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Arno Thony – General Manager, Melia Kuala Lumpur Hotel

Mr. Arno Thony was appointed the General Manger of Melia Kuala Lumpur in April 2006. Since then, he has steered Melia Kuala Lumpur using management styles that incorporate corporate social responsibility balancing the needs of all stakeholders to achieve sustainable growth and business development. With 30 years of hospitality background at hand, Mr. Thony has plenty to prove and carries with him a wealth of experience in the hotel industry.

Prior to joining Melia Kuala Lumpur, he was the Resident Manager of Carlton Hotel, a Business Class Hotel in Singapore. His move to Kuala Lumpur brings him back to Malaysia after seven years of absence since opening Eden Garden Hotel in Johor Bharu.

Apart from Malaysia and Singapore, he has acquired significant international experience and has lived, worked and undertaken consultancy projects and assignments in a multitude of other Asian countries such as China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand and his very own home country Switzerland.

He is also a member of the Global Hotel Association. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Hotel Management School at Belvoirpark, Zurich and obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of South Australia, Adelaide. He considers himself an intrapreneur, infusing an innovative and unconventional management style in the daily hotel operations. Under Mr. Thony’s leadership, Melia Kuala Lumpur is significantly progressing which can be seen through the increase of the global brand visibility as well as continual business excellence and innovation reflected through and by the hotel’s taglines “Passion for Service”. It is through his dedication and redirection that Melia Kuala Lumpur achieved so many achievements in such a short span – the ASEAN Green Hotel Recognition Award 2008, EUROPA Award Highest Excellence in European Union-Malaysia Trade & Investment 2007, Hospitality Asia Platinum Award (HAPA) Engineering Department of the Year 2007/08, Green Globe Certification 2007/08 and Sol Melia Solidarity Award for Best CSR Project in 2007.