DRMumbai: Ranju Alex has been appointed as the Multi-Property Vice President, Bengaluru and Kochi, and General Manager of Bengaluru Marriott Hotel Whitefield. Prior to this role, Ranju served as the General Manager of the JW Marriott Kolkata and Multi-Property Vice President for East India, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Ranju is very passionate about women empowerment and advocates it at her workplace. Her work towards gender diversity has resulted in her being invited by several countries like Sweden, Netherlands, UK and the US as a keynote speaker on women-related issues. She is the proud recipient of the ‘Women of the Decade in Business & Leadership’ award at the Women Economic Forum, UK, in 2017.
She has also been awarded the Women Super Achiever Award by Femina; Woman achiever in the Corporate Category from Aparajita 2018 by Sanmarg, and the Achiever in Hospitality from SHE awards by The Telegraph.
After 17-year tenure with The Oberoi Group, Ranju moved to Marriott International.
Over the years she has received various accolades, a few being ‘General Manager of the Year 2014’, Marriott International’s ‘General Manager of the Year – Asia Pacific’ in 2012 and ‘Service Excellence General Manager of the Year 2012’. Under her guidance, JW Marriott Kolkata received a number of accolades like the ‘Best Luxury Hotel’ by East India Travel Awards, Travellers Review Award 2017, ‘Wedding Venue of the Year’ by the Stars of the Industry and ‘Award for Excellence’ at the Condé Nast Traveller Reader’s awards 2017.
