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IHG Hotels & Resorts announces Kuwait’s First Vignette Collection : Arabella Beach Hotel, Vignette Collection

IHG Hotels & Resorts introduces its first collection brand to Kuwait as Arabella Beach Hotel Kuwait, Vignette Collection opened on 6th May 2024. Prominently positioned on the Arabian Gulf shoreline, the 195 room property joins IHG's growing Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio - now the second largest in the world - to mark the GCC region's second Vignette Collection, following Th8 Palm Dubai Beach Resort Vignette Collection's opening in Summer this year.

Vignette Collection
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Najib Nasser has been appointed as Cluster General Manager at IHG

IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointment of Najib Nasser as Cluster General Manager for the five IHG hotels in Kuwait. A hospitality veteran, Najib brings with him over 25 years of experience and will oversee the operations of Crowne Plaza & Holiday Inn Kuwait Al Thuraya City, Holiday Inn Kuwait and Holiday Inn & Suites Kuwait Salmiya, as well as the first InterContinental in Kuwait, InterContinental Kuwait Al Thuraya City, slated to open in 2024.

IHG
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Thierry Papillier has been appointed as Executive Chef at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya

Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya has appointed Thierry Papillier as Executive Chef, bringing a plethora of experience and achievements from several celebrated hotels and resorts. His arrival supports the Hotel's thoughtful drive to enhance the dining experiences offered across the entire property, setting the stage for exciting new culinary events to come in the months ahead.

Four Seasons
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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George Safi has been appointed as Hotel Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya

Safi has been working with Four Seasons since 2002, when he started as a management trainee at Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris.In 2017, during the property's opening, Safi was on board as director of F&B. In his current role, Safi will handle the running of the hotel.Lebanese by birth, Safi was raised in a family of professionals and "should have been a doctor. However, he contemplated dentistry until a school job fair opened his mind to the hotel industry.He then moved on to hotel school in France, and then moved to the United States to learn English, and then back to France to earn an MBA, arriving around the time Four Seasons opened its first property in Paris.A few years later he left Four Seasons to get a better insight into F&B at other properties in Paris and Geneva.In 2016, he returned to the group in Bahrain Bay and then joined the opening team in Kuwait City.

Four Seasons
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Skander Ayari has been appointed as F&B manager at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya

Ayari has worked in several properties across the world including — Shangri-La Mauritius; Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson Yas Island; Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi; Le Méridien Etoile Paris; Hotel Concorde Lafayette, Paris; Hilton, Paris; Hyatt, Paris.Born and raised in Tunisia, Ayaru was always curious about new cultures, "That's really what drew me in. Gastronomy brings all cultures together. When we host in Mediterranean and Arabic cultures, we do it around the table. And when you travel, it's the common ground," he said.Ayari moved to Europe to study hospitality and then moved to Paris to work in the F&B industry. He later moved to Abu Dhabi and Mauritius to take up management roles.

Four Seasons
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Alaa Selim has been appointed as General Manager at Copthorne Kuwait City Hotel

Copthorne Kuwait City Hotel has appointed Alaa Selim as its new general manager.He joins Copthorne Kuwait City Hotel with more than 20 years of experience in hotel operations and was most recently the general manager of Copthorne Al Jahra Hotel & Resort in Kuwait, also part of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Middle East & Africa brand.In his new role, Selim will oversee the operations of the 169-room Copthorne Kuwait City Hotel and will lead his team in positioning it as the top preferred hotel in the city of Kuwait.With his extensive knowledge and experience of the Kuwait hotel market, Selim will be a great asset to Copthorne Kuwait City Hotel, which will be shortly celebrating its first anniversary as a Millennium hotel in January 2019.

Millennium
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Mario Bassil has been appointed as director of food & beverage at Courtyard by Marriott Kuwait

Bassil has a career spanning 23 years, working in the hospitality industry in Lebanon, UAE and Kuwait. In his new role, Bassil will be in charge of the Arraya Ballroom in addition to three restaurants, two lounges and a café at the Courtyard by Marriott Kuwait City hotel. Prior to his appointment at Courtyard by Marriott Kuwait Hotel, he was director of F&B at Le Gray Hotel Beirut and Movenpick Hotel and Resort Beirut. Bassil has spent close to a decade in Kuwait in various roles at different hotels and restaurants like the Marina Hotel, and subsequently moved to Movenpick Hotel & Resort Kuwait where he spent five years in a directorial position. He holds a bachelor degree in hotel management from Oxdell University in USA.

Marriott
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Christel Artaud has been appointed as Human Resources Director at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya

Christel Artaud, director of human resources for the property, is a Four Seasons veteran of eight years. Artaud joined the company at Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora in 2008 where she served for seven years as director of human resources. A French national, Artaud moved to Kuwait in April 2016 to take charge of the human resource function at the new property.

Four Seasons
Kuwait City, Kuwait