Rendezvous Hotels Executive Team

Alan Featherby, Chief Executive

Over 25 years experience in the hotel industry
General Manager of the Four Seasons Group in Australia
Chief Operating Officer of Radisson Hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia
Hotel experience includes responsibility for 50 hotels within the region including China, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia, of which almost half were new openings

Darko Novakovic, Chief Operating Officer

Over 25 years experience in the hotel industry in Australia and Asia
Managed large international hotels including Rendezvous Observation City Hotel Perth, Radisson President Hotel Melbourne and Radisson Plaza Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Has been COO of Rendezvous for nine years

Michael Meade, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing

Previously held a similar role in Shanghai with Jin Jiang Hotels, China's largest hotel company, with over 310 hotels and inns
Prior to this, Michael was Regional Director of Marketing - Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific for InterContinental Hotel Group, where he was responsible for the sales and marketing function for over 45 hotels across 5 brands
Has a proven track record with multinational companies and individual hotel operations

Tony Balch, Senior Vice President Development

Over 25 years of hotel development experience gained in companies such as Intercontinental, Hilton, Thistle, All Seasons and Tourism Hotels and Leisure Limited
Has worked in the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia
Has also worked for various hotel owners as a consultant for Coopers & Lybrand, Arthur Andersen and Brookes Laughton

Patrick Sheehan, Senior Vice President Operations - Australia & New Zealand

Patrick has worked with Rendezvous since February 2005
He has more than 25 years experience in management consulting, operational management and human resource management across seven industries
Prior to his current role, Patrick was Senior Vice President Human Resources for Rendezvous
Previously, Patrick has held senior executive roles with Voyages Hotels & Resorts,
Rexel, Newton Consulting Group and John Clements Group and has worked
throughout, the Pacific Islands and Asia.

John Thng, Vice President Development

John was previously General Manager for Hotel New Otani in Singapore.
Prior to that, he was Director of Sales & Marketing and Purchasing Manager for the same hotel.
John has also worked as Administrative & Purchasing Manager for Hafar Marine and Purchasing Manager for Asia Pacific Shipyard and Sanyo Electronics.

Patrick Tung, Group Manager Development and Operations Support

Patrick joined Rendezvous Hotels & Resorts International in 2003 and since then he has developed four hotels in China for Rendezvous.
Patrick Tung has over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry in mainland China that include property transaction, evaluation, management consulting and business development.
Prior to joining Rendezvous, Patrick used to work for Shanghai state-owned Assets Operating Company Limited and Dreamham Consulting Company Limited.

Susan Toby, Vice President Human Resources

Susan has a strong Organisation Development background and diverse experience working with industries that include Education, Tourism, Energy, State/Local Government and IT.
She also has a degree in Education, an MBA and is currently completing her Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations.

Youngmi Kwon, Vice President Finance

Youngmi has previously held Corporate Finance roles in Mirvac, Toga and Constellation.
She has also held Financial Controller positions in various hotels.
She graduated from University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce and is a qualified CPA.

Chitra Randhawa, Vice President Leisure Sales

Previously Director of Sales and Marketing and Senior Sales Manager International and Travel Agency for Bintan Lagoon Resort and The Grace Hotel, Sydney.
Chitra was also Director of Product for Cunard Cruises (Queen Elizabeth 2, Coronia and Queen Mary 2), launching Queen Mary 2 in Asia Pacific and laying ground work for Queen Victoria.

Craig Gosling, Vice President Corporate Sales

Craig has previously held Senior Sales Management positions in Mirvac, both at a group and hotel level.
Prior to that, Craig was Account Manager Consortia / Inbound for Constellation Hotel Group and Business Development Manager for Stamford Hotels and Resorts.
Craig has also held similar Sales Management positions for National World Travel and Harvey World Travel

Kerry Reynolds, Vice President Relationship Marketing

Kerry has held Director of Sales and Marketing positions in Sofitel Brisbane, Accor Hotels Brisbane and Sea World Resort.
Kerry was also Marketing Manager Resorts Division Accor Hotels and Resorts, Marketing Consultant - KDR Management - Hotels Sales and Marketing and Area Sales and Marketing - All Seasons Hotels