Following the recent appointment of Roberto Pelliccia as VP-Development and Operations for Asia and Africa, Sarbendra Sarkar, Founder and MD of Cygnett Hotels & Resorts Group has appointed Amir Ahmad Mohamad as Director – Development – Vietnam.
Mohamad is an accomplished hotelier who holds a master’s degree in Hospitality Management and has over 30 years of experience in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries across the ASEAN region.
His various achievements have earned him numerous prestigious individual and professional awards, for and on behalf of the properties he managed. This include the American Express Service Excellence Award, Mayors Commendation Awards, Ministerial Award from the Minister of Culture Sports, Tourism and the Hospitality Superstar Award from Asia Pacific Tourism & Travel Federation.
Besides his professional responsibilities, Mohamad dedicates much of his free time in voluntary social works in Vietnam and Indonesia. He has authored and published a book for young hoteliers and aspiring future industry’s key players, which has been very well received in Vietnam’s progressively growing hospitality industry at large, and he is currently working on his 2nd book which is expected to be released before the end of this year.
Based in Ho Chi Minh, in his role Amir will lead the business development across Vietnam and will be responsible for spearheading and increasing Cygnett Hotels & Resorts footprint in the country.
Currently the group manages and operates – under 11 distinctively different brands, that cater for a wide spectrum of different clientele, business partners and owners’ needs, over 1500 keys across 33 locations in India and Nepal, including 15 in pre-opening, and is actively working on opportunities to establish its presence in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Cygnett is a tech savvy hotel company evolved as an aggrandized hospitality group with its powerful multi- brand portfolio, delivering Cygnetture experience through constant innovation while expanding boundaries.
“I am absolutely thrilled of having Roberto and Amir on board. These recent senior appointments come at a very exciting time of growth for Cygnett Hotels & Resorts as we embark in rolling out a scalable plan of expansion across Southeast Asia, Africa and Europe while concurrently consolidating and strengthening further our presence in the Subcontinent with a number of several on-going new openings in various locations in India,” Sarkar commented.
