Industry Advisors
Suria Raaj is an award-winning Information Technology leader with over ten years of experience driving technology strategy, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and infrastructure operations within Marriott International’s luxury and full-service hotel portfolio across Asia-Pacific. Throughout his career, Suria has led hotel pre-opening projects and task force assignments across Malaysia and the Maldives, delivering end-to-end technology environments from concept through operational launch.
In 2021, he was honoured with the IT Field Associate of the Year Award, recognised as the top IT professional across Marriott International’s Asia-Pacific region spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Maldives, South Korea, and the Philippines.
A holder of a BSc (Hons) in Business Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom, and a Certified Train-The-Trainer with HRD Corp, Suria is equally passionate about people development as he is about technology.
As an Industry Advisor with Asianhotelier.Org, he brings a critically important perspective on hospitality technology.