One of Asia Pacific’s most credentialled hotel executives, Marcus Hanna, has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the rapidly growing La Vie Hotels and Resorts group. Hanna brings over 25 years of high-level experience to his role at La Vie.
La Vie was the first independent hotel operator, using the third-party model (also known as White Label Operators, WLO) in Asia Pacific, and has now cemented its presence in eleven countries, operating hotels, and maintaining offices in key cities.
Marcus Hanna joins La Vie after almost two decades with Accor hotels, most recently as Vice President Operations Pacific, Sofitel, MGallery and Emblems.
He has worked in Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane, as well as in London, Malta, San Francisco and Singapore, where he was Managing Director for Fairmont Singapore and Swissôtel The Stamford.
His career started at Sydney’s pioneering luxury hotel, The Regent, while he was completing a Hospitality Management course and also pursuing a sporting career in rowing, representing his country, Australia at World Championship level.
Before his career with Accor hotels, Marcus spent nearly a decade with InterContinental in Sydney, London, Malta, and San Francisco in leadership roles. He has opened and operated many award-winning hotels and worked as Project Manager for Sofitel on the opening of the Qantas First Class Lounges in Sydney and Melbourne. He has led award winning world first hotel innovations, including the first urban aquaponics farm within a hotel.
Hanna joins La Vie Hotels and Resorts at a time of major expansion for the group. Created and led by entrepreneur Jerry Xu, over the past year La Vie has grown its lifestyle portfolio with the addition of Adge Hotel and Residences, introduced NOOE Hotels and Restaurants with a flagship resort in the Maldives, and built up its senior leadership team in Sydney and Bangkok, which Hanna will now lead.
La Vie will soon open its first hotel in Laos, the Radisson Red in Vientiane, and will soon unveil the refurbishment of Hobart’s heritage hotel, The Islington.
