Ettedgui, Edouard
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BORN 12 December 1951. EDUCATION Received an MBA from the ESSEC business school in Paris. CAREER 1977: joins the electronics giant Philips. Goes on to hold various roles, including director for operations in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Peru and Italy. 1990-95: head of finance, BAT Industries, later becoming group finance controller and then director for new business development and group finance controller. 1996: joins board of the newly created British American Tobacco Holdings as business development director. 1996: group finance director, Dairy Farm International. 1998 to now: chief executive, Mandarin Oriental.
Making Of Oriental Bangkok
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In 1994, Kurt Wachtveitl, a general manager almost as famous as the hotel he run, invited us to Bangkok, where I had the privilege of m...
The Cover Artists
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They are no ordinary artists — they capture the essence of a hotel in one single piece of art. The cover artists of famoushotels.
The Oriental Bikini Scandal
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In the 1950s years ago, swimming pools were not necessarily part of the basic facilities of an Asian hotel. In the 1960s, The Oriental ...
La Mamounia Prize for Literature
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The legendary La Mamounia has garnered a number of prizes since its spectacular reopening in 2009, but now it’s launching its own awa...
Metropole Hanoi: bunker discovered
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Kai Speth, the general manager of the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi was all excited. Many years ago I had written a book about the history o...
I need not have any money!
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If you think you have seen them all, read this one. Around 1960, it was sent to the proprietress of the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, Germ...
Frankfurter Hof
Whenever I am in Frankfurt, I have always been seeking a chat with head concierge. Later I find myself sitting on the terrace in the charming...Read More
Baur, former Savoy Baur en Ville, today Mandarin Oriental Savoy Zurich
Johannes Baur, born in Austria in 1795, was a visionary entrepreneur who profoundly shaped Zurich’s hospitality industry. In 1837, at the age...Read More
Raffles Hotel
The historic building (top, slide to the right): The "new" Raffles main building in 1899. It opened on 18 November 1899, featuring the all new...Read More
Oriental Hotel (Mandarin Oriental Bangkok)
Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of most...Read More
