Stefan Thumiger has been appointed as General Manager at Salalah Rotana Resort

Thumiger who has more than 35 years' experience started working with Rotana Hotels on 7 July 2019.

Stefan Thumiger

A Swiss national with Australian citizenship, Thumigers hospitality journey began in the F&B department, as an apprentice chef in a hotel in Switzerland.

He holds a degree in Federal Chartered Hotelier/Caterer HF/SHL from the Swiss hotel and catering school in Lucerne, Switzerland.

In addition to that, Thumiger earned certificates in marketing strategy, hotel revenue management, financial management hotel real estate investments and asset management from Cornell University, USA.

Stefan Thumiger is an alumnus of SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern – Class of 1990.

General Management Middle East Oman Salalah

Rotana Hotel Management Corporation (Rotana) was founded in 1992, by a partnership between two visionary thinkers, Nasser Al Nowais and Selim El Zyr, who were joined three years later by Nael Hashweh and Imad Elias. Operating as Rotana, it opened its first property, the Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi in 1993 and is today one of the leading hotel management companies within the Middle East and Africa.