Sandy Bell RojasMagdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort in Tobago has named industry veteran Sandy Bell Rojas as Director of Sales and Marketing where she will oversee efforts in all international markets for the 178-room property. Bell Rojas is a Swiss hotel-school trained professional with more than 15 years of hotel operations and sales and marketing experience. She began her hotel career at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company working in all sectors of food and beverage operations rising to the level of Assistant Director, Food and Beverage during her 10 years with the company. Bell Rojas left the operations side of the industry in 2008 to join RockResorts as Area Sales Manager for the Caribbean where she was responsible for increasing tour operator business from the United Kingdom, Brazil and CARICOM countries. Bell Rojas rounded out her sales and marketing knowledge portfolio as a Market Manager for BookIt.com, one of the fastest growing online travel companies in the U.S. At BookIt.com she was responsible for growing revenue for the company in Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, St Lucia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She has a deep understanding of the luxury hotel market from both an operations and a sales and marketing perspective.