Lionel Dousse has been appointed as Director of Food & Beverage at Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, The Palm, Dubai

Swiss-born Lionel Dousse, director of food and beverage at Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, The Palm, Dubai, is bringing 14 years of experience to this role and has previously worked in Djibouti, Ghana and Latvia, as well as the UAE. He specialises in creating dining concepts for pre-opening restaurants and bars.

Lionel Dousse

Dousse is responsible for developing unique dining experiences for the food and beverage operations across the seven outlets, including banqueting with two ballrooms and eight meeting rooms.

Lionel Dousse is an alumnus of Ecole Hôtelière Genève – Class of 2012.

Food & Beverage Middle East United Arab Emirates Dubai

The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) and its subsidiaries, collectively known as Taj Group, is one of Asia's largest and finest group of hotels. Incorporated by the founder of the Tata group, Jamsetji Tata, the company opened its first property, the Taj Mahal Palace, in Bombay in 1903. The Taj, a symbol of Indian hospitality, completed its centenary year in 2003.