Antonio Ostuni has been named Director of Operations at Sofitel Dubai The Palm
Sofitel Dubai The Palm has named its new director of operations - hiring internally as the resort bolsters its leadership team. Antonio Ostuni steps up to the role from his previous position of director of F&B.
With a strong CV in F&B operations, it is one of Ostuni's first roles in top-level hospitality operations. From 2012 to 2014, he was F&B manager at The Westin Langkawi Resort and Spa, later moving to Sheraton Grand Hotel Dubai as pre-opening director of F&B.
Staying with Marriott, he went on to serve as director of F&B for the JW Marriott Cairo, leading 500 staff and more than 730,000 total covers annually. At the time, he led 12 restaurants, 30 meeting rooms, and event operations as well.
Moving to Waldorf Astoria in Cairo next, he became cluster director of F&B, directly reporting to the complex general manager and in charge of the food & beverage division for a total of 600-plus staff and one million covers yearly.
He joined Sofitel Dubai The Palm in 2020 as its director of F&B. During that time, he was entrusted with deploying plans that continue the hotel's gastronomic success and elevate the reputation of all of its restaurants.