Akshay Virkud has been appointed as Executive Housekeeper at Rixos Doha Qetaifan Island North
The upcoming Rixos Doha Qetaifan Island North has appointed its executive housekeeper to lead the department. Akshay Virkud joins the debut Rixos Doha property from the Alwadi Hotel Doha - MGallery.
Also part of the Accor stable, Virkud was at the Alwadi hotel for over five years as its executive housekeeper. During his stint there, he became an ALL Safe Officer in the early days of its roll out - working to contain the spread of Covid-19 within hotels.
Virkud brings almost two decades of experience to the role, working as a housekeeping assistant at the Trident Hilton Jaipur in 2004. He went on to work as a housekeeping team leader for Grand Hyatt Mumbai for just over a year, moving on to Labriz Silhouette Resort and Spa in the Seychelles as assistant housekeeper.
Following two years with Shangri-La, he went on to join Four Points by Sheraton in Mumbai as deputy housekeeper, later returning to the Seychelles as a housekeeping manager with Constance Ephelia Resort.
In 2014, he entered Qatar for the first time, working with Melia Hotels as an executive housekeeper.