Name: Adrian Van Haaften
Age: 34
Position: Director, sales and marketing, Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows
First job: Bellhop
Pastime: Ironman Triathlon competitor

"Our next big event, July 20-24, is the seventh annual Cuisines of the Sun where we fly in chefs from all over the United States," said Van Haaften, the Mauna Lani's new director of sales and marketing. "Hotel guests and local people can enjoy four days of eating, with receptions and food classes."

Van Haaften has 10 years' in hotel sales and marketing, most recently at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in downtown Toronto. He also has worked in London and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Van Haaften is a native of Utrecht, Holland, who earned a bachelor's degree in international affairs at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He speaks English, German and Dutch.