Saigon’s landmark Caravelle Hotel has appointed Samuel G. Gacos as its new director of sales and marketing.

 
Gacos joins the Caravelle as the iconic downtown Saigon hotel readies for a top-to-toe renovation that will rank as the hotel’s most thorough makeover since a 1998 refurbishment and addition of a complementary hotel tower.
 
With a career spanning more than 18 years in sales and marketing, Gacos worked in numerous cluster and corporate management roles, including the Manila Hotel, Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts, Hilton, GHM luxury properties in Bali, and Sutera Harbour Resort Group in Malaysia.
 
Most recently, he worked as group director of sales & marketing in Malaysia, overseeing two hotels, five resorts, a 27-hole golf course and marina.
 
A Philippine national, Gacos holds a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant administration from the University of Philippines.