General Hotels Management president and co-founder Hans Jenni steps down

Hans Jenni, president of General Hotels Management (GHM) has announced his retirement from the company he co-founded.

Since starting GHM 1992, alongside fellow co-founder and Amanresorts creator Adrian Zecha, Jenni has overseen huge growth for the hotel developer. Over the almost three decades Jenni has led, conceived, and operated some of the world’s most stylish hotels and resorts in a range of exotic locations. He also placed a focus its sites’ incorporation of contemporary Asian aesthetics and the highest service industry standards.

Jenni was also instrumental in GHM’s “a style to remember” branding. Jenni established the concept by working with Zucha and some of the world’s most groundbreaking architects and designers including Kerry Hill, Jean-Michel Gathy, Ed Tuttle, Reda Amalou and Jaya Ibrahim. Notable properties include The Datai, Langkwai, The Legian Bali, The Setai, Miami, The Lalu Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, The Nam Hai in Vietnam, and Al Bait in Sharjah. In addition, the Chedi brand has spread to multiple locations including Phuket, Bali, Chiang Mai, Muscat, Milan and Bandung, and more recently Andermatt in Jenni’s native Switzerland.

Jenni will continue to be based in Asia and plans to divide his time between Singapore and Manila.

“It’s been an exciting and rewarding journey, and I have loved every minute of it. I had the pleasure to create and operate some of the finest properties in the world and work with some of the very best architects, designers and hoteliers of our time,” said Jenni. “I very much hope that GHM will continue to be remembered as one of the most innovative and influential hotel groups.”

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