Fairmont Dubai announces the appointment of Samuel Saravanan as director of engineering. Saravanan's technical and leadership expertise were deployed in key engineering leadership roles within Dubai's vibrant hospitality sector - most recently, as chief engineer at Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort.
Mr. Sathit Mansuwan is a highly respected professional in the industry with a wealth of hospitality operations and management experience. His roles include working as a General Manager in different brands within the renowned Minor Hotels Group, where he has been employed for the best part of the last 20 years. He started his career with Marriott Resort & Spa, Bangkok as Front Office Manager in 2000 and worked his way up through the group to the role of Cluster General Manager.
Current Global Customer Group lead, Cathy Voss, will be appointed to a new role of SeniorStrategic Advisor, as she transitions towards retirement, having handed over to Nick. With effectfrom 1 July 2020, in her new position, she will support strategic commercial initiatives for thecustomer organization, and continue to report to Kelly L. Kuhn.
CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, announces the appointment of Nick Vournakis as head of the CWT Global Customer Group. This newly expanded position will encompass his existing responsibilities as President of CWT Sato Travel, CWT's military and government division, as well as assuming responsibility for all of CWT's global customer accounts.
Clint Chadburn fills a key role as Director of Engineering. Previously Assistant Director of Engineering at Marriott L.A. Live, joins the hotel with over six years of engineering experience. As the Engineering Supervisor at Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa, where Chadburn played a major role in t he hotel's $26 million-dollar renovation and complete reposition. His commitment and passion for building dynamic and high performing teams earned him the top 20% employee engagement score amongst the hotels.
Under Monica's direction, the SMM COE will support the entire global M&E organization to ensure advancement by county/region, continued wins with clients that are striving for SMM success, and providing thought leadership in the industry through public speaking engagements, authoring best practices pieces, and sharing information on advanced SMM principles.
Serving as Catering Sales Manager at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Lauren McDonald returns to Fontainebleau Miami Beach where she previously served as Convention Services Assistant from 2015 to 2016. Most recently, McDonald held the role of Sales & Catering Manager at The Rusty Pelican in Key Biscayne. She also held a role as Sales & Catering Manager at The Coral Gables Country Club. McDonald earned her bachelor's degree in hospitality management from Florida International University.
Glowing, a US-based software company specializing in AI-enhanced guest engagement solutions for luxury hospitality brands, announces the appointment of Tat Meng Chee as Director of Business Development for Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The key new role focuses on business development and facilitating Glowing's growing portfolio in the region. Chee has worked with major international, regional and domestic hotels throughout Asia. He started his career in the hospitality industry in 1989 working for the InterContinental Hotel in Geneva as Reception Shift Leader. He relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 1991 and worked for luxury hotels, such as Holiday Villa, Hotel Istana, Renaissance Kuala Lumpur, Pan Pacific GlenMarie and The Regent. Moving to Singapore in 2002, Chee transitioned to hotel technology and joined top hospitality information and communication technology companies-where he led successful sales initiatives-such as FCS Computer Systems, Avaya Asia Pacific, 3D Networks, Springer-Miller Systems and Duetto Research. In his new pivotal role, Chee will lead strategic sales initiatives and develop effective territory plan strategies to maximize growth for Glowing in APAC. Chee earned a diploma in Hotel Management and Food & Beverage Management from the world-renowned Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland.
A longtime member of the Marriott family, Ned has almost two decades of engineering experience. In his new role, Ned will provide supervision and daily guidance to the engineering staff on property.
Tami brings more than 25 years of event management experience to her role, including time at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay and The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.
Ivona comes to us from Hotel DeBrett where she held the role of Front Office Manager, originally from Croatia with more than 13 years' experience in luxury 4 & 5-star hotels in NZ and Europe including a senior role at Grand Millennium Auckland. With a passion for outstanding guest service, Ivona speaks Croatian, Italian and Spanish. Ivona will manage our Central Reservations team and report in Michel Adolphe Director of Sales and Marketing.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest lodging franchisors, has promoted Sarah Searls to the newly created role of chief customer officer.
Chrissy is a Customer Success Associate here at VENZA. She comes to the team with more than 20 years within the Hospitality industry, bringing a wealth of knowledge regarding everyday struggles in the life of a GM. Although she survived the ups and downs of GM challenges, nothing has proven to be more difficult to her than her house filled with 3 kids and a "project-driven" husband. The quote that best describes Chrissy, "You never tell the client no until you know the answer is no" as well as, "Where there is a will there is a way." She firmly believes in treating customers like they are family and demonstrates that on a regular basis.
Katia joins Fairmont Dubai from her most recent role as Director of Housekeeping at the Fairmont Marina Abu Dhabi, where she has been part of the pre-opening team since April 2018. Prior to this role, Katia was chosen to assist the housekeeping department at the iconic Raffles Hotel in Singapore to reopen the property after a two-year renovation.
Bilal brings a broad meetings industry background, specialising in exhibitions & event management, as well as meetings, Incentives and conferences. He has actively consulted in the business events industry throughout the Middle East. Originally from Jordan, he maintains offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Amman.
Gupta has over two decades of housekeeping experience, previously working with international and local hospitality chains such in the Middle East and Asia. Before The Retreat Palm Dubai, she was the Executive Housekeeper at Ramada Plaza Hotel. In her current role, Gupta oversees the day-to-day operations of the housekeeping department and maintains its recognized high standards of service.
Fairmont The Palm, Dubai has promoted Soumana Ammar to the role of director of operations. Soumana is responsible for overseeing and enhancing the execution of the resort's operational procedures and delivering key strategic initiatives across the resort.
Most recently, Linehan was Director of Guest Services for front-of-house operations at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, TN. In his role at this AAA 5-Diamond hotel, he worked closely with the Director of Housekeeping to conceptualize and bring new service programs to life, while lifting the hotel's inspection scores to its highest levels. Prior to that, Linehan was Front Office Manager at The Ritz-Carlton Charlotte, NC.Previously, Linehan was Housekeeping Manager at The Cloister at Sea Island Resort where he played an integral role in maintaining the Forbes 5-Star and AAA 5-Diamond rating. During that time, he implemented employee appreciation programs, which improved morale and increased service to achieve performance goals.Linehan's additional experience includes Assistant Housekeeping Manager at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago, and tenures at Four Seasons Boston, and Four Seasons Las Vegas.
Thaxton is our new addition to the VENZA Security Team. He comes with an extensive background in customer service, IT recruiting as well as Fraud investigations. Like Marvel superhero T'Challa, he draws from his Superhuman strength, speed, and agility to ensure that our clients are safe and secured from cyber threats.
Zack has loved computers ever since he was little, understanding how things work, computers or otherwise is foundational to him. Learning as much as possible and being able to take that desire, transform it into a skill that lets him deliver excellent results to the client while being able to continue to advance and grow as an IT professional is his passion.
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