Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hotel company and a member of Dubai Holding, has appointed Anthony McHale as General Manager of Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the world’s most luxurious hotel. Anthony McHale takes up the role as of 11th January 2015, joining Jumeirah Group after more than five years as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London. .
Movenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach, Dubai has appointed Sami Aawar as director of operations.
Originally from Germany, Chef Ansgar has over twenty two years’ of culinary experience and joins from Jumeirah Beach Hotel where he worked for five years. During his time there he was responsible for the culinary operations in both the restaurant and banquet divisions. Chef Werneke has held a number of roles at Jumeirah including Sous Chef and Chef de Cuisine before advancing to the position of Executive Sous Chef in 2009.
Mansoor will be responsible for driving Direct Sales in Hospitality, in Dubai, the UAE and all GCC countries. Mansoor will mainly focus on the new Hospitality CloudSuite applications with an emphasis on Sun Financials, EAM, d/EPM and HCM. Mansoor has held various Sales roles over the last 14 years, bringing a wealth of expertise to his role at Infor. He’s spent the last five years at Al Futtaim Technologies. There he enjoyed success in driving business with new clients - holding the track record for “new business” performance. Prior to that he spent five years at Oasys Infotech as Sales & Marketing Manager, responsible for dealer management & direct sales in Europe, ME and Africa. He is married with two daughters aged six & three named Zoya and Zareen
Mark Sterner has joined Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi as the property’s new hotel manager, taking over a role previously held by Oliver Bruns.
Laura Dickinson has been appointed as Sales and Marketing Manager and will operate across the entire Habtoor Hotels estate. For the past eight years, she has successfully developed multi-channel marketing and sales strategies for revenue growth for a number of London's most renowned restaurants and venues.
Bench Events, the organiser of The Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF), the exclusive conference focused on restaurant investment, taking place on 16-18 Feb in Dubai, UAE, has unveiled a thought-provoking programme and high calibre speaker line-up.
Zaiane started his career as the front office manager at Red Carnations Hotels, before moving to Hilton London Heathrow to take up the position of director of front office.
H&C met with Jonathan Worsley, Chairman, Bench Events who earlier this year launched the Global Restaurant Investment Forum to get an insight into this new industry event. The Global Restaurant Investment Forum is an event designed BY the restaurant investment community FOR the restaurant investment community. The event brings together top-level executives from all areas of the restaurant investment community including: investors, owners, financiers, franchisors, brands, operators, lawyers, advisors, architects and F&B consultants to network and forge new business relationships.
Kalpesh Tana has been appointed as vice president, general counsel, Middle East, Africa and India - FRHI Hotels & Resorts. Tana has close to 20 years of legal experience and joins FRHI from his most recent position as partner of head of retail, hotels & leisure with the international law firm, Osborne Clarke.
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.
Ivor Prestwood has joined the team at Intercontinental Abu Dhabi as the new general manager, following the departure of his predecessor Dieter Franke, who has taken over as GM at Intercontinental Nairobi.
Rotana, will add 3,360 rooms to its existing 12,607–strong room count across the region, with a robust development pipeline headlined by 12 new properties, some of which will open before the year end. President and CEO, Omer Kaddouri, shared Rotana's international expansion plans, spotlighting the company's growing presence in countries like Jordan, Turkey and Bahrain – which will soon welcome Rotana's highly-anticipated five-star property– ART Rotana. With a stand-out vision of operating 100 hotels by 2020, Rotana has implemented an aggressive development strategy, starting with the opening of the properties listed below. The new properties will also create a substantial number of employment opportunities and Rotana plans to hire more than 10,500 individuals across the next five years to operate the hotels.
Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel, Dubai, has appointed Ms Clementina Boullosa as the New Executive Housekeeper. Ms Boullosa, who holds a degree in Business and Tourism from the Santiago de Compostela Universidad Galicia, Spain, brings with her more than 18 years of vast experience from various luxury five-star hotels, resorts and cruise ships in different parts of the world. During the course of her career, Ms Boullosa was instrumental in the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Resort and Spa Marjan Island, Ras Al Khaimah, as well as several other brand new hotels from the H-Santos Hotels and Eurostars Hotels in Spain. She has also served onboard cruise ships Regent Seven Seas Mariner, Silversea Cruises and Royal Caribbean International as Fleet Executive Housekeeper.
Hard Rock International - owner of one of the world's most iconic and recognized brands - along with Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG), a renowned multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm headquartered in Abu Dhabi, and Sheffield Holdings, a leading developer in the United Arab Emirates, announce Hard Rock Hotel Dubai Marina.
Alan Lim, Director Projects & Quality at Atlantis, The Palm Dubai shares insights of his company and the partnership with the online reputation management leader TrustYou.
The recovery of the Abu Dhabi hotel market continues to gain momentum with four and five star hotels reporting positive gains in performance levels for the month of September compared to the same period last year. Average room rate (ARR) increased by 4.2% to US$128.96 while occupancy grew by 6.6 percentage points to 76.6%, resulting in revenue per available room (RevPAR) rising 14.0% to US$98.76. Total revenue per available room (TRevPAR) was impacted by decline in beverage revenues of 5.3%, however the strong room performance led to a 9.4% increase over the same period last year to US$219.13. The growth in RevPAR directly impacted gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) which increased by 42.4% to US$47.73.
"To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Madinat Jumeirah has put together a 'one-of-a-kind' interactive infographic detailing incredible facts about Dubai, one of the most exciting and phenomenal cities in the world."
Savoye will be responsible for the overall sales and marketing operations for 19 hotels and will also oversee the development and implementation of strategies, plans, and budgets for all upcoming Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel properties in the region.
Grand Hyatt Dubai has appointed David Mansfield as the general manager and area director for Hyatt Hotels in Dubai, taking over the role from John Beveridge, who is moving to Park Hyatt Mallorca as pre-opening general manager.