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Azar Saliba has been appointed as General Manager at Jumeirah Al Naseem

Saliba moved from Jumeirah Al Qasr to Jumeirah Al Naseem in August last year. With more than 11 years" experience with Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts, Saliba first joined the company as front office manager at Jumeirah Beach Hotel in 2006; he then worked his way up to a number of roles such as director of rooms, executive assistant manager and resident manager from 2007 to 2011. He then supported the pre-opening phase of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in 2011, before returning to Madinat Jumeirah as hotel manager of Jumeirah Mina A"Salam in 2012. He was then promoted to the position of general manager of Jumeirah Al Qasr and Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf from 2013 to 2017.

Jumeirah
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Digvijay Singh Rathore has been appointed as Director of Food & Beverage at Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai

Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai is delighted to announce Mr. Digvijay Singh Rathore as the new Director of Food & Beverage. Digvijay has 16 years of experience in Food and Beverage industry with a vast pre-opening involvement including conventions and banqueting section. Making the announcement, Mr Simon Moore, General Manager of Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai, said: Let us welcome Digvijay into our family and wishing him a successful journey. We are proud to have Digvijay as our new Director of Food & Beverage, and we are genuinely confident that his lifelong background will optimize guest expectations and revenue at the same time. Digvijay will play a vital role in setting Food & Beverage strategies, leading the team and attaining the best results. Commenting on this appointment, Digvijay said I am very delighted to join the Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai family. I am very excited to share my ideas with the team and help to build on the hotels success especially with its current leading position in the market. Digvijay holds a BSc in Hospitality Management from IHM, Hyderabad. In the past, he also handled multiple Food & Beverage roles in India and UAE. He has an immense experience in working with different team and driving performance, sales, and guest satisfaction.

Millennium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Taras Ettl has been appointed as Middle East and Asia Operations at Steigenberger DMCC (SDMCC)

Taras Ettl has been appointed new Managing Director and Vice President of Middle East and Asia Operations at Steigenberger DMCC (SDMCC) in Dubai. SDMCC is a subsidiary of Steigenberger Hotels AG and is responsible for all activities outside Europe. Its portfolio includes properties such as the Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay in Dubai, the IntercityHotel Salalah in Oman and the Steigenberger Kantaoui Bay Sousse in Tunisia. Further Steigenberger Hotels are also in the pipeline in Doha (Qatar), Bangalore (India) and Bangkok (Thailand), and new IntercityHotels are being planned for Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Dubai (UAE), Muscat and Nizwa (both Oman).

H World International
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Valerie Vayssiere has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at Fairmont Dubai

Ammar Hilal, General Manager, Fairmont Dubai is pleased to announce the appointment of Valerie Vayssiere as Director of Sales and Marketing for Fairmont Dubai. Valerie joins Fairmont Dubai from her most recent role as Director of Sales at the Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi Grand Canal, a position she held since June 2015. Prior to this role, she was the Director of Sales at Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai from 2012. Bringing along over 22 years of international experience, Valerie has previously worked for an international luxury hotel chain, with regional sales office in London for 16 years. Whilst at the London regional office, she held various progressive positions including Sales Manager overseeing the French and Belgium markets and Director of Business Development UK and Nordic Countries. Valerie obtained a Tourism Diploma from the Academy of Toulouse and began her hospitality journey in 1994 in London.

Accor
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Haytham ElSherbini has been appointed as DOSM at ME Dubai

ME Dubai, which is located within the Opus by Zaha Hadid, has appointed Haytham El-Sherbini as the new director of sales and marketing. El-Sherbini, who graduated with a bachelor"s degree in business administration from the University of New Brunswick—Canada in Cairo, Egypt, brings more than 11 years of industry experience to his new job. El-Sherbini has worked in a number of hotel chains including Dusit International, Intercontinental Hotel Group, and Emaar Hospitality Group for eight years as director of sales protocol for The Address Hotels + Resorts. Most recently, he worked as the director of sales for Armani Hotel Dubai. ME Dubai, inside the 93-metre high Opus, is located in the Burj Khalifa district in Downtown Dubai and will consist 93 rooms and suites, 96 residential apartments and 15 F&B outlets, including contemporary Japanese restaurant, ROKA. The ME Dubai is set to launch in Q4 of 2018.

Melia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Vanina Yordanova has been appointed as Cluster Marketing and PR Manager at IHG's Dubai Festival City cluster

Yordanova brings more than four years of experience in the hospitality industry. She previously worked at the Viceroy Palm Jumeirah (now Five Palm Jumeirah) in the UAE, but began her career at Grand Hyatt Berlin and continued to work with the Hyatt brand in Dubai. She holds a Bachelor of Business Economics degree from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a Master"s degree in Corporate Communications for the Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy.

IHG
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Bastien Blanc has been appointed as VP Operations-Middle East at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Bastien Blanc has been appointed as the vice president operations-Middle East. Nicolas Craninx has been appointed as director, hotel performance support – Africa. Additionally, Matthew Tripolone, currently the head of development, Australasia, IHG, will assume the role of vice president, development, Middle East and Africa (MEA) from January 1, 2018.

IHG
Dubai, United Arab Emirates