Mark BradfordMandarin Oriental Hotel Group has appointed Mark Bradford as general manager of Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech, which will open next year. He most recently held the same position at Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta. That role has now gone to Maximilian von Reden, who had been serving as hotel manager at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo. The new property in Marrakech will be a resort set in 20 hectares of landscaped olive groves in the heart of the Palmeraie region. It will have 54 individual villas and seven expansive suites. The owner and developer of the project is Park Palmeraie SA. Mark Bradford had been GM in Jakarta since 2012, having also held that role at the group’s former resort property in Chiang Mai. He started his career with Mandarin Oriental in 2001 as hotel manager of Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.