ABOUT

Marcus Bauder, Managing Director of Onuma Group

Prior to founding Onuma Group K.K. Marcus Bauder was the Representative Director of Shangri-La Hotels Japan and the General Manager of the luxury Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo for more than three years. Under his leadership the hotel achieved the highest revenue and profits in its history. Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo was also nominated No. 1 hotel in Japan in the 2019 TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards and has been awarded the coveted Forbes 5-star rating consecutively since 2018 as one of only 199 hotels worldwide.

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Marcus Bauder was nominated ‘Hotelier of the Year 2019’ by the Virtuoso luxury network at the award ceremony held in August 2019 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

Previously Marcus Bauder was the Hotel Manager of the legendary Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok, Thailand from 2013 until 2016 where he was a key driver in the re-conceptualization and renovation of the hotel’s historical Author’s wing, the French restaurant ‘Le Normandie’, the Bamboo Bar as well as four gourmet shops in the city. Le Normandie today holds two Michelin stars and the Bamboo Bar is ranked among the Top 10 bars in Asia.

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Further career steps:

2010 – 2012             Hotel Manager, China World Hotel, Beijing

2008 – 2010             Resident Manager, Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo       

2006 – 2008             F&B Director, Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei

2004 – 2006             Executive Assistant Manager, Corinthia Towers Hotel, Prague

2002 – 2004             F&B Manager, Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel, Tripoli

2000 – 2002             Restaurants Operations Manager, Burj Al Arab, Dubai

1999 – 2000             Revenue Sales Agent, Jebel Ali Hotel & Golf Resort, Dubai

1995 – 1999             Hotel Apprenticeship, Hotel Breidenbacher Hof, Duesseldorf

Marcus Bauder holds a Master Certificate in Food & Beverage Management from Cornell University, U.S.A. and has completed the prestigious Google Squared Digital Marketing Leadership course in 2018.