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Andrew Gibson has been appointed as ice President, Spas & Wellness at FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI)

Based in FRHI's regional office in Dubai, Andrew Gibson will be responsible for the development and execution of the company's spa strategy, including defining and implementing spa standards globally across all of FRHI’s leading hotel and spa brands. Gibson, who is British, brings over 25 years of international hospitality experience in the fields of spa, wellness and leisure to his new role. He joins FRHI from his most recent position as Group Director of Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hotels Group. Andrew began his career in England, where an early role was leisure centre manager at an airport hotel close to London Gatwick Airport, one of the first hotels in the UK to build significant leisure facilities. He then held progressive positions in the Middle East, with Abu Dhabi Intercontinental Hotel and the Al Bustan Palace Hotel in Oman. He also contributed to leisure services in Oman through tennis, squash, sailing and diving and helped design, build and project manage the first ladies only spa in Muscat.

FRHI
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Henning Fries has been promoted to Managing Director at Al Habtoor Group's Hospitality Division

Al Habtoor Group, the Dubai conglomerate, said on Friday that it has promoted Henning Fries to managing director of the company's hospitality division, adding that he will be responsible for overseeing the opening of the $3bn Al Habtoor City project. The project, a multi-use development currently under construction, will incorporate three five star hotels - WESTIN, W Hotel, St Regis - as well as three high-residential towers.

Habtoor
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Roddy Gordon has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at Grand Hyatt Dubai

Roddy Gordon has been appointed director of sales and marketing for Grand Hyatt Dubai. In addition, he also takes on the mantle of area director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Hotels in Dubai. He brings with him over 24 years of experience in the hospitality industry with a strong focus on the luxury hotel and services sector. In his area role, Roddy will help with collective marketing planning and sales development of the Dubai portfolio (including Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Park)

Hyatt
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Sayyora Asatova has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray

With over 15 years’ experience in hospitality, Sayyora, from Uzbekistan returns to Jumeirah Group having previously worked in Burj Al Arab as Business Development Manager – leaving in 2007 to become the Associate Director of Business Development at a tourism company. Following this she spent four years at Atlantis, The Palm where she left as the Director of International Leisure Sales in 2013 to join Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in her current role.

Jumeirah
Dubai, United Arab Emirates