Tom Racette has joined HotelTravel.com as Chief Communications Officer, based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Phuket, Thailand.Tom has over 20 years experience in Asia with a diverse professional background in journalism, advertising and public relations.

He joins HotelTravel.com from Paris-based Accor Hospitality, where he was Director PR & Communications - Asia since 2001 and responsible for a network of over 120 hotels in 12 countries.

Tom is also an experienced journalist and editor. Prior to joining Accor he was the Bangkok Bureau Chief for TTG Asia for 7 years, responsible for covering Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. In 1998, London-based UN Miller Freeman appointed him Managing Editor of PATA Compass when the publication was re-launched in 1998.
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