Outrigger Merge Australia & South Pacific Operations Into Phuket

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Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | 11:29 am

Fast emerging Hawaiian based hotel management company Outrigger are re-organizing their Phuket Asia regional office to manage their Australia and South Pacific properties.

Two hotels in Australia and one in Fiji are already operating along with a development pipeline.

The group's Senior Vice President for Asia Darren Edmonstone will oversee the expanded portfolio from Phuket where the company has based a team of five expatriate staff covering sales/marketing, development, operations, finance, and technical services.

Currently Outrigger Asia has two properties open which are the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas and a hotel in Legian Bali. Three more have been signed in Vietnam, Bali and Hainan island's Sanya.

Other projects under discussion for the brand are in the Maldives, India, Thailand, Vietnam and China.

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