Hotel group Pentahotels has announced the appointment of Eugene Staal as president effective November 2017. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, Staal will be overseeing the global operations and developments of the brand.

Pentahotels, the design-led and neighbourhood lifestyle brand, on Thursday announced a new management agreement with The Nest Property Company Ltd, a subsidiary of PM Group, to open the first pentahotel in Bangkok in 2020.