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Spanish-born Alvaro Berton has taken charge of the 17-hectare beachfront property at Ho Tram, a two-hour drive from Vietnam s biggest metropolis Ho Chi Minh City.Berton has worked in management roles for Meliá Hotels International for more than eight years.He was the general manager of Meliá Purosani Yogyakarta in Indonesia for more than two years, and before that the cluster general manager for Melia s Sol Beach House Bali Benoa All Inclusive and Sol House Bali Kuta for almost five years.Before he embarked on a hospitality career, he studied a bachelor s degree in business and administration at the University of Seville in Spain and worked as a financial officer at CaixaBank Financial Group in Seville.Berton studied a master s degree in International Hotel Management at the University of Seville and worked as assistant manager at Meliá s Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Luxury All Inclusive Resort in the Dominican Republic during his studies.In February 2014 Berton then became t