Mandarin Oriental Turkey appoints new GM

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has appointed Guenter Gebhard as general manager of Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum.

Gebhard joined the group in January 2016 from One & Only Hayman Island, an Australian resort located on the Great Barrier Reef.

The German national brings with him more than twenty years of experience in the global luxury hospitality industry, with senior management roles at Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort in Morocco, Atlantis the Palm in Dubai, St. Regis, Bangkok and a global role as director of operations, restaurants and food and beverage operations at Jumeirah Group, together with other assignments in the Middle East, Germany and New York.

Gebhard studied at Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne and New York University Stern Business School in New York. He speaks several European languages and has a good understanding of Arabic.