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Richard Alexander has been appointed as General Manager at Jumeirah Al Naseem

Jumeirah has announced the executive team tasked with managing the 1 December opening of Madinat Jumeirah’s newest hotel Jumeirah Al Naseem, the 430-room ‘resort within a resort’ that completes the ‘Arabian Resort of Dubai’. General Manager, Richard Alexander, returns to Dubai and Jumeirah Group after eight years working internationally in the Caribbean, Las Vegas and London. British national Richard has more than 30 years’ luxury hotel experience and is very familiar with Madinat Jumeirah having been Jumeirah Mina A’ Salam’s General Manager in 2008. His career has taken him and his family around the world, from Spain to Greece, Japan, USA, Australia and Indonesia. Richard brings a fresh approach to service and a desire to surprise and exceed guests’ expectations and perceptions of the Dubai of today.

Jumeirah
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Saskia Polhout has been appointed as General Manager at Jumeirah Al Naseem

Jumeirah has announced the executive team tasked with managing the 1 December opening of Madinat Jumeirah’s newest hotel Jumeirah Al Naseem, the 430-room ‘resort within a resort’ that completes the ‘Arabian Resort of Dubai’. The final example of Jumeirah’s internal growth and talent development strategy is Saskia Polhout, Executive Housekeeper of Jumeirah Al Naseem. Born in the Netherlands, Saskia will lead one of the hotel’s largest teams in the housekeeping department and will oversee exciting projects such as developing the new floral style for Jumeirah Al Naseem and curating a fun and creative children’s amenity programme, for which she will draw on the inspiration of her own three children. Saskia joined Jumeirah in 2005 as Assistant Executive Housekeeper in Jumeirah Beach Hotel and was promoted in 2007 to the position of Housekeeping Manager in Madinat Jumeirah until the promotion to her current role.

Jumeirah
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Gokul Raman has been appointed as Food and Beverage Manager at Millennium Plaza Hotel

Gokul Raman will be responsible for managing all food and beverage operations and delivering excellent guests’ culinary experience. With his exceptional skills he will forecast, plan and manage all F&B areas, employee and finance. With his 21 years of experience, he will excel at maximizing sales and revenue to the hotel through customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

Millennium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates