Media One welcomes new DOSM

Leon Salinel is the new director of sales & marketing at Dubai’s Media One Hotel, the Al-Jaber owned mixed-use hotel with offices development.

Salinel has spent almost 18 years in UAE advancing his expertise in business development, staff selection, brand marketing, maintaining service and operational excellence.

His career began in 1989, in Manila, the Philippines at Holiday Inn where he held the position as sales account manager before moving to Shangri-La’s Traders Hotel as sales manager.

Salinel moved overseas to Dubai joining The Ritz-Carlton Dubai in 1998 as groups and incentive sales manager (MICE). In 2001 he joined The Fairmont Dubai as director of business development.

As his career developed Salinel then moved to Al Seef, Kingdom of Bahrain as director of sales, before working in Dusit Thani Dubai as executive assistant manager in charge of sales & marketing.

Welcoming Salinel to Media One Hotel, general manager Mark Lee said: “With his depth of experience across the overseas, leisure and corporate sectors as well as the GCC market, Leon will deliver operational efficiency in sales and marketing.

“We are excited to have him join our team. We are looking forward to all the new ideas he plans to introduce to Media One Hotel.”