Marriott International is pleased to announce the appointment of Mariano Formariz as the new Area Director for Peru and General Manager of the Sheraton Lima Hotel & Convention Center. Mariano Formariz is a professional with more than 20 years in the hotel industry, a career in which he has held leadership positions in properties located in Mexico and South America, mainly in his native Argentina.Prior to this app ointment, Formariz had spent six years as Complex General Manager of the Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center and of TLC, Park Tower Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.His beginnings date back to 1996 as a Customer Service Agent at Aspen Tower Hotel, Buenos Aires. Two years later, Mariano joined the Marriott International family to continue under the same position but at the Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center, in Buenos Aires. In the same place and in just over two years, he became Senior General Services Administrator and then Front Desk Manager.By January 2003, Formariz's rising career took another leap, holding the position of Reception Manager at the Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center and Park Tower, Luxury Collection, in Buenos Aires. During his four-year tenure in this position, he was a Six Sigma Green Belt at both hotels.Mariano decided to move to Mexico, specifically to Puerto Vallarta, in 2007, where he worked as Director of Rooms at the Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta.Three years and four months later, Formariz returned to the southern cone to position himself as General Manager of the Four Points by Sheraton Montevideo, in Montevideo, Uruguay. However, he promptly decided to return to Argentina (2013), where he was again in charge of the General Management, but this time, of the Sheraton Salta Hotel, in Salta.In little more than a year, Mariano returned to his origins in Buenos Aires. He continued to officiate as General Manager, in this case, of the Park Tower Hotel.Formariz has a Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality Administration from the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires, a Master Certificate in Essentials of Hospitality Management from CORNELL University in Ithaca, United States. He also, from the same North American university, obtained online certifications in High Performance Teams, Applications of Strategic Influence, Design Thinking for Global Operations, Decision Making and Accountability, and Obtaining Results through Talent Management. In addition, Mariano took an ASCENT course for Vice President positions with the endorsement of Marriott International and the University of North Carolina, United States.He speaks Spanish as his native language, he is fluent in English and has adequate Portuguese. He is married, has two children, loves traveling with his family around the world, playing soccer, tennis and paddle tennis.