Bernhard Bohnenberger, President, Six Senses Hotels, Resorts & Spas
Bernhard Bohnenberger – President of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, joined the company that would eventually become Six Senses in 1991 as Development Director and was appointed Managing Director in January 1996 and recently appointed President in July 2011.
A German citizen, he graduated from Lausanne Hotel School - one of the world’s leading hotel schools. He is also a gifted linguist being fluent in five languages with a working knowledge of several more.
Prior to joining Six Senses, BB’s hotel operations experience includes Hilton Geneva and Hong Kong, Marco Polo Group in Hong Kong, Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich, Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich and The Peninsula Hong Kong.
While at Six Senses, BB has been involved in a multitude of resort and spa projects exposing him to the market in almost every country in Asia and non-Asian destinations around the world. His varied background, both in conventional luxury hotels and at the core of creativity for a new resort trend, provides him with the ideal talents to lead Six Senses in their innovative approach to creating exceptional guest experiences.
From July 2009 until April 2011, he was Honorary Advisor to the President of the Senate of Thailand.