Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced the appointment of Michael Ziemer as General Manager of The Excelsior, Hong Kong and Bede Barry as General Manager of the Grand Lapa hotel in Macau, which the Group manages. Both appointments are effective 1 February, 2010. With more than 24 years experience in the hospitality industry, Michael Ziemer embarked on his career with Mandarin Oriental in 2003 as Resident Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. He was appointed General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Munich in 2004 and moved to the former Mandarin Oriental, Macau in late 2007 to take on the General Manager role. Michael has shown strong leadership qualities by effectively directing his team through the sale of the Group’s Macau property, and the subsequent successful re-branding of the hotel to the Grand Lapa. Bede Barry has more than 17 years of international hotel management experience, mostly gained with the Hyatt Corporation. He joined the Group in 2007 as Resident Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. Immediately prior to this he was based in Chicago, as Director of Marketing Operations for Hyatt.