Goa Marriott's GM Ranju Alex gets GM of the Year APAC Award

By BW Hotelier RANJU ALEX, General Manager of Goa Marriott Resort & Spa has been recognized with the General Manager of the Year Award (Asia Pacific) of the 2014 Hotel and General Manager Awards of Marriott International. She brings with her close to two decades of experience in hotel management and operations. In her earlier stints, Alex has served as the General Manager of Oberoi Grand Hotel, Kolkata. The Hotel and General Manager Awards are an annual feature of Marriott International. Each year, a handful of the top performing general managers and hotels are selected to be acclaimed for outstanding business and individual performances in various categories.-This recognition forms a fundamental part of the company’s core values of ’Putting People First’ and ’Pursuing Excellence’. This award, in the division of ’Full Service’ hotels comes on the heels of the very same award for the select service segment, which Alex bagged for her last stint as GM of Courtyard by Marriott, Pune Hinjewadi in 2012; and even closer to her most recent accomplishment of India Sales General Manager of the Year 2014, for her spirited spearheading of sales and market growth efforts at the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa. Alex is also, most notably, the first lady to lead the team in the entire 16-year tenure of the property. A Diploma holder in Hotel Management, Alex is an alumnus of IHM Kolkata. She is also a gold medalist from the Oberoi Centre of Learning & Development (OCLD).