Alma promotes talented women to top management ranks

Alma Resort, a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, has elevated seasoned professionals Vu Thi Huong Giang and Rowie Villacencio to the highest realm of its management structure.

Giang and Villacencio have stepped up as resort manager and director of administration, respectively, at the 30-hectare resort overlooking Long Beach on Vietnams Cam Ranh peninsula, the resort said in a statement.

Born and bred in nearby Nha Trang, Giang graduated from Nha Trang University with a major in food processing and started her career in 2004 as a waitress at Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, where she steadily climbed the career ladder to become a food and beverage manager.

She has also worked for Vinpearl Land and Mia Resort in Nha Trang, and was the food and beverage director at The Anam and later Alma. She was promoted to executive assistant manager of F&B last year.

After Filipino national Villacencio earned her undergraduate degree in accountancy and MBA at University of San Carlos in Cebu City, she started her hospitality career in 1999 as a service associate at Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa and rose through the ranks to become the propertys director of human resources. She was also director of HR at Movenpick Resort & Spa Boracay and later Alma.

In her role as director of administration, she will oversee the HR and finance departments.

Almas Managing Director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler said he has entrusted both women with huge amounts of responsibility amid the global pandemic and that they had excelled due to their leadership skills.

Giang has an insatiable appetite to learn and the ability to change strategy in the face of adversity as she simultaneously looks after her team and contributes to the resorts profitability, he said. Villacencio is a multi-tasker and has been instrumental in establishing Almas DNA and all of the HR-related actions aligned with our strong workplace culture.-TradeArabia News Service

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