David-Jaya Piot
David Jaya Piot | |
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| President of Siem Reap Chapter of Cambodia Hotel Association | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
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| Born | Missing required parameter 1=month! 1997 Siem Reap, Cambodia |
| Citizenship | Cambodian |
| Parent(s) | Olivier Piot and Tep Vattho |
| Education | Economics and Finance |
| Alma mater | Bentley University |
| Occupation | Hotelier |
| Known for | Owner of Angkor Village Resort & Hotels and Elephant retirement park Kulen Elephant Forest |
David Jaya Piot, born 1997 in Siem Reap, is a French-Cambodian hotelier in Cambodia, president of Siem Reap Chapter of Cambodia Hotel Association, and owner and managing director for the family enterprices Angkor Village Hotel, Angkor Village Apsara Theatre and founder of the elephant retirement park Kulen Elephant Forest.
Biography
David Piot was born and raised in Siem Reap, as grand son of judge and minister of justice for Cambodia, His Excellency Tep Hun,[1] and son of of Siem Reap’s first hoteliers, French Architect Olivier Piot and his wife late Tep Vattho (1963 – 2016), former director of the urban planning department of the Apsara Authority (Authority for the Protection of the Site and Management of the Region of Angkor) in Siem Reap.[2]
Piot left Cambodia at age 12 to attend secondary school in Switzerland and went on to earn his bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance at Bentley University in Massachusetts 2013 - 2017, and after working at a bank in Jordan, Piot returned to Cambodia and has been managing director for the family owned enterprices Angkor Village Hotel, Angkor Village Resort and Angkor Village Apsara Theatre in Siem Reap.[3][4]
Beside the hotels, David Piot's parents also ran Angkor Elephant Company, which used to offer elephant rides around the temples, and Piot’s father had already tried his hand at creating an elephant sanctuary near Kbal Spean, but the project failed because back then, in the early 2000s, eco-tourism was not popular in the Kingdom.
In 2017 David founded Kulen Elephant Forest, Siem Reap's first Elephant Retirement Park for Cambodia's largest privately owned elephant herd, the first and only ACES (Asian Captive Elephant Standards) certified facility in Cambodia.[5] protecting the captive Asian elephants in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, as well as protecting up to 1100 acres of protected forest inhabited by the former elephants of Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site.[6][7][7][8][9][10]
Piot became elected President of of Siem Reap Chapter of Cambodia Hotel Association in 2020, the associations youngest leader ever, to guide the organisations members sustainable during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the assocations member numbers dropped from 38 in Pre-Covid to 26 during the Covid tourism crisis. [11][12]
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- ^ "David Jaya Piot". Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Kulen Elephant Forest: Angkor Wat Elephants New Home". Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Elephant audit gets thumbs up". www.tourismcambodia.org. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "A return to Siem Reap, and quieter days". www.travelweekly.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Letter from Siem Reap: Jolie spotting, Khmer home lunch and elephant playtime". www.webintravel.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ K. Pratt, Mary. "Finding Sanctuary". www.khmertimes.com.
- ^ Rinith, Taing. "A haven for retired elephants; Khmer Times". www.khmertimes.com.
- ^ Hong, Raksmey. "Up close and personal with elephants; Phnom Penh Post". www.phnompenhpost.com.
- ^ g. "Board of Directors". www.cambodiahotelassociation.com.kh/.
- ^ Sotha, Thong. "Accommodating elephants and tourists in Siem Reap". www.khmerpostasia.com.
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