Yolande Hu Joins Melia Koh Samui as Director of F&B

Ting Yueh Hu (Yolande) has returned to Koh Samui in southern Thailand to join the Melia Koh Samui (formerly the Imperial Boat House) on Choeng Mon Beach as Director of F&B.

Yolande, a Taiwanese national with 15 years of hospitality experience in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, was working most recently as EAM of the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel & Residence in Cambodia.

Before that Yolande worked as Director of F&B at the Conrad Koh Samui and Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort.

Over the years, Yolande has also worked as Assistant F&B director at Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai and Shangri-La Hotel Fuzhou, restaurant manager at Mandinat Jumeirah’s Al Muna, Honyaki and Zheng He restaurants, Assistant Restaurant Manager at InterContinental Doha and Head Waitress at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club in the United Kingdom.

“Yolande is a versatile and results-driven individual with a track record of driving projects, identifying sales opportunities and encouraging positive contributions from all of her team members; she will no doubt excel in propelling our F&B landscape to a new level,” said Ernesto Osuna, Melia Koh Samui’s GM.

After studying a Bachelor of Applied Science of Living at Taiwan’s Chinese Culture University, Yolande completed a post-graduate diploma in hospitality with Switzerland’s Glion Institute of Higher Education and a certificate in hotel revenue management from Cornell University in the United States.

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