Raffles Hotel Le Royal, the 95-year-old luxury heritage hotel in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, has announced the appointment of Dagmar Lyons as its new general manager.
The veteran hotelier joins Raffles from the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Canada, where she was serving as hotel manager for the past two years. Prior to that, Lyons was hotel manager at Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China, and deputy general manager at The St. Regis Doha in Qatar.
Her hospitality career has included successful postings at numerous luxury hotels and resorts around the world, including in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Lyons led Fairmont Pacific Rim to a Forbes Five-Star rating for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024 for both the hotel and spa.
“I am delighted to be at Raffles Hotel Le Royal, which is a true icon of luxury hospitality in Southeast Asia. The hotel has an incredibly rich history, extraordinary culinary offerings at the Khmer fine dining venue Restaurant Le Royal and French-style brasserie Le Phnom 1929, a celebrated cocktail bar at Elephant Bar, an award-winning spa and so much more,” Lyons said.
Raffles Hotel Le Royal, which originally opened in 1929, offers 175 rooms and suites that underwent a full refurbishment as part of a one-year restoration project in 2019. The hotel’s past has been reinterpreted in a bold, contemporary style inspired by French colonial, Khmer and Art Deco influences.
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