Laurent A. Voivenel, Senior Vice President, Operations and Development for the Middle East, Africa and India, Swiss-Belhotel International, addressed delegates at Top Hotels Project World Tour Dubai on Digitalization in Hotels yesterday. The conference presented a unique mix of critical industry insights and power networking in an interactive and inspirational programme.
Laurent A. Voivenel, Senior Vice President, Operations and Development for the Middle East, Africa and India, Swiss-Belhotel International, was among the top speakers today at The Hotel Show being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 18 to 20th September, 2017. Speaking at the Middle East Hospitality Leadership Forum, Laurent participated in a panel discussion on the booming mid-market in Dubai and its ongoing effect on 4* & 5* operators.
Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the region with hotels across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, added yet another prestigious accolade to its long list of accomplishments when its President & CEO Omer Kaddouri was honored with the 'Hospitality CEO of the Year' award at the CEO Middle East Awards 2017 held yesterday evening in Dubai.
Global hospitality management software company Xn protel Systems today announced Rotana Hotel Management Corporation is implementing xnPOS in its Centro Hotels in Saudi Arabia. The system will be hosted at Rotana's data center in Abu Dhabi to provide centralized Point of Sale operations. xnPOS will then be deployed to new hotel openings. In addition, Rotana Hotels is also using myHotel and myDining by Neorcha, a Xn protel partner.
Kleindienst Group today launches The Floating Venice, the world's first underwater luxury vessel resort at Cityscape Global. Valued at 2.5Bn AED (680m USD), The Floating Venice will be located in The World islands, 4km offshore from Dubai and will bring an authentic Venetian experience to the Middle East.
STR's preliminary August 2017 data for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, indicates performance declines consistent with significant supply growth. Based on daily data from August, Abu Dhabi reported the following in year-over-year comparisons:
Prior to his current role, Aouad was the director of sales and marketing for Fairmont Dubai.
Arun, bringing over 10 years of experience in hospitality, has been appointed to manage the Front Office Department and Health Club of the new M Hotel brand under Millennium & Copthorne in Business Bay. Prior to joining M Hotel Downtown by Millennium, Arun served as the Assistant Front Office Manager at Millennium Plaza Hotel, Dubai from 2011 where he managed the hotel’s preopening operations. Arun worked for various hotel brands like Kempinski Mall of the Emirates, Jebel Ali International Hotels in Dubai and started his Front Office career in Hotel Tea County and Club Mahindra Resorts in India. In his current role, Arun will be responsible in handling the overall front office operations and delivering exceptional level of customer service.
For hotels in the Middle East & Africa, July marked a low in recent top and bottom line performance as demand levels remained soft during the stifling summer months, according to the latest worldwide poll of full-service hotels from HotStats.
The hospitality industry is borrowing from Uber's playbook by hiring on-demand workers to fill jobs as needed, according to Fisher Phillips. Like most industries these days, hospitality is having trouble filling openings and therefore is turning to gig workers to fill the void. Philadelphia-based Jobletics and PeopleMatter are among platforms used to summon hourly workers as easily as they would hail a ride, says Fisher Phillips. Employers can notify their need for workers in advance or at a moment's notice, when, for example, a permanent worker calls in sick. The staffing firm employs the on-demand workers, pays their wages and handles HR issues.
Centro Capital Centre & Capital Centre Arjaan by Rotana situated near ADNEC, in the Capital Centre District of Abu Dhabi welcome Mr Chadi Nicolas as the new General Manager.
Al Habtoor City Hotel Collection has welcomed John Farrelly onboard as multi-property director of sales and marketing for St. Regis Dubai, W Dubai – Al Habtoor City and The Westin Dubai, Al Habtoor City.
A German and Russian dual national, Alexej Jaritschin is a long-serving Kempinski hotelier, having taken on various positions in the Rooms Division department over the years.
A French national with 14 years’ experience, Melanie Munoz has worked for exclusive five star properties (Starwood, Club Med and a few independent luxury hotels) in various countries across the world in places such as Nice in France, Palmiye in Turkey, St Barthelemy in the Caribbean Islands, Wellington in New Zealand, Bora Bora in French Polynesia and, lately, Phuket in Thailand.
Al Ain Rotana has appointed Uwe Gundlach as the cluster director of revenue for both Al Ain Rotana and Hili Rayhaan by Rotana.
Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay Dubai has appointed Marijana Mihajlovic as hotel manager to lead and strengthen the commercial positioning of the hotel, as it approaches its third operating year.
Schiller brings with him 25 years of work experience in the industry spanning the Pan Arab region, including stints in the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Amenities, design, and who will be the head chef in the restaurant are all important decisions for a new hotel to make, but before any of that groundwork can be done, hotel operators must choose the single most important characteristic of any hotel — where will it be located.
Iv Behri joins Centro Sharjah by Rotana as the new Human Resources Manager. Behri, an Albanian national, is a graduate of the Swiss Hotel Management School in Leysin, Switzerland.
As hotels continue to find new and innovate amenities to add to guestrooms, there have long been some common and indisputable truths. There will be a bed, there will be a door, there will be a window with a view that cannot be enhanced or changed.