Lana Jwainat, cluster director of marketing & communications (left) and Gabriele Ferola, executive assistant manager (right). Lana Jwainat, cluster director of marketing & communications (left) and Gabriele Ferola, executive assistant manager (right).

Oryx Rotana Doha has appointed Lana Jwainat as the cluster director of marketing & communications and Gabriele Ferola as the executive assistant manager.

Jwainat holds a degree in Information Technology and her experience spans the InterContinental Hotels Group and Rotana Group.

She joined Rotana in January 2012 as a director of marketing and communications at Oryx Rotana Doha before being promoted to cluster director of marketing & communications at City Centre Rotana and Oryx Rotana Doha.

In her new role, she will be working with the corporate office team and Joseph Coubat, area vice president in Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait & Qatar, on the opening of the 381 five-star City Centre Rotana while continuing to manage the MarCom operation of Oryx Rotana.

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In addition, Gabriele Ferola has also jouined the team at Oryx as the executive assistant manager. The Italian national has more than 20 years of experience in hospitality.

He started his career with Oryx Rotana as a director of sales in 2010 during the pre-opening, and was most recently the cluster director of sales handling Oryx Rotana & Sedra Residences.