Julian CraneJulian Crane has been the Director of Marketing of Four Seasons Hotel Damascus for the past 4 years. His affiliation with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts began in 1993 as Front Desk Manager at The Regent (formerly a Four Seasons Hotel) in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) before becoming a Sales Manager from 1994 to 1999. He then transferred to Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai (Thailand) as Director of Sales from 1999 to 2001 before moving to Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so from 2001 to 2003. Following his successful stints in Asia, he then relocated to the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney as Director of Sales from 2003 to 2006. Prior to his 17 years with Four Seasons, Julian was a part of the opening team of the Sheraton Towers, Melbourne (Australia) in the front office division covering all aspects of rooms operations. He started his career with The Ritz Hotel, London as a Front Office Management Trainee (1990-1991). Originally from Borneo (Malaysia) and of British/Malaysian heritage, Julian graduated from Portsmouth University in England with a BA (Hons) Hotel Business Management and a Marketing Diploma (Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK). Spoken languages include English, Chinese (Hokkien dialect) and Bahasa Malaysia.