Marilu Olvera

Qasr al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara has appointed a new resort manage. Marilu Olvera brings over 20 years of global luxury hospitality experience to the role.

Olvera's main responsibilities will be to oversee and guide the operations and guest experience of the resort's 140 rooms, 14 suites, and 53 pool villas, alongside its F&B outlets and desert activities.

The hospitality professional recently handled the opening project at Costa Rica's Hacienda AltaGracia, part of Auberge Resort Collection, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of the front office, housekeeping, retail, airplane, and vehicle transportation departments, along with the selection of the OS&E at the resort's 50 ultra-luxury casitas.

She previously worked as the EAM of rooms at Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman, complex director of rooms at Dubai's Al Seef hotels and worked during the opening of the luxury resort Cheval Blanc Randheli in the Maldives, as executive housekeeper.