Alma Resort Cam Ranh Welcomes Pham Duy Huy as Director of Operations

CAM RANH, Vietnam (January 2026) – Pham Duy Huy, a seasoned hospitality leader with high-level operational and general management experience across Vietnam’s largest integrated resorts, has been appointed director of operations at Alma Resort Cam Ranh.

The Vietnamese national, known professionally as Lex, joins the award-winning 30-hectare beachfront resort after holding a series of senior roles with Vinpearl, most recently serving as director of operations at Vinpearl Nha Trang Bay Resort and Villas. Prior to that, he was director of operations at both Vinpearl Hon Tam and Vinpearl Beachfront Nha Trang, where he consistently led teams to exceptional performance outcomes.

Lex brings extensive executive experience, having also served as general manager across  numerous Vinpearl properties including Vinpearl Discovery Sealink Nha Trang, Vinpearl Long Beach Nha Trang, Vinpearl Discovery 3 Nha Trang, Vinpearl Discovery 1 Nha Trang, and Vinpearl Empire Nha Trang. At these resorts, he oversaw both operational and guest-experience transformation, including high gross operating profit performance, and navigating peak operational demands such as high-season days.

Earlier in his career, Lex was front office director and duty manager for the Vinpearl Golfland Resort and Villas, where he led large-scale guest service operations, handled VIP and VVIP arrivals, and supported pre-opening projects. He also served as a Vinpearl QA expert, conducting quality control across the group's portfolio. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in international business trade and commerce from Saxion Hogeschool in the Netherlands and completed an exchange program at South Korea’s Yeungnam University.

In his new role with Alma, Lex oversees the resort’s operations with a focus on the rooms division and spa, ensuring quality service delivery across guest-facing departments while bolstering operational efficiency and performance benchmarks.

“Lex’s track record speaks for itself,” said Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler. “He has repeatedly helped transform resorts into top-ranking performers through strategic leadership, rigorous operational standards and a tireless commitment to guest satisfaction. We are confident his expertise will further elevate our operational excellence and support Alma’s continued growth as one of Southeast Asia’s leading beachfront resorts.”

Alma Resort Cam Ranh Names Yen Dang as Director of Sales and Marketing

CAM RANH, Vietnam 2025– Yen Dang, a seasoned professional with two decades’ experience working for some of the Vietnamese hospitality landscape’s biggest brands has been appointed Alma Resort Cam Ranh’s director of sales and marketing (DOSM).

The Vietnamese national joins the award-winning 30-hectare beachfront resort on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula after working as DOSM at Mercure Danang French Village Bana Hills.

Previously, she was DOSM at nearby Movenpick Resort Cam Ranh, the cluster director of sales at Mercure Vung Tau and ibis Styles Vung Tau, the DOSM during the pre-opening of Melia Cam Ranh Bay, and director of sales (wholesales) at Novotel Phu Quoc Resort.

After completing an undergraduate degree in hospitality and tourism management at Ho Chi Minh City’s Van Lang University, she began her hospitality career in 2005 as a sales secretary at MGallery La Veranda Resort and Spa on Phu Quoc Island, steadily rising through the ranks to become the resort’s assistant sales manager. She then moved to Novotel Halong Bay to work as the sales manager before she was promoted to senior sales manager. She assumed the same role with Novotel Saigon Centre and Pullman Danang Beach Resort.

In her new role with Alma, she will oversee sales and marketing strategy and initiatives for the resort’s key segments and will report to Alma’s chief commercial officer Frederic Savoye.

“Yen is a dynamic and creative professional with a wealth of experience with many leading international hotels from Vietnam’s south to north,” said Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler. “Her savvy in leading teams, drawing out each member’s strengths, to not only hit but exceed budget places her in excellent stead with our Alma family.”

Alma Resort Cam Ranh Welcomes Frederic Savoye as Chief Commercial Officer

CAM RANH, Vietnam (April 2025) – A seasoned hospitality professional with more than two decades’ experience working for some of the industry’s biggest names in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the United States, has been appointed chief commercial officer at Alma Resort Cam Ranh.

French national Frederic Savoye joins the award-winning 30-hectare beachfront resort on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula after working in the Middle East as vice president of sales and marketing for Fairmont Raffles Hotels International in the Middle East, Africa and India, and Hilton Worldwide’s regional commercial director for both Western and Southern Europe as well as Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey.

He was Kempinski Hotels’ country director of sales and marketing for Egypt, and Sofitel Luxury Hotels’ vice president of sales, pricing, distribution and revenue for Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

Savoye studied an undergraduate degree in economy and management sciences and a master’s degree in finance, marketing and management sciences with the University of Paris in the mid to late 90s. During the noughties, he was the Sofitel Bucharest World Trade Center’s room division director before progressing to director of sales and marketing roles at Novotel New York Times Square and for AccorHotels in the Czech Republic. 

In his new role with Alma, he will head Alma’s Commercial Division, overseeing sales, marketing and reservations.

“With a strong background in commercial, operations, and asset management, Frederic brings profound global experience in hospitality and leisure management with prestigious organisations to the table,” said Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler. “We look forward to his strategic yet creative approach to overseeing our Commercial Division and building upon Alma’s many achievements since its December 2019 debut.”

Alma Names Ngo Thi Thu Ngan as Director of Human Resources at Alma Resort Cam Ranh

CAM RANH, Vietnam (March 2025) – Ngo Thi Thu Ngan, a hospitality professional with two decades’ experience mostly working for five-star hotels and resorts, has been appointed director of human resources at Alma Resort Cam Ranh.

The Vietnamese national joins the award-winning 30-hectare beachfront resort on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula after working as the director of talents and culture at nearby Movenpick Resort Cam Ranh.

Before that, she was the human resource director at Wyndham Grand KN Paradise Cam Ranh and the human resource director at Glow Scenia Nha Trang Bay Hotel.

She has also worked as a human resources manager at Sunrise Nha Trang Beach Hotel & Spa, an assistant director at Tan Viet Corporate, and as an assistant director at Khanh Hoa Trading and Investment Company.

She studied a Bachelor of Law majoring in international and common law at Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Law, and worked in law before moving into hospitality. She has also studied numerous certificates.

Alma Resort’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler said she was an excellent fit to oversee the resort’s workforce.

“Ngan’s rich and diversified experience has seen her develop terrific leaderships and management skills,” Laubichler-Pichler said. “She is highly effective at communication and negotiation, decision making and teamwork. We look forward to her dynamic and creative approach to overseeing our human resources - our resort’s biggest asset.”

Alma Resort Cam Ranh Welcomes Le Spa Manager Hoang Nguyen Minh Anh

CAM RANH, Vietnam (May 2023) – Alma Resort has appointed Hoang Nguyen Minh Anh, a hospitality professional with almost two decades of wellness experience at some of Vietnam’s leading resort spas, as spa manager.

Born and bred in Vietnam’s mountainous Dalat, Minh Anh joins the 30-hectare family resort’s Le Spa after working as the spa manager on the Westin Resort & Spa Cam Ranh’s pre-opening team and at The Anam Cam Ranh.

Prior to that, she was the spa manager at nearby Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa and spa supervisor at InterContinental Nha Trang.

After studying massage and anatomy at Khanh Hoa Medical College, Minh Anh started her career as a spa therapist at Six Senses Ninh Van Bay before working as a therapist at Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa and Evason Ana Mandara Nha Trang for a total of eight years.

Her CV also features a stint in India setting up Six Senses Spa at Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort.

Minh Anh said she put her skills in client service management, employee coaching, problem solving, creative thinking, budget administration and planning services to good use in her new role at Le Spa.

“Steadily climbing the career ladder working with luxurious international brands, Minh Anh is a homegrown talent with an excellent track record of genuinely motivating her teams and developing remarkable spa and wellness offerings,” said Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler.

Le Spa features 13 separate treatment villas sprinkled onto the landscape, each named after a different Vietnamese flower, as well as ‘his and hers’ saunas and steam rooms, two lounges, and a beauty salon.