Claus Pedersen, General Manager, InterContinental Hong Kong, is pleased to announce recent management appointments to the hotel's executive team.

Jeremy Brook, Director of Sales & Marketing

Originally from Yorkshire in the UK, Jeremy Brook recently joined InterContinental Hong Kong as Director of Sales & Marketing. He has over 26 years of global sales & marketing experience in the luxury hotel and travel industry, spanning Europe, the USA, China, Australia and Southeast Asia.

Jeremy spent over a decade with Peninsula Hotels as Director of Marketing at the Peninsula Beijing and the Peninsula New York and almost a decade with Starwood Group – with postings in Sydney, Bali and Thailand in a variety of sales positions. His past positions also include being the Director of Marketing at the Shangri-la China World Hotel in Beijing; VP, Sales & Marketing for COMO Hotels & Resorts and Director of Sales, Europe for Sandals & Beaches Resorts.

Early in his hospitality career, he spent two years in the cruise industry with Kloster Cruise Line as National Sales Manager in the UK. Jeremy first began interested in the hotel industry while travelling, as a teenager, with his father who was in the textile industry.

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Sebastian Gassen, Director of Food & Beverage

Sebastian Gassen, originally from Germany, recently joined InterContinental Hong Kong from the Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, where he headed food & beverage operations for two years.

Sebastian brings over 16 years of experience in a variety of luxury hotels in Europe and Asia. A veteran of Ritz Carlton Hotels, he spent two years as Director of F&B at The Ritz-Carlton in Vienna, Austria, where he was on the pre-opening team. He has also worked at The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing Financial Street; The Ritz-Carlton Berlin and The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg, Germany. During this time he also participated on the  Task Force for the opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow; The Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai Pudong; The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong and the Istanbul Edition.

His experience also includes postings at The Charles Hotel, Munich (a Rocco Forte Collection property) and the Madinat, Jumeirah, Mina A'Salam Hotel in Dubai where he gained experience in all aspects of F&B operations.

He is joined in Hong Kong by his wife and his two young children.

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InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2721 1211 / E-mail: hongkong@ihg.com 
www.intercontinental.com /  hongkong-ic.intercontinental.com

For further press information, please contact:

Carole L Klein
Executive Director of PR & Communications
InterContinental Hong Kong
Tel : + 852 2313 2335 / Fax : + 852 2721 5964
E-mail: carole.klein@ihg.com