Vasko Baletic

The Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi has named its new director of sales - Vasko Baletic. For Baletic, it is his first time as a director of sales, having previously held a number of increasingly senior sales roles in the industry.

Stepping into Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi, he will head up the entire department. Originally from Montenegro, Baletic has been climbing the ladder in the emirates for nine years. In 2014, he joined Grand Millennium Al Wahda as sales executive where he managed revenue for 850 keys and contracted a number of major clients.

In 2015, he joined Hilton in Abu Dhabi as sales executive again, later shifting to Marriott as a sales manager for the St. Regis Abu Dhabi. Once there, he successful managed to overachieve on the hotel sales budget by 18 percent and the corporate sales budget by 21 percent.

Promoted to account director at the same property, he managed the revenues of the hotel as well as a team of four employees.