Based in the company’s Bangkok headquarters, Lim oversees the operations of Dusit’s global portfolio of hotels and resorts across four continents and reports directly to the group chief executive officer Suphajee Suthumpun.

He is responsible for the financial and operational responsibilities of Dusit’s hotel business unit, both at the corporate and property levels, overseeing corporate functions in sales and marketing, rooms, food and beverage, engineering and technical Services, as well as supporting development to expand the company’s global footprint.

Lim joined Dusit International in March 2013 as president of the Dusit Fudu Hotel Management Co Ltd, Dusit’s joint-venture company based in Shanghai.

The company currently manages four hotels and resorts in China with a further 20 projects in the pipeline from Shanghai to Sichuan province.

With this appointment, the Dusit Fudu president job will be integrated with that of the chief operating officer of Dusit International for the “better alignment between the two companies”.

“With nearly 40 hotels in the pipeline to be opened over the next five years, strengthening the foundations for the company’s sustainable growth will be one of Mr Lim’s key focuses,” said Suthumpun.

Prior to joining Dusit, Lim was the senior vice president of Millennium and Copthorne for Asia.

His management experience spansg over 30 years, having worked for companies such as The Westin, the Intercontinental, Sedona Hotels International, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts and New World Hotels and Resorts.

Inter-government

agreement on dry

ports activated

The Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports – which includes Thailand as one of the 17 signatory countries – came into force on Saturday.

Developed under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), the agreement is designed to open up new development prospects for landlocked countries and areas facing the challenges of prohibitive costs and complex logistics to get their goods and services to market.

By serving similar functions as ports away from coastal areas, such as consolidation and distribution centres, dry ports can create new economies of scale, reduce transport costs and generate employment opportunities for local populations.