Sunny Yu Grosic Appointed as Rosewood Bangkok’s Director of Sales and Marketing

Wimintra J. Raj -

We’ve had to embrace an entrepreneurial style - breaking out of fixed mindsets and old methodologies

Sunny Yu Grosic has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the ultra-luxury, 158-room Rosewood Bangkok property. Sunny will be responsible for managing the Sales & Marketing team, leveraging over 17 years of experience in Hospitality Sales and Marketing where she has honed her expertise in business development, marketing and commercial strategy.  

Having previously re-launched The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Thailand of which she became president, as well as being an Executive Board Member of HSMAI ME, working alongside the HSMAI Global President - Jackie Douglas, and several other seasoned hoteliers, Sunny will continue to have an active role in HSMAI during her new post.

Prior joining Rosewood Bangkok, Sunny was Head of Commercial Performance & Brand Activation with JA Resorts & Hotels in Dubai. She has held management positions at the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) corporate offices in Shanghai and Bangkok and successfully opened InterContinental Phuket Resort in 2018.  

‘The unique circumstances caused by the COVID disruption have demanded that we all find opportunities within these prolonged challenges. We’ve had to embrace an entrepreneurial style - breaking out of fixed mindsets and old methodologies, and dare to try new approaches. We need to be decisive and take quick, calculated risks with a mindset that we ‘own’ the business. Working like this, not only shall we survive, but we will thrive,’ said Sunny Yu Grosic,  Director of Sales & Marketing, Rosewood Bangkok.

A native of China, Sunny holds a bachelor’s degree from Australia’s Blue Mountains Hotel Management School / Nankai University China, and has also recently completed Cornell University’s ‘Females in Leadership’ program on campus in New York and is a frequent key-note speaker at industry events around the world both on and offline.