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About Us

Asia Hospitality Partners (ahp) is a leading hospitality management company in Southeast Asia. Our experience across the hospitality sector provides hotel owners and investors with the right tools to successfully develop, open and operate hospitality assets. We implement the latest technology and conceptual trends to create a sustainable standard of tomorrow, while also ensuring investors achieve the expected return on investment.

With an international network of hospitality stakeholders, ahp is able to help owners secure the perfect connections. Our expertise is rooted in the formation of mutually beneficial partnerships throughout the hospitality sector. We strive to create cohesive ties between hospitality development, management and investment capital

Mission

We create, revive and enhance exceptional hotels. The independent management choice for hotel owners, developers and investors, we are renowned for delivering timely, desired results thought the implementation of sound principles and processes.

Values

We speak and act in an honest manner.

We promote a positive, energising, optimistic and fun environment.

We show pride in our brands.

We accept personal accountability for our own actions and results.

We focus on finding solutions and achieving results, rather than making excuses.

We deal with people and issues directly and shun hidden agendas.

We involve others in decisions and plans that affect them.

We keep promises and commitments made to others.

We value financial discipline and we exercise due diligence in capital allocation decisions.

We value results over form.

Vision

Ahp provides fresh, forward-thinking concepts and ideas to our partners. Centred on consistency, passion and professionalism, our projects become synonymous with innovation and expertise.

Team

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Chief Executive Officer

Bernhard Ollmann

Bernhard Ollmann is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ahp. An Austrian national, he has over 27 years experience in the hospitality industry, of which 20 years in Asia.

 

He previously held the position of COO and was a principal shareholder of HotelCorp Ltd., a hotel management company with offices in Thailand and Vietnam for the past 9 years. He was responsible for the franchising and roll out of a number of properties under the Ramada Hotels & Resorts brand, including the opening and ongoing management of Ramada Resort Khao Lak.

 

Bernhard has successfully facilitated hospitality related real estate investments in the past, predominantly within the greater Phuket area and Bangkok.

 

Prior to that, Bernhard held key management positions during the pre-opening and opening of Le Meridien Khao Lak and Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu in 2005 and 2004 and the opening of the Cathay Pacific-owned Headland Hotel’s extensive F&B operation in 2000 in Hong Kong. He is a graduate of Hotel School of Bad Leonfelden (Austria) and has worked with renowned brands such as The Ritz Carlton, OMNI Hotels & Resorts and Century International Hotels throughout the region.

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VP Investment and Development

Tom van Duin

Tom is a hospitality investment and development professional with extensive experience in European and Asian property investments. Before joining ahp, Tom was the Director of Development for HotelCorp Ltd. and specialised in green field development, project funding and transaction management of hospitality assets.

 

Before relocating to Thailand, he worked for Celadon International, partnering up with Wyndham Worldwide for the Indochina region. His main responsibilities included project funding, investor relations and brand roll out.

 

Prior to moving to Southeast Asia in 2011, Tom worked in private equity and real estate investments in Zurich, Switzerland, where he was an integral part in funding commercial, residential and hospitality projects in Spain, India, Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Director of Operations

Apichai Phongluangtham

Apichai is a seasoned food and beverage professional, with over 30 years of operational experience across Asia.

 

Prior to joining ahp, he served as the Director of Operations of HotelCorp, opening and operating, amongst others, Le Meridien Khao Lak, Ramada Khao Lak, Sacha’s Hotel UNO Bangkok and Katiliya Mountain Resort & Spa Chiang Rai. He was appointed Director of Food and Beverage at the Hyatt Regency in Hua Hin in 2000, after spending 8 years with the Grand Hyatt Bangkok.

 

Apichai started his career in his native Thailand with the Dusit Group, after working in various hospitality positions around the United States. He has a degree in Hotel Management from Portland Community College (Oregon, USA).

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Director of Finance

Aksarapak ‘Tree’ Siripichain

Aksarapak joined ahp with 19 years of extensive experience in Finance. Prior to joining our team, Aksarapak was the Director of Finance for HotelCorp, overseeing group finances for managed properties as well as the company as a whole.

 

Her previous positions include Financial Controller of Bel Air Resort & Spa, Panwa Phuket, Thailand; Group Financial Controller of the Thailand branch of Watson Property Group (Head office in Perth, Australia) Hotels and Resorts; Chief Accountant (under Napawa Property Development Co., Ltd.) for Tawan Properties; Chief Accountant & in-charge General Manager of Resotel Group; Accountant of Patong Pavilion Hotel Karon Beach, Phuket; Income Auditor promoted to Assist Chief Accountant of The Islandia Park Resort, Karon Beach; Income Auditor of VisesPatong Hotel Patong and Cost Officer of Dang Plaza Hotel Phuket Town, Phuket.