Filling the shoes left by Fitzgerald, Michael Pearson is the new executive chef. Before joining the Minor Hotels property, he had a successful culinary career stretching back over 30 years. He trained in the UK, before moving to Bermuda for a sous chef role. From there, he worked in kitchens in New Zealand, Fiji, Malaysia, China, Oman and other properties within the UAE.
Maurice Fitzgerald first joined the property in 2014 as executive chef, at the time leading 110 chefs and 3,000 daily covers. During this stint, he helped to create the brand's very first culinary book. This is his first role on the operational side of F&B. He began his career in Ireland, before coming to Dubai to join Jumeirah in 2004, where he spent almost a decade at Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Madinat Jumeirah.
Anantara Dubai The Palm continues to bolster its departments, hiring a new director of finance. Mohit Kohli joins the Palm Jumeirah resort having spent more than 20 years in the industry.
Marriott International has announced the promotion of Werther Veulemans to cluster social media manager. Moving up from his prior position as complex social media marketing manager, he now spearheads social media for nine UAE Marriott properties. Marriott International has announced the promotion of Werther Veulemans to cluster social media manager. Moving up from his prior position as complex social media marketing manager, he now spearheads social media for nine UAE Marriott properties.
Avlok Singh has been appointed general manager for the first time in his 14-year career. He has been chosen to lead the new IntercityHotel Dubai Jaddaf Waterfront, which opened on Thursday, November 25, 2021).
Leading the team at Courtyard by Marriott Culture Village is multi-property general manager, Richard Bleakley. He started with Marriott in the UK in 1999.
Welcome in the United Arab Emirates: The IntercityHotel Dubai Jaddaf Waterfront celebrates its opening on 25 November 2021. On this occasion, Deutsche Hospitality joined forces with the hotel management company Valor Hospitality Partners. IntercityHotel Dubai Jaddaf Waterfront headed up by General Manager Avlok Singh thus becomes the hotel group's first franchised hotel in the Middle East.
Chef Saverio Sbaragli has joined Burj Al Arab Jumeirah as head chef at Al Muntaha. He brings Michelin star expertise in French fine-dining cuisine (with Italian influences) to the venue at the world's most iconic hotel.
Since 1851, World Expos have showcased some of the world’s greatest innovations in some of the world’s most influential cities. Currently, Dubai has the honor of welcoming the world as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event to be postponed from its originally scheduled 2020 start. While Dubai was already recovering better than most major, global markets, the start to the six-month “mega event” in October was a welcome sight for hoteliers with delegates, business travellers and leisure guests accounting for more than 1 million visits during the event’s opening weeks (according to event organizers).
Stepping in as cluster head chef is Prabu Michael who will lead culinary conception and menu development of the MoMo Bistro at the new hotel.
Jason Hollingworth will manage all hotel operations, as operations manager. He will work closely with the GM and sales team to ensure smooth operations of front of house, food and beverage, and housekeeping.
Nancy Shaker, multi-property director of human resources will oversee all aspects of talent management, learning and development, employee engagement and performance management for Courtyard by Marriott Culture Village, Dubai - in addition to the five other properties in her portfolio.
Ravneet Arora has been appointed as multi-property director of sales and marketing, entrusted with overseeing Marriott Executive Apartments Dubai Creek, Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai and Element by Westin Al Jaddaf, driving the sales and marketing efforts for all the hotels.
The hotel's signature F&B offering includes Envy, coffee shop EllaMia and more.
Payne began working in the hospitality sector aged just 16 in his native South Africa, first as a bar-back and then as a bartender, before making the move to Dubai.
Grant Budde has been in the industry for over a decade, the majority of which has been spent in Dubai. Coming from an F&B background, he joined Jumeirah Group in 2009 as an outlet manager, moving up to beverage manager two years later. He then worked at Kama Resorts as operations manager before returning to Jumeirah.
Form Hotel Dubai - the only Design Hotels property in the region - has announced its new general manager. Houssam Mansour joins from Rotana.
Adnan Ahmed Khan started as assistant front office manager at ibis Styles Jumeira. He then ventured on a career shift to become an assistant revenue manager, and eventually as revenue manager. His other previous hotel affiliations include front office roles at Ramada by Wyndham Downtown Dubai, Fairmont Dubai, and Ramada by Wyndham Islamabad.
A hotelier with more than 20 years of experience in the field, Arun Mehta has been promoted as director of sales. He started as a senior sales manager at ibis Styles Jumeira in 2016, and was later named assistant director of sales in 2018. Before joining the property, he was a cluster leisure sales manager at the former Ramada by Wyndham Jumeira, and Holiday Inn Express hotels for five years.
Syed Jaafar Shah has 15 years of the experience in the hospitality industry. He was with the R Hotels group for eight years, starting as financial accountant and then as assistant financial controller at Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Dubai JBR. He then moved to ibis Styles Jumeira in 2017 and was later promoted to financial controller role in less than a year. Before coming to the UAE, he was an accounts manager at Islamabad Serena Hotel.