Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu Announces Appointment of DoS
September 2. 2010 - Andrew Steele, general manager of Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu, is pleased to announce the promotion of Michele Ma as the resort's director of sales effective September 1, 2010.
Ms. Ma will be assisting the director of sales and marketing in leading and supervising the sales team, overseeing day-to-day sales activities, identifying and developing new business opportunities and driving the resort to achieve its marketing budget.
During the early stages of her career, Ms. Ma served as the resort's events manager before assuming the position of sales manager in charge of the Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Korea market in 2001. She was later promoted to senior sales manager in 2004 and subsequently rose to assume the position of director of business development from 2009 up to August 2010.
Ms. Ma possesses a diploma in business and hospitality management from a local institution and is native to the state of Sabah. Committed and responsible, she is valued for her positive attitude, dedication and friendly demeanour to her colleagues, guests and clients.
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