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September 30, 2014

Mara Campi Pincepoche has been promoted to Regional Director of Business Development-EMEA at TSA Solutions

TSA Solutions, a leading global provider of measurable and sustainable revenue performance enhancing solutions for the hotel industry, announces the promotion of Mara Campi Pincepoche to the position of Regional Director of Business Development – Europe, Middle East and Africa. Pincepoche joined the company in 2007 as a Performance Consultant and has served as TSA’s Director of Business Development for Southwestern Europe since 2010. In her new role, she will lead the regional business development team and closely work with key hotel partners to further improve hotel performance, primarily through front desk upselling. ior to joining TSA Solutions, Mara served as Director of Global Sales for InterContinental Hotels Group in the Middle East region. She holds a Master’s Degree in tourism and hotel management from the Academy for Commerce and Tourism in Trento, Italy, along with a European Hotel Diploma (EURHODIP) Master’s in hotel management. With professional training also completed in revenue, senior leadership and strategic selling, Mara is uniquely qualified to consult with TSA’s EMEA region hotel partners on revenue enhancing opportunities and strategies.

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Press Release Markets & Performance

September 30, 2014

HotStats MENA Chain Hotels Market Review – August 2014

Hotels in Cairo encouraged by strong performance results in July benefitted from a surge in hotel demand as occupancy levels increased by more than 41 percentage points to 62.0% in August, according to the latest HotStats survey of full service four and five star hotels by TRI Consulting.

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Action Hotels Company (AHC)

September 26, 2014

Fabrice Pignot has been appointed as Asset Manager at Action Hotels

Fabrice Pignot ESSEC IMHI 2007 has been appointed as Asset Manager for Action Hotels based in Dubai. Fabrice started to work at Hilton Worldwide, London after graduation as Hotel Performance Support and then moved the ranked since then up to Manager Real Estate & Asset Management.

Press Release General Management

September 25, 2014

Dubai’s Burj Al Arab wins global award for Best Social Media Presence

Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the World's Most Luxurious Hotel, has been awarded the global title 'Best Social Media Presence by an Individual Hotel, Property or Resort' by Skift, the world's largest travel intelligence and marketing platform.

Press Release Development

September 25, 2014

Movenpick signs new Downtown Dubai hotel apartment

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed a management and operating agreement with El Housein Limited for a new hotel apartment tower curerntly under construction in Downtown Dubai.

Mövenpick

September 25, 2014

Bob Khalifé has been appointed as General Manager at Golden Tulip Al Thanyah

Bob Khalife has joined as general manager of Golden Tulip Al Thanyah, the hotel apartments the operator took over management of earlier this year.

Louvre Hotels Group

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Press Release Development

September 24, 2014

Park Inn by Radisson Residence Dubai Jumeirah Village Triangle to Open in Q2 2017

September 23, 2014 - Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, announces the Park Inn by Radisson Residence Dubai Jumeirah Village Triangle. The property featuring 261 studios and apartments is scheduled to open in Q2 2017. It brings Carlson Rezidor's portfolio in Dubai to 14 hotels with around 3,300 rooms in operation and under development.

September 24, 2014

Hossam Mansour has been appointed as Executive Assistant Manager (EAM) at Towers Rotana

A Lebanese national, Hossam holds a Master's in Hospitality Management. Before joining Rotana Group with his first position as Executive Assistant Manager in Fujairah year & half ago, he kicked off his career with Forte Grand Abu Dhabi in 1997; He then gradually moved on to serve as Restaurant Manager with Royal Meridien Bahrain, F&B Manager with Marriott Tunisia, F&B Director with Coral International, Dubai before joining Hilton Hotels & Resorts in 2006 where he spent seven years with last position as Director of operations in Sharm Sheikh, Egypt and Ankara, Turkey.

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September 17, 2014

Marie Laure Blaise has been promoted to B2B and B2C Marketing Manager, Middle-East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Marie-Laure BLAISE ESSEC IMHI 2008 has been appointed B2B and B2C Marketing Manager for Middle-East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey based at the Carlson Rezidor Area Support Office in Dubai. Marie Laure joined Carlson Rezidor headoffice in Brussels, Belgium after graduation as Loyalty Marketing Coordinator EMEA and after 3 years was Quality Assurance Manager, Park Inn by Radisson EMEA.

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Press Release Development

September 17, 2014

Mandarin Oriental To Open A Luxury Urban Resort In Dubai

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has today announced that it will manage a luxurious urban resort in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, which is currently under development and due to open in 2017. Mandarin Oriental, Dubai will be located on Jumeirah Beach Road, with direct access to the golden sands of Jumeirah Beach – one of the most sought-after waterfront locations in the city.

Mandarin Oriental

September 16, 2014

Ayse Ocal Abbas has been appointed as Area E-Commerce Marketing Manager Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Ayse Ocal Abbas has been appointed to the role of area e-commerce marketing manager. With more than eight years' experience in marketing, Abbas will act as the e-commerce lead within the area to execute the group's e-commerce strategy to maximise the direct online revenue potential. She will work in close collaboration with the area revenue generation team and hotel marketing teams to drive online profitability and provide research and analyses on the latest online developments and market trends within the area.

September 16, 2014

Wiebke Siemering has been appointed as Area Manager Online Distribution OTA Partnerships - Middle East & Sub-Saharan Africa at Rezidor Hotel Group

Wiebke Siemering has been appointed as the area e-commerce partner manager. Siemering joins the team from agoda.com where she was the market manager and team leader for the UAE. In her new role Siemering will manage existing global, theatre and country level OTA and affiliate relationships to ensure terms and conditions are correctly applied and optimised. She will also be tasked with identifying, contracting and rolling-out new potential area, regional and local partners to drive incremental business to hotels within and outside the area.

Press Release Sales & Marketing

September 16, 2014

The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management to host EuroCHRIE

The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM), one of the world's leading hospitality business management schools and a part of the global luxury hotel company Jumeirah Group, will host the 32nd EuroCHRIE Conference from 6–9 October 2014.The European Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE) is the official federation for Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and Africa of International CHRIE, the leading international organisation that supports education and training for the tourism and hospitality industry. The annual conference is a signature event of EuroCHRIE and EAHM is honoured to have been chosen to host the conference for the second time in six years.The theme of EuroCHRIE Dubai Conference in 2014 is 'Hospitality and Tourism Futures' and will reflect how the world of Tourism and Hospitality has changed. It will consider what the future challenges and opportunities are and how these changes need to be reflected within tourism and hospitality education. The conference will also provide an opportunity for EuroCHRIE and International CHRIE to find ways to change, develop and to fulfil their mission in developing the industry leaders of the future.The event is open to both members and non-member of EuroCHRIE who will have extensive networking opportunities and experience authentic Arabian hospitality at its best.

September 16, 2014

Yvonne Luedeke has been appointed as Director of Marketing and Communications at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray

Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, the Ottoman inspired resort located on Palm Jumeirah, has announced the appointment of Yvonne Luedeke, the new Director of Marketing and Communications.

September 16, 2014

Fernando Gibaja has been appointed as General Manager at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray

Fernando Gibaja, a Spanish national, joins Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on Palm Jumeirah as the new General Manager, effective from 5 October 2014. Fernando Gibaja will be responsible for building on the success and reputation of the award-winning resort, taking over from the current General Manager Stephan Schupbach, who is promoted to Regional Vice President Operations for Jumeirah Group.

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September 16, 2014

ABreez is Blowing onto the Hotel Scene as a Fresh Mobile Tool for Minibar Management

Hold on to your departmental hats! A new mobile minibar solution is blowing onto the hotel scene that is radically changing the way hoteliers will be managing their in-room amenities forever. ABreez by Mobile Simple is a breath of fresh air for food-and-beverage managers looking to increase their bottom lines through more effective merchandising and control costs through more efficient posting processes . . . room attendants desiring a way to simplify daily tasks by making the mundane process of checking minibars and snack trays more fun . . . and owners begging for a new way to stop revenue losses, heighten inventory control, improve employee efficiency and stop guest complaints altogether.

Mobile Simple

September 11, 2014

Afif Salibi has been named Director of operations at Raffles Dubai

In his new position, Salibi will oversee the day-to-day operations of the luxury property. He brings with him more than 12 years of industry experience, of which seven years were spent with FRHI Hotels & Resorts.

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Press Release Sales & Marketing

September 10, 2014

Jumeirah launches new contemporary lifestyle brand: VENU

Jumeirah, the global luxury hotel company and a member of Dubai Holding, has revealed plans to launch a new contemporary lifestyle brand. The new brand, which is called VENU, is designed to appeal to the modern traveller whose expectations revolve around their own lifestyle – clean, contemporary, cool and effortless. To mark the launch of VENU, the company is revealing the visual identity of the brand and announcing the appointment of a top hotelier to lead its development. Furthermore, the Dubai-based developer Meraas Holding is in discussion with Jumeirah Group to operate the first VENU hotel on Bluewaters Island in Dubai.

September 8, 2014

Inna Gernega has been appointed as Director of PR and Marketing at Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek

The Ukrainian national has joined this month and brings 12 years’ total experience in PR, marketing and sales, including four years in the Middle East. Gernega started her career in Kiev, Ukraine in 2002 specialising in events sales with a local brand hotel, before joining Hyatt Regency Kiev during its pre-opening phase in 2006 as sales and marketing manager. She then joined pre-opening office of Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah in Dubai in 2010, working for three years as a PR and marketing manager.