Petra, Jordan September 2012

Ms. Zovinar Mananian has been appointed as Director of Operations for the Petra Marriott Hotel effective September 1, 2012.

Zovinar's twenty year career with Marriott covers the areas of Administration, Reservations, Revenue Management and Rooms Operations. A UK college graduate with fluency in Arabic, English and Armenian, she brings extensive expertise with a host of assignments in Jordan, U.A.E., Romania, Hungary, Portugal and Egypt.

"We are very excited to have Zovinar on board during this exceptional time of the re-launching of the Petra Marriott Hotel with its newly renovated state-of-the-art rooms and outlets," announced Mr. Nihad Kattan, Country General Manager for Marriott Hotels in Jordan.

Marriott International manages three properties in Jordan, the Amman Marriott Hotel, the Petra Marriott Hotel and the Jordan Valley Marriott Resort & Spa and a fourth property in Aqaba is now under construction.

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