Martin Faist
CEO of Absolute Hotel Services Mr. Jonathan Wigley is delighted to announce the appointment of the Quality Assurance Team, led byMartin Faist, Vice President – Quality Assurance.
Absolute Hotel Services, one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in Asia, is pleased to announce the appointment of the Quality Assurance Team to ensure operational performance in alignment with company standards, maximize operational performance and initiate service processes and procedures which will exceed customer satisfaction expectations in all aspects.
To empower the team, Martin Faist has been promoted to Vice President – Quality Assurance. This promotion has deservedly come about after many years working with the AHS Group in his capacity of Group Director of Food and Beverages, in which time he has demonstrated his professionalism through leadership and team consultancy coupled with outstanding creativity. Besides his passion for food and beverages he is an enthusiastic, dedicated and positive mentor for all customer-concerned services.
A German native, Martin brings almost three decades of experience in the dining and hospitality sector. He started his career working at the Michelin starred Alde Gott Neuweier Baden restaurant in his hometown as a chef. He then followed his passion for dining along the professional path with work at 5 star hotels and restaurants worldwide in USA, Australia, and Asia. Prior to joining AHS, he was Director of Food and Beverages at Plaza Athenee Bangkok, A Royal Meridien Hotel. In 2015 Martin joined the AHS as Group Director of Food and Beverages and was promoted to Vice President – Quality Assurance in 2019.
Along with Martin’s promotion, Chutima Kaewta Fortescue is appointed as Director of Quality Assurance and Prateek Dharkar as Quality Assurance Specialist.
Chutima Kaewta Fortescue
Chutima is a AHS veteran with a strong background in hotel operations and management. Prior to this promotion, she has served as general manager at U Inchantree Kanchanaburi and Eastin Hotel Makkasan Bangkok.
Prior to joining the AHS head office, Prateek was the Pre-Opening & Operations Manager at the company’s Indian Continent and Middle East office.
Prateek Dharkar
“I trust this team will enhance the service quality and standards of our hotels and resorts to the exceed expectation levels. Although the company’s expansion has been incredibly fast, we want it to grow strongly too. In 2019 – 2020 AHS will have over 100 properties worldwide. However, the customer’s satisfaction is always key to the business.” stated Jonathan.
Jonathan Wigley CEO AHS
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