Dubai Marriott Harbour Hotel and Suites strengthens leadership team

Rajat Chatterjee has been appointed as the hotel's General Manager, and Hagop Tchaparian has been named Director of Sales. The new team members will play a vital role in building on the success achieved by the hotel in 2012, and will further develop the properties positioning within Dubai and the Middle East.

Rajat Chatterjee has over 20 years of hospitality experience encompassing rooms and food and beverage operations. He joined Marriott in 2002 as Director of Rooms, followed by Director of Operations at the 355 room JW Marriott, Mumbai, which is considered one of Marriott's key flagship hotels in India. In 2005, Rajat had the opportunity to open the 236 room Courtyard by Marriott, Chennai as pre-opening General Manager and helped establish the Courtyard brand in India.

Over the course of his Marriott career, Rajat has been the recipient of many awards and accolades within Marriott. He also took the role of Chairman within the India Business Council and has led the council, consisting of 15 hotels, towards meaningful achievements. The India Council was awarded "Outstanding performance in Culture" in 2010 and "Outstanding performance in Community Engagement and Social Responsibility" in 2011.

Rajat's hospitality experience across seven different cities defines that he's a seasoned leader who truly embodies the Marriott Culture. He proves his passion towards exceeding guest expectations, developing high performing teams and maximising owner returns.

Hagop Tchaparian has over 14 years of sales & marketing experience and rapidly established himself in the markets he performed at, by winning and securing new businesses and retaining customer's loyalty. Hagop joined the company in January 2008 as a Senior Sales Manager in Doha Marriott Hotel.

In May 2010, after proving his leadership abilities & outperforming in the market; Hagop was promoted to Director of Corporate Sales. During his time in Doha he enjoyed great successes, developing the hotel's account portfolio through new business generation and shifting share from local competitors.

Continually striving for excellence, Hagop has proven to be one of Marriott's Sales Leaders who consistently leads from the front & converts every opportunity into definite business. Hagop has been a great asset to Marriott and with his wide experience in GCC & source markets; he will help further positioning of the Dubai Marriott Harbour Hotel & Suites into higher ranks within Dubai & the Middle East.