Karin van den Berg has been named Senior Director of Operations at Hilton in UAE
Karin van den Berg has been appointed by Hilton as senior director of operations for its full-service hotels in the UAE. She will oversee operations at 17 hotels across the emirates.
These 17 hotels fall under the Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Curio Collection by Hilton and Canopy by Hilton brands. van den Berg will be based in Hilton's regional Dubai office and report to William Costley, the SVP for the Arabian Peninsula and Turkey.
With a Hilton career spanning more than 20 years, van den Berg has extensive hospitality operations experience. She joined Hilton's revenue management team in Europe in 2001, quickly progressing to become senior director of revenue management for Europe in 2006. Three years later, she took on her first hotel manager position at Hilton Royal Parc Soestduinen, before opening Hilton the Hague as general manager. This was followed by general manager roles at DoubleTree by Hilton Zagreb and Hilton Rotterdam. Most recently, van den Berg was area general manager for Hilton in South and West Germany.
Karin van den Berg is an alumnus of Hotelschool The Hague – Class of 1997.