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Haitham Galal has been appointed as Operations Manager at Novotel & Adagio Abu Dhabi Al Bustan

Four-star property Novotel & Adagio Abu Dhabi Al Bustan has appointed Haitham Galal as its operations manager. An Egyptian national, Galal has more than 20 years' experience in hospitality with extensive knowledge in the rooms division. He started his career in hospitality as a front desk agent at the Intercontinental Hotel Abu Dhabi in 1997. Later, he moved to Al Diar Capital Hotel Abu Dhabi as the night manager and eventually took up the position of the front office manager. From 2006 to 2008 he was the front office manager at City Season Hotel in Abu Dhabi.From 2011 to 2016 he worked as the director of front office in Yas Island Rotana and Roda Al Bustan Rotana Dubai. Prior to his appointment, he held the position of director of rooms, managing rooms and operations. Haitham holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology with distinct honours from Mansoura University of Egypt.

Santosh Koshy George has been appointed as Cluster Director of Sales at Avani Deira Dubai Hotel and Oaks Hotels & Resorts UAE

Santosh has over 25 years' experience in the hospitality and travel industry sectors, having worked extensively in Dubai in most of his career journey. He started his career in Dubai in 1992 and worked with various hospitality and tourism sectors such as Wi nchester Group, Al Faris Group, Urban Tourism and Damac Properties among others. His last post prior to Avani and Oaks was as Cluster Director of Sales of Millennium Hotels and Resorts. A non-novice to MINOR Hotels International, he was formerly the Sales and Marketing Manager and a part of pre-opening team for Oaks Liwa Heights Dubai JLT from 2008 to 2010. Santosh reports directly to the Cluster General Manager Mr Siva Ram. Putta who oversees the 3 properties namely, Avani Deira Dubai with 215 keys, Oaks Liwa Heights Hotels & Apartments JLT Dubai with 168 keys and Oaks Liwa Executive Suites Abu Dhabi with 54 keys.

Khaled Khaled has been appointed as Director of Operations at Conrad Dubai

Conrad Dubai the 5 star luxury hotel located on Sheikh Zayed Road is pleased to announce the appointment of Khaled Khaled as its Director of Operations. In this role, Khaled will provide strategic leadership and oversee the hotel's daily operations including rooms, food and beverage and banqueting services. Khaled joins the property from his previous role as Hotel Manager of the Grand Hotel Plaza in Rome.Khaled brings with him over 19 years hospitality experience having firs t joined the Hilton family in 2008 at Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri in which he held various operational positions before joining the pre-opening team of Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam. Among a great number of achievements throughout his career, Khaled was selected in 2012 for the Top Talent program for W&S Europe and in 2013, won best project of the year with immediate implementation in the region. His strengths lie in his proven track record of effective leadership and management of various aspects of hotels.