Kamal Naamani aamani joined the group in June 2015 as group director of operations. He is responsible for overseeing the operations of the company’s growing portfolio of new developments, including the Al Habtoor City. In his expanded new leadership role, Naamani will oversee all owned and managed Habtoor hotels in the United Arab Emirates, as well as Habtoor Catering and Habtoor Laundry Operations. The Al Habtoor Group has been actively expanding its hospitality portfolio locally and abroad. Earlier this week it announced the acquisition of the Hotel Imperial, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna. This came fresh on the heels of the group’s first London Hotel – The Hilton London Wembley. Before joining the group, Naamani was managing director, Asia Pacific at Pragma Group, based in Shanghai, China and has over 21 years of luxury hotel experience in senior levels with Fairmont Raffles Hotels and Resorts in many key destinations around the world. The Al Habtoor Group’s hospitality division includes 14 world-class hotels; seven locally and seven abroad.