{"id":5207,"date":"2024-08-27T15:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T08:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/?p=5207"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:44:22","slug":"jw-marriott-khao-laks-abhimanyu-singh-on-the-resorts-bamboo-shark-nursery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/jw-marriott-khao-laks-abhimanyu-singh-on-the-resorts-bamboo-shark-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"JW Marriott Khao Lak\u2019s Abhimanyu Singh on the resort\u2019s Bamboo Shark Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An hour or so drive off of Phuket is the laid back resort town of Khao Lak. Among the myriad resorts and hotels is the JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort & Spa, a 5-star resort managed by Abhimanyu Singh. In collaboration with Oceans For All Foundation, and as a part of the hotel group\u2019s Serve 360 Model<\/a>, a Bamboo Shark Nursery and Conservation Centre<\/a> hatches, raises and introduces juvenile sharks to the Andaman Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bamboo Shark Nursery & Conservation Centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A couple of years ago, Oceans For All Foundation and the then newly minted GM, met to discuss marine conservation, and how the resort could contribute to the conservation efforts being carried out by the foundation. The result of these conversations is the JW Marriott Khao Lak Bamboo Shark Nursery & Conservation Centre, which is nestled in the resort\u2019s suites wing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundation\u2019s marine biologists walk guests through an educational experience, where they learn of the bamboo shark\u2019s role in keeping the marine ecosystem of the Andaman Sea in balance, and are shown each stage of life as these amazing creatures grow in their eggs, hatch and reach adolescence. Whenever a baby bamboo shark reaches maturity, guests are also invited to attend a \u2018Re-Sharking\u2019 experience, where an adolescent shark is introduced to the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing Abhimanyu Singh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Having toured Asia in various General Manager roles across the Marriott group hotels, and in some of the group\u2019s most stunning establishments, Abhimanyu Singh arrived in Thailand February of 2022 to take on the leadership role at the JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort & Spa. His latest task was to build out the JW Marriott Khao Lak Suites, which, in addition to the existing 297 rooms, expanded the resort to 471 luxurious rooms, suites and villas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decorated operations leader\u2019s most recent appointment was at the Four Points by Sheraton Kuala Lumpur, Chinatown, where he successfully led the destination through the pandemic and on to becoming a market leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a brief tour of the Bamboo Shark Nursery and Conservation Centre, we were whisked away to one of the resort\u2019s renowned MICE spaces for our interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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