André Kretschmann Returns to GHM as GM of The Legian Bali

André Kretschmann has been appointed General Manager of the 68 all-suite The Legian Bali resort and its 11-villa sister property in Seminyak – The Club at The Legian.

Prior to returning to GHM, André spent six years as an area general manager for the Cheval Blanc Group across Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Indian Ocean.

From 1995 to 2005, Kretschmann was a mainstay at GHM, where he managed properties in Jakarta, on Phuket, in Oman and on Sri Lanka.

“André spent a good deal of his career with us at GHM, and really helped define the image of a GHM manager,” said GHM President Hans R. Jenni, who co-founded the group with Adrian Zecha in 1992.

Under the watch of Kretschmann’s predecessor, the hotel opened a new, 30-metre infinity lap pool just above the famed sands of Seminyak, renovated its three-bedroom oceanfront beach house, opened up new streams of natural light into the hotel rooms and refurbished the spa and wellness facility.

Kretschmann’s career in hospitality took flight in his native Germany in the late 1970s. In the mid-1980s, he moved abroad to London and then Paris before relocating to Asia where he’s worked for the past 20 years.