Services and Hospitality Management with Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland via online learning, and is expected to graduate in 2016.