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.
The Ritz-Carlton DIFC has brought in Zakia Kazi as associate director of marketing and public relations. She will position the upmarket financial district property as one of Dubai's leading business hotels.
Salem has 10 years of experience in his field. Before joining the property, he was the security manager at Aloft Dubai South. He also worked as part of the security team at The Ritz Carlton Dubai JBR and Qatar Airways.
The new front office manager, Shawky has more than ten years of front office experience gained from five-star hotels. Prior to his new role, he was the assistant front office manager at Movenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach. His other previous hotel stints include Rixos Bab Al Bahr in Ras Al Khaimah, Kempinski Mall of the Emirates, the former Kempinski Ajman Hotel, Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort, and Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh.
Previously, Busa was F&B operations manager for Anantara The Palm Dubai, staying with the popular Thai property for four years. He was also outlet manager for the resort for three years. Before Minor Group, he was assistant restaurant manager with Madinat Jumeirah, working his way up from team leader and restaurant supervisor.
The much anticipated Hyde Hotel Dubai today opens in Business Bay in collaboration with owner, Emerald Palace Group. The stylish, understated hotel will provide a sanctuary for those in-the-know, offering a new-kind of bespoke hospitality dialing into guest's needs, interests, and aspirations. A hideaway in the heart of the city, Hyde Dubai celebrates true discovery and authentic human connection, aiming to create iconic, personal, and captivating moments.
Lifted by the opening of Expo 2020, Dubai’s hotel industry reported its highest monthly room rates since 2018, according to preliminary October 2021 data from STR.
Marriott International, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with wasl Hospitality & Leisure LLC, a subsidiary of wasl Asset Management Group, to bring the W Hotels Worldwide brand to Dubai's sought-after Jumeirah Beach coastline. Expected to welcome its first guests in 2022, W Dubai - Mina Seyahi is set to become an iconic addition to Dubai's skyline and a new buzzing, urban escape in the cosmopolitan city.
Muramudali, has worked with the likes of One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel as a team leader; Ramada Jumeirah Hotel as restaurant and bar manager; Warwick Hotel Dubai as outlets manager; and InterContinental Dubai Festival City as assistant F&B manager. He has also worked with Le Meridien Dubai and JW Marriott Dubai.
Janarthanan has been in the UAE for the last two decades, working with well-known brands including Starwood, Habtoor Hospitality and Time Hotels. One of his earliest roles dates back to 2000, working with Taj Hotels in India as a travel executive.
The five-star Conrad Dubai has a new executive chef. Ilias Doulamis steps in to replace Caterer Awards-winner Yannis Manikis.
Bayu Fidiyanto has joined Waldorf Astoria Dubai Paul Jumeirah as its new Indonesian chef de cuisine. He works at the resort's upmarket Southeast Asian outlet LAO.
Shiji has announced that the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has recently gone live with its enterprise-level Infrasys Cloud POS solution, in addition to its leading payment interface, Shiji Payment Solutions
Bhishmaraj Singh has been promoted to General Manager of the four Hyatt Place properties in Dubai. He brings over 15 years of experience to his new role and will continue to lead the senior management team, ensuring seamless operations are maintained across the four properties: Hyatt Place Dubai Al Rigga, Hyatt Place Dubai Baniyas Square, Hyatt Place Dubai Wasl District and Hyatt Place Dubai Jumeirah.
What will opportunity, mobility, and sustainability look like in the future? All three areas experienced tremendous paradigm shifts over the last two years and now this question is at the heart of Expo 2020 – happening now through March in Dubai. It's the region's first world expo (initially slated for last year) and the first to be hosted by an Arab nation.
D-EDGE Hospitality Solutions, a leading provider of SaaS and digital marketing solutions for hoteliers, announces a new partnership with ResNet World. Thanks to this agreement, the 600 hotels of the network will migrate to D-EDGE's CRS* and will benefit from MediaGenius, the first multi digital media platform dedicated to hoteliers.