Harriet Type has joined the IHG hotel cluster team in Dubai Festival City to head up marketing communications for the InterContinental, InterContinental Residence Suites, Crowne Plaza, and Holiday Inn.

Type transferred from Crowne Plaza Dubai located on Sheikh Zayed Road and has been in the region for almost 13 years, having originally moved to the UAE to work for Jumeirah Group as the brand manager.  She has been a stalwart of the Dubai hospitality marketing scene, having been the director of communications for the pre-opening teams for both Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, and then Fairmont The Palm before joining the Fairmont Raffles Hotel International regional office as regional director of partner marketing for the Middle East, Africa, and India.  She has also consulted for Warwick Hotels & Resorts before joining IHG.