PATTAYA Thailand, 9 January 2025: Javier Gimeno, a hospitality veteran with three decades of industry experience in Asia and Europe, takes charge of the new Meliá Pattaya Hotel.
The 234-room and suite hotel is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2025 in the heart of Pattaya, a 138 km transfer from Bangkok (a one hour and 34 minutes drive).
He joined Meliá Pattaya Hotel after having worked in senior management roles with Marriott International for over a decade. Most recently, he was the cluster general manager with Marriott & Four Points by Sheraton Tianjin National Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin, China.
His assignments in Asia go back to 2000, when he worked in Shanghai, China, before becoming a general manager with Barceló Hotels & Resorts in Davao, Philippines, in 2002. His career has also taken him to Hong Kong and Malaysia.
