Jonathan Paul Snow Appointed as Resort Manager at X2 Samui

Astudo Hotel & Resort Management, one of Asia’s leading hotel developers and operators, announces the appointment of Jonathan Paul Snow as Resort Manager. Jonathan, a New Zealand national, will oversee the entire operation of X2 Samui, including food and beverage, rooms operations, engineering, human resources and spa to orchestrate and maintain X2 design service and operational standards and to promote unity and teamwork amongst all areas.

With over 20 years experience in the field of hospitality, Jonathan has held a myriad of executive positions in major international hotels and resorts in New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, South Korea and Japan including Hyatt International, The Landmark Bangkok and Six Senses Resorts and Spas. Prior to his present appointment at X2 Samui, he worked as the Resort Manager at Six Senses Hideaway Hua Hin.

Klaus R. Rauter, Group General Manager of Astudo Hotel & Resort Management commented "We are truly delighted to have Jonathan as part of our executive management team. With his talent and passion for the industry, the X2 Resorts brand will continue to develop and achieve success in its relative sectors."

Opened in June 2008 on the southeast coast of Samui Island, X2 Samui encompasses 27 casually elegant beachfront villas decorated by famed architect and designer Be Gray. The resort is situated on 5-acres of pristine beachfront land in Hua Thanon village, south of Lamai beach, overlooking the Gulf of Thailand and only 30 minutes drive from Samui Airport.

The general area is underdeveloped and peaceful with the only a few high-end residential villa projects sharing the beach. The resort occupies 5 acres (12 Rai) of land, with 27 villas. Most have private swimming pools, and outside areas.

The 100 meter beachfront and 50 year old trees help provide the X2 atmosphere the owners were striving to achieve, and gave designers the background on which to recreate the resort.

The resort has a unique spa, and impressive outdoor massage pavilion. The Pavilion houses only two beds and is situated on 1 acre (2.5 rai) of land ….featuring 30 meters of beachfront. This extravagant use of prime land provides an unbelievable sense of space and freedom so typical of X2.

X2 resorts have a very unique and unequivocal persona that is embraced by all elements of the resort.

Whether it be design, service, location…..X2 resorts will always exhibit:
- Soulful …… tranquility; that provides sensual pleasures and thoughtfulness
- Freedom ……of space, process and rules; allowing guests to set their own agenda
- Simplicity …… in form and service; completely understated and unfussed.

All X2 Resorts are designed and built with a primary goal that they must "satisfy the spirit". This is partly achieved via architectural design, but more importantly through natural beauty of the location and the meshing of the structures with the canvas provided by nature.

To achieve this goal, the design of resorts is underpinned by several important X2 characteristics:

- Simplicity in style
- Invisibility of design
- Privacy without isolation
- Natural articulation of structures
- Homogeneous execution with the environment

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