Dusit International Opens Sales Office in Japan

Bangkok, June 26, 2013 – In line with the company’s growth strategy during their “Year of Expansion,” Asian hospitality group announces the opening of a new Regional Sales Office in Tokyo, Japan to further develop long-standing relationships within one of the group’s most important source markets.

Historically, Japan has been one of Dusit International’s largest source markets and this is expected to continue ahead of the opening of the Dusit Thani Guam resort.

Operations will be led by Mr Keita Sekine, Regional Director of Sales and Marketing - Japan, Dusit International. With over fifteen years of operational and sales experience, most recently Mr Sekine was Director of Sales with Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo K. K. and with Marriott International at the Guam Marriott Resort and Spa in Tumon, Guam. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Nevada - Las Vegas, USA.

Completing the Sales Team is Mr Shuichi Ueda, Director of Sales – Japan, Dusit International. Mr Ueda joins the Tokyo office as a transfer from his previous post at Dusit Thani , where he was most recently Assistant Director of Sales, overseeing Japanese corporate and leisure accounts.

“Opening a Regional Sales Office in Tokyo demonstrates our commitment to the Japanese market,” says Mr Sekine, Regional Director of Sales and Marketing – Japan, Dusit International. “We look forward to building on the deep relationships the company has developed over the years, as well as to the successful opening of the Dusit Thani Guam resort in 2014.”

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Photo 1 – Mr Keita Sekine, Regional Director of Sales and Marketing - Japan, Dusit International

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Photo 2 – Mr Shuichi Ueda, Director of Sales – Japan, Dusit International

Media Contact: Yingrekha Langulasena | Corporate Director – New Media & Communications | Dusit International

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Thitiporn Wongpakawat | Corporate Assistant Manager – Public Relations | Dusit International Tel: +66 (0) 2200 9999 ext. 3321 | Fax: +66 (0) 2636 3549 | Email: [email protected]

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Note to editor: Dusit International has more than 60 years' experience in the hotel and hospitality field. Founded in 1949 by Honorary Chairperson Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui, whose first hotel was the Princess on Bangkok's New Road, Dusit International has since acquired a unique portfolio of distinctive hotels, building upon Thai culture and tradition to create a personalized welcome for all guests made distinctive under the Dusit International brand promise; the delivery of an 'experience that enlivens the individual spirit, no matter the journey’. Dusit International comprises four hotel brands: Dusit Thani, dusitD2, Dusit Princess and Dusit Devarana. It also operates Dusit Residences and its own signature Devarana Spa.

WORLDWIDE PROPERTIES UPCOMING PROPERTIES

Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts: Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Thani Bangkok, Thailand Dusit Thani Guam, U.S.A.

Dusit Thani Hua Hin, Thailand Dusit Thani Hainan,

Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand Dusit Thani Qingyuan, China

Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket, Thailand Dusit Devarana Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Thani Manila, Philippines Dusit Devarana Hainan, China

Dusit Thani Dubai, U.A.E. Dusit Devarana Jaipur,

Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Dusit Devarana New Delhi, India

Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo, Egypt dusitD2 hotels & resorts:

Dusit Thani dusitD2 binhu, china

Dusit Island Resort Chiang Rai, Thailand dusitD2 dubai, u.a.e.

dusitD2 hotels & resorts: dusitD2 khao yai, thailand

dusitD2 chiang mai, thailand dusitD2 nairobi, kenya

dusitD2 baraquda pattaya, thailand dusitD2 new delhi, india

Dusit Princess Hotels and Resorts: dusitD2 pasadena, u.s.a.

Dusit Princess Srinakarin, Bangkok, Thailand

Dusit Princess Korat, Thailand

Royal Princess Chiang Mai, Thailand

Royal Princess Larn Luang, Bangkok, Thailand

Pathumwan Princess, MBK Centre, Bangkok,

Thailand

Dusit Residence Serviced Apartments:

Dusit Residence Dubai Marina, U.A.E.

Pearl Coast Premier Hotel Apartments, Dubai, U.A.E.

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