Novotel Manila Araneta City announces its new appointments

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Seasons Hoteliers announces its new appointments.  Much has transpired in the previous year for the hospitality industry and there’s so much to look forward to as year 2021 unfolds and as the good old saying goes, ‘With each sunrise, we start anew’. One exciting news in the industry is the appointment of Ms. Maria Manlulu-Garcia as the very first female General Manager for international brand Accor in the country and the appointment of Mr. Darwin Labayandoy as Resident Manager, both filling up the said positions in Novotel Manila Araneta City at the City of Firsts.

Prior to her appointment as the hotel’s General Manager, Maria goes way back in the hotel industry as early as 1992. She began her career as a Front Office Agent and eventually rose from the ranks and subsequently became Rooms Director of the Ramada hotel, Portland, Oregon, USA in 1995. She was part of the pre-opening team of three (3) hotels in downtown Portland, Oregon, USA namely Hotel Lucia, Paramount Hotel both under West Coast Hotels and Intercontinental Hotel prior to her going back in the Philippines.

Ms. Garcia has been awarded as the Manager of the Year by the Philippine Association of HR Managers in the Hospitality Industry through the Mabuhay Awards in 2008 during her assignment with Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila, Philippines as Executive Assistant Manager of Rooms. Moving on, she became the General Manager of Pico De Loro Country Club and Pico Sands Hotel, Batangas, Philippines and re-joined Accor at Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua, Indonesia prior to joining Novotel Manila Araneta City, Quezon City, Philippines as Executive Assistant Manager and eventually promoted to Resident Manager in 2016 and Hotel Manager in 2019.

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