Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Announces GM Appointments

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. October 14, 2008

JANUARY 18, 2007. The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) has announced the appointments of Ms. Rainy Chan as General Manager of The Peninsula Hong Kong, Mr. Charles Morris as General Manager of The Peninsula Bangkok, Mr. Paul Tchen as General Manager, Operations Planning & Support and Mr. Matthias Al-Amiry as Resident Manager of The Peninsula Manila.

Commenting on the appointments, Mr. Clement Kwok, HSH's Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are proud to be announcing the advancement of high calibre senior executives within our Group to positions of greater responsibility, in keeping with our policy of promoting from within our own talented ranks.

"It is also appropriate to thank Mr. Ian M. Coughlan, outgoing General Manager of The Peninsula Hong Kong, for his contribution to the Hotel's achievements and to wish him success in his future endeavours."

---| Ms. Rainy Chan

Hong Kong-born Ms. Chan will take up her new role in April 2007. She joined the Group in 1994 as Front Office Manager at The Peninsula Hong Kong, and after successive promotions within the Hotel, was appointed Resident Manager at The Peninsula New York. She returned to The Peninsula Hong Kong in 2001 as Hotel Manager, and in 2004 was appointed to her current position of General Manager at The Peninsula Bangkok.

Ms. Chan began her hospitality career in Maui, Hawaii in 1989 when she joined the Inter-Continental Resort. She is an alumnus of Cornell University's and Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne's Summer School programmes.

---| Mr. Charles Morris

Mr. Morris will commence his tenure at The Peninsula Bangkok in March 2007. He joined the Group in September 2004 as Resident Manager of The Peninsula Manila; prior to taking up this position, he had been Area Director, Six Senses Maldives for two resort properties on the islands.

He began his hospitality career in 1974 with the Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich and subsequently occupied progressively senior positions with international luxury hotel groups in countries/regions as diverse as Cambodia, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Mauritius, South Africa and the United Kingdom. At one time, in the 1980s, he worked for Peninsula-managed hotels and restaurants in Hong Kong.

A British national, Mr. Morris is a graduate of the Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne, Switzerland and an alumnus of Cornell University's Summer School programme.

---| Mr. Paul Tchen

Mr. Tchen joined the Group in 1992 as Purchasing Manager of The Peninsula Beverly Hills and relocated to Hong Kong in 1993 to co-ordinate the renovation and construction of The Peninsula Hong Kong's new tower. Since then, he had been promoted to different positions within The Peninsula Hong Kong and in 2004, he was appointed Vice President, Operations Planning and Support.

In his new capacity, Mr. Tchen will continue to develop operating guidelines and provide support to the upcoming Peninsula hotels in Tokyo and Shanghai and develop the Peninsula Merchandising business throughout Asia.

Born in France, Mr. Tchen is a graduate of The California State Polytechnic University and was awarded the prestigious "Young Hotelier of the World Award" in 1996 by the International Hotel Association and Hotels Magazine.

---| Mr. Matthias Al-Amiry

Mr. Al-Amiry joined the Group in February 2003 as Executive Assistant Manager, Food & Beverage, at The Peninsula Manila and will take up his new responsibilities within the Hotel in March 2007. Before coming to the Philippines, he had been Director of Food and Beverage at Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg, Germany.

He began his hotel career with Holiday Inn in Germany, moving to more senior positions with the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich, Hotel Nasauer Hof at Wiesbaden, Germany, the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company in the USA and Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, in Frankfurt.

A German national, Mr. Al-Amiry is a graduate of the Hotel Management School at Heidelberg, Germany and an alumnus of Cornell University's Summer School program.