Minor Hotels, a global hospitality group that owns and operates over 560 hotels in 58 countries in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe and the Americas, is pleased to announce the signing of Avani+ Fujairah Resort in the United Arab Emirates.
Radisson Blu Resort, Fujairah has appointed Marie Bernadette Ortiguerra as marketing & communications manager.
Stefan Savic has been appointed as director of sales and marketing at InterContinental Fujairah Resort.
InterContinental Fujairah Resort has announced the appointment of Tibor Horvath as general manager. Horvath will undertake strategic responsibility as GM of InterContinental Fujairah Resort by overseeing all resort activity, maintaining hotel standards, and creating a community for guests.
Dhiraj Kumar has been promoted to director of F&B at Fujairah Rotana Resort and Spa, Al Aqah Beach, moving up from assistant.
Hilton has apoointed Vikram Jamwal as general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton Fujairah City. Described as a 'true hotelier' by Hilton, he has held positions with the group for 20 years covering Germany, Poland, Nigeria, South Africa and the UAE.
Hilton and Al Taif Investment today announced the signing of a management agreement to open DoubleTree by Hilton Fujairah City Centre - a new build hotel that will soon grace this vibrant city of the northern United Arab Emirates.
Abdel Rahman's new role as General Manager comes as a promotion from his most recent position as Director of Operations at Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort in 2021. Here, he was responsible for pursuing outstanding quality of operations and performance of the hotel. Under his leadership, he spearheaded a range of upgrades and activations to optimize the resort's dining, leisure and entertainment offerings throughout the past 8 months. He has also worked on restructuring and upgrading all the F&B facilities in line with the room refurbishment plans to further elevate the guest experience and maintain the high caliber of service expected at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
With more than 10 years of experience within the hospitality industry Irshad will lead the team at the property.
Zein has almost 20 years' experience in the travel and hospitality industry in the Middle East and Europe, most recently at Radisson Blu Resort Sharjah, Park Inn Radisson Hotel & Residence Duqm and Park Inn Radisson Hotel Nice.
With more than 15 years of international tour operator and hotel expertise, Munns has held senior cluster sales roles for a number of international luxury brands in the region.
Rotana Hotel Management has appointed Ulrike Andorff as the general manager of Fujairah Rotana Resort and Spa. Andorff will be responsible for directing the overall management and operations focusing on the property’s commercial growth while following the strategic direction of the Rotana brand. Andorff has 33 years of experience in the hospitality industry where she worked for high-end international hotel & resort chains located in seven different countries including Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Republic of China, Vietnam, United States of America and Mauritius before coming to the United Arab Emirates. She joined Rotana in 2011 as executive assistant manager for The Cove Rotana Resort in Ras Al Khaimah and has managed and led Burjuman Arjaan by Rotana for the last two years.
Millennium Hotels has appointed Khaled Zaki as the new general manager at Millennium Hotel Fujairah.
Bicaldo brings with her more than ten years of HR experience accrued mostly within the hospitality industry.
ACICO has landed a new cluster director of sales & marketing, Adib El Khoury.
Having worked with Rotana since 2003, Mrad El Khoury is due to serve as the new general manager of Fujairah Rotana Resort and Spa and the cluster general manager for the Cove Rotana Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah hotels effective as of September 2015.
Imad Akil has returned to Fujairah Rotana Resort & Spa as executive assistant manager.
Mr Kandalaft holds a Masters degree in Hospitality Management and his hospitality career spans over 14 years. His passion, vision and determination have seen him progressively scale the ranks of the industry to attain the top management position and he has worked for several leading hotel brands such as InterContinental Hotels; Hilton Hotels; Shangri-la Qaryat al Berri, Al Raha Beach Hotel and lately Gloria Hotels.
Having worked with the Rezidor Hotel Group’s Middle East team since 2010, Eikeland is well known for lifting leading hotels’ performances to the optimum level.
Fawaz joined Rotana in 2008 and has 18 years of experience in the hotel industry. He was an active member of the pre-opening team at Arjaan by Rotana Media City as complex facility manager until 2012.