Mandarin's new director

JAKARTA (JP): Surabaya's Hotel Majapahit, a Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group property, has appointed Daniela Grendene its director of sales and marketing, an executive announced.

The hotel's general manager, Martin Rinck, said here yesterday that Grendene, who has also worked with Inter-Continental, joined the group four years ago as sales director for France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium.

The hotel is 75 percent owned by the Sekar Group of Indonesia and 25 percent by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group of Hong Kong. (13)