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Alexandre Maurisseau has been appointed as Director of Food and Beverage at Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel (Movenpick Hotels and Resorts)

French national Maurisseau brings with him almost 16 years of hospitality experience, after successfully managing key positions in the UAE and throughout Belgium, Spain and Singapore.Maurisseau started his career as a Chef de Rang at the Le Meridien Bruxelles in Belgium, where he rapidly progressed through the F&B sector later landing himself the role as food and beverage manager at the The Westin La Quinta in Marbella, Spain. In 2002, he was offered his first assignment in the Middle East as food and beverage manager at the Sands Hotel in Abu Dhabi, before stepping-up to director of food and beverage at the One to One hotel in the capital.

Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel (Movenpick Hotels and Resorts)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Fred Selvi has been appointed as Executive Assistant – Rooms Division Manager at Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel

Joining the Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel - Dubai as Executive Assistant – Rooms Division Manager is Fred Selvi, a joint Australian/Turkish national who comes to the UAE from the Rixos Premium Resort in Bodrum, Turkey, where he was assistant general manager. After graduating from RMIT University in Melbourne, where he studied hospitality management and achieved a diploma in hospitality and tourism, Fred began his life in hotels as a bell attendant and doorman at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, quickly progressing to front desk supervisor and then overseeing restaurant and club lounge operations before becoming duty manager. Moving across the city to the new Crown Tower Resort & Casino, Fred was part of the opening team as assistant front office manager, staying at the hotel for seven years before leaving Australia for a spell at the COMO Parrot Cay Resort in the British West Indies. Later postings included front office manager at the Grand Hyatt Singpore and executive assistant manager at the Six Senses resort in Ma’in, Jordan.

Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Michael Moecking has been appointed as General Manager at Farimont Dubai

Fairmont is pleased to announce several recent management and supervisory-level appointments at its properties worldwide. Farimont Dubai, welcomes Michael Moecking to the role of general manager. Moecking’s career has taken him through a series of positions at major hotel companies around the world. He has worked in Buenos Aires, Puerto Rico, Egypt and most recently Berlin, where he held the position of area general manager Germany, Swissôtel Berlin.

FRHI
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Martin van Kan has been appointed as General Manager at Fairmont Palm Jumeirah

Martin Van Kan joins the luxury hotel brand as general manager, Fairmont Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. With over 25 years of hospitality experience, Van Kan brings a wealth of knowledge to his new position and a worldly awareness having worked in a number of places including Seoul, Indonesia, Nepal and China. Van Kan is a graduate of the Hotel and Tourism School, Les Roches, in Switzerland. Van Kan held several managerial positions throughout his career across a variety of markets, namely in Asia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.

FRHI
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dipak Paul has been appointed as General Manager at Ramada Downtown Dubai

Dipak Paul has over three decades of hospitality experience and has worked for leading international hotel brands. An Indian national, he has worked in India, Kenya, Nepal, Singapore and the Middle East, holding General Manager Positions with Starwood and IHG. He joined Ramada Downtown Dubai in November 2010 after spending 3 years in Nairobi where he opened Crown Plaza Hotel being involved from the project stage.

Ramada Downtown Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Philippe Bonnot has been appointed as General Manager at Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel

After completing three years in the position of General Manager at Mövenpick Tower & Suites Doha, Philippe assumes the leading role at the Ibn Battuta Gate, a five-star hotel, cleverly inspired by the journeys of the 14th century celebrated Arabian explorer, Ibn Battuta. Prior to joining Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Bonnot has held the General Manager's position in a selection of hotels for Le Méridien group including Cochin & Convention centre in India, Hôtel Le Méridien Heliopolis, Egypt and Hôtel Le Méridien Bruxelles, Belgium. During his 10 years in Le Méridien Bonnot was involve in major projects within each hotel ranging from effective cost saving plans, tackling new markets, reaching high scores on both employee satisfaction surveys and guest satisfaction indexes.

Mövenpick
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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World's first 'Fashion Hotel' in Dubai to be funded by Al Habtoor | emirates247.com

Al Habtoor Group, a UAE-based diversified conglomerate, will solely fund the world’s first Fashion Hotel in Dubai and is currently working with Fashion TV to finalise the location within the emirate, Emirates 24|7 can reveal. “Fashion TV has made the concept designs, but not the detailed design. This will take some time. We also need to agree with Fashion TV management pertaining to location,” said Mohammed Al Habtoor, Vice-Chairman and CEO of Al Habtoor Group.

emirates247.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dubai To Hold Middle East's Largest Hotel Marketing Conference In October 2011

The Middle Eastern hospitality industry, conventionally more focused on the physical product is waking up to a consumer who is demanding consistent delivery of the brand promise.We were able to see consumer demand stabilizing by the end of 2009 and occupancy rates were once again growing during 2010 in the Middle East catering to the tourism sector across various segments.With 2011 already showing signs of sustained and stronger recovery, marketing strategies need to be developed for the US$ 16 Billion worth of business that the GCC region generates for the hotel industry on an annual basis.Leading up to year 2015, the Middle Eastern hospitality landscape is expected to herald the era of a consumer-led brand focus.With consumer trends changing faster than ever in both attitude and behavior, adopting the correct marketing strategy presents this region with an opportunity to be a game changer in the global tourism sector.Faced with new patterns of consumer behavior, the most successful brands in 2015 shall be those who can most efficiently engage with consumers and clearly differentiate their offering from that of competitors. Brands need to focus on implementing consistently simpler but more compelling promises communicated in the most efficient manner to combine value with experience in order to entice customers.The Middle East Hotel Marketing Conference, due to held on 17-18 October 2011 in Dubai, UAE is the region's largest industry specific gathering of hotel marketing experts. It offers hotel marketers the opportunity to meet with like-minded people, brainstorm with the best in business and learn how to make the most of the 120 million nights of hotel stay the Middle Eastern region has to offer every year.The conference is an ideal platform to examine challenges and discover new trends in hotel marketing. Hotel marketing experts along with government and senior industry professionals will present an exiciting array of topics including case studies, panel discussions and workshops.For more details on the conference, visit http://www.hotelmarketingconference-me.com.

Expotrade
Dubai, United Arab Emirates