Fraser Suites Doha has announced the appointment of Fadi Waked as its new food and beverage manager. The appointment came as the Hotel’s only restaurant; ‘The Dining Room’ reaches its last phase of pre-opening operations.
Waked will be responsible for implementing regular on-the-job trainings in line with Fraser Suites guidelines or policies. He will also take responsibility for managing food & beverage costs, analyzing budgets, controlling profit & loss variances, planning marketing campaigns and dealing with suppliers and contractors for the hotel.
His hospitality career began in 2000 as a captain waiter at the Mzaar Intercontinental Hotel in Faraya Lebanon. He joined the Le Royal Hotel in Dbayeh, Lebanon in 2003 as restaurant & banqueting supervisor where he functioned as an active pre-opening staff. He was involved in staff training, setting up for wedding events and conferences for the hotel.
Waked moved to Doha in 2006 to work with Wataniya restaurant (a Lebanese Mediterranean concept) as a restaurant manager. Here, he managed to install several control measures including food & beverage controls, cost & purchasing controls leading a successful marketing campaign that resulted in about three per cent increased sales revenue for the restaurant.