Otto KurzendorferOtto Kurzendorfer, who is a native of Germany, comes from a food and beverage background with experience across all hotel departments, and a 24-year career spanning several continents and companies with positions in the Bahamas, Germany, Seychelles, Damascus, Qatar, UK and the Chinese main hotel locations, Shanghai and Sanya working mainly for Starwood and InterContinental Hotels Group. As General Manager of the newly opened 338-room JA Ocean View Hotel, Kurzendorfer will focus on building on the property's initial successes, which include recognition as the 'Middle East's Leading New Hotel' at the 2013 World Travel Awards and an average occupancy of 83% since opening in January this year.