The Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe Harbour has appointed its executive team.

The hotel, which is scheduled to open summer 2017, will be the first Park Hyatt in the Caribbean region and the island’s first luxury beach resort.

Julian Moore, a hospitality industry veteran, has been appointed the resort’s General Manager.

Moore will oversee all resort operations and its current journey toward its planned opening.

After beginning as a bellman at The Regent in Melbourne, Australia, Moore spent the next three decades in specialized leadership positions from Dubai to Thailand. Most recently, Moore spent two years as General Manager at Park Hyatt Hadahaa in the Maldives.

Mark Guthrie has also joined the team as Director of Sales & Marketing with more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Guthrie joined the Hyatt family in 2008 as the director of sales for Hyatt Regency London, The Churchill.

In 2013, he moved to the U.S. as the director of sales, marketing & events at Park Hyatt Washington, D.C.

Managing the resort’s 78 rooms and 48 suites will be Adrian Pulido.