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Dagmar Lyons Appointed As Raffles Hotel Le Royal General Manager

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Dagmar Lyons Appointed As Raffles Hotel Le Royal General Manager

The 95-year-old luxury heritage hotel Raffles Hotel Le Royal has appointed Dagmar Lyons as its new General Manager in Phnom Penh.

Lyons joins from the luxury Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Canada, where she served as Hotel Manager for the past two years. She had previously held the roles of Hotel Manager at Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China, and Deputy General Manager at The St. Regis Doha in Qatar in a career which has seen her work at numerous luxury hotels and resorts around the world, including in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. 

Dagmar led Fairmont Pacific Rim to a Forbes Five-Star rating – the highest level of distinction – for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024 for both the hotel and spa.

Raffles Hotel Le Royal has appointed Dagmar Lyons as its new General Manager

Dagmar said. “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.

The historic Cambodian hotel has won numerous accolades and awards from many of the world’s leading travel authorities and was awarded by Travel + Leisure magazine as the best city hotel in Cambodia and one of the world’s best city hotels (No. 24 overall).

Raffles Hotel Le Royal originally opened in 1929 and features 175 rooms and suites that underwent a full refurbishment as part of a meticulous one-year restoration project in 2019. 

This was based on a supplied press release.

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