Two new hires at the award-winning La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa - MGallery by Sofitel

(TRAVPR.COM) VIETNAM - March 7th, 2017 - HUE CITY, Vietnam - La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa, one of Vietnam's most highly acclaimed hospitality properties, has hired two new managers to head up operations and manage sales.

Adrien Marie has joined the hotel as operations manager, and Huynh Xuan Hanh comes aboard as director of sales. Each reports directly to General Manager Phan Trong Minh. Marie will be based on site in Hue, and Hanh will work out of Ho Chi Minh City.

The additions come at an auspicious time for the Sofitel MGallery property, which in November won placement on a list of Southern Asia's top hotels in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards.In 2014 and 2015, the hotel also earned top spots on the list of Southeast Asia's top hotels.

Marie relocates to Hue from Beijing where he worked in sales and business development at the Sofitel Wanda. Prior to those appointments, he worked at hotels in his native France and in the United States. He was educated in Paris, Chicago and Berkeley.

Hanh has worked at a number of leading hospitality concerns across Vietnam, including Vinpearl, Sofitel Saigon Plaza and Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon. She also worked a stint as a relationship manager at HSBC Bank. Hanh studied physics and accounting in college.

About La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa - MGallery by Sofitel

Nestled on the fabled banks of the Perfume River in Hue, La Residence celebrated its grand opening in December 2005 after a painstaking restoration of the 1930-built mansion. The hotel's distinctive bowed façade, its long horizontal lines and nautical flourishes are hallmarks of the streamline moderne school of art deco architecture. Its 122 rooms and suites, restaurants, lounges, bars and conference room are tricked out in complementary art-deco furnishings and décor that evoke both the 1920s and 1950s. The hotel's Le Parfum Restaurant serves Mediterranean and French cuisine, as well as dishes from an expansive Vietnamese menu. Find out more about La Residence at www.la-residence-hue.com.

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