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Kapek joins Traders Qaryat Al Beri
Traders Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi has announced the appointment of Stephan Kapek as hotel manager. Kapek moves from the Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing where he was resident manager. He brings with him over 10 years of experience in the Middle East, having previously worked in the UAE, Egypt and Oman.
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Promotion for Collot
Fabrice Collot has been promoted to hotel manager at the Banyan Tree Al Areen in Bahrain. Collot joined the resort in 2007 as director, food and beverage and was then promoted to executive assistant manager. Prior to joining Banyan Tree Al Areen, he worked in France, Jordan, Ukraine, the US and Russia.
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Mövenpick Bahrain gets new GM
Heinz Krähenbühl has been appointed as general manager at the Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain. Krähenbühl started his career in the F&B department in 1978 and has had several postings in Switzerland, Russia, UAE and countries in the Middle East including Beirut, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait.
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New appointments at HHC
Hilton Hotels Corporation has announced Robert Webb (right) as chief information officer. Webb joins Hilton from Equifax. Victor Louis joins as regional director of sales for Arabian Peninsula & Indian Ocean. He moves from Hilton Fujairah Resort where he was general manager, the position now taken by Remco Werkhoven.
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New role for Al Idrissi
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has appointed Khaled Al Idrissi as director of sales and marketing at Al Faisaliah Hotel and Hotel Al Khozama, Rosewood Hotels in Riyadh. He joined the company in 2007 as director of sales. Prior to this, he was DOSM at the Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai.
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Khan joins Radisson Blu Dubai Creek
The Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek has appointed Raheem Khan as assistant director of sales. Prior to joining Khan was recognised as a top performer consistently achieving annual sales, financial goals and increasing market share and profits in his previous role in another Dubai city hotel.
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New Rotana F&B director
The Media Rotana Dubai has appointed Nicola Zamboni as director of food and beverage. Zamboni was previously F&B manager at the Fujairah Rotana Resort & Spa which he joined in 2006 as part of the pre-opening team. He started his career in Greece in 1998 working in specialised resorts chains.
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Johnston takes the helm at Raffles
Raffles Hotels & Resorts has appointed John Johnston as the new company president. He joined the company in 1998 as president for Delta Hotels & Resorts and later was promoted to executive VP, development, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. He was subsequently appointed executive VP, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.
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New GM for Lebanon hotel
InterContinental Hotels Group has appointed Walid Kanaan as general manager of the InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort and Spa. He steps into his new role from his previous position as general manager at the Holiday Inn Salmiya Kuwait. Kanan joined the company in 2001 at the InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut.
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Swiss-Belhotel appoints new executives
Swiss-Belhotel International has appointed two new executives for the Middle East region. Ayla Haas (right) joins as regional sales and marketing manager, Middle East, and Hicham Eldah has becomes regional operations analyst where he will be analyzing operations in Middle Eastern hotels.
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flydubai’s new appointments
flydubai has announced the appointment of former Emirates Airline executive Hamad Obaidalla (right) as chief commercial officer, and Neil Mills from easyJet as chief financial officer. Obaidalla, a UAE national, was previously divisional senior vice president with Emirates. Mills was previously procurement director with easyJet.
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HR director position for Jabri
Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi announced the appointment of Basel Jabri as assistant director of Human Resources at the hotel. Jabri’s previous roles include employee relations manager at the Shangri-la Hotel in Muscat and employee’s relations manager at the Raffles Hotel, Dubai before moving to his new position in Abu Dhabi.
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Financial boost from Nair
Al Murooj Rotana Dubai recently welcomed its new area director of finance, Sashi Nair to the management team. Nair brings years of financial expertise with him from Rotana Hotels, the Riviera Hotel in Bahrain and Al Jazira Beach Resort in Abu Dhabi. Prior to this he was the Al Bustan Rotana in Dubai.
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New GM at Safir Doha
Selim El-Hage has been appointed general manager at the Safir Doha Hotel Qatar. El Hage began his career as assistant F&B director at the Ramada Hotel Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco before taking up positions in Turkey, Jordan, Bahrain, Yemen, Dubai and Sharjah most recently as general manager for Golden Tulip Sharjah.
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Al Ain Rotana appoints executive chef
Chef Mauro Seu has been appointed executive chef at the Al Ain Rotana. Chef Sau began his career with the Sheraton Hotel in Italy and has also worked with the one-star Michelin restaurant Milano, in Marburg, Germany. He joined the Rotana family in 2007 and the Al Ain Rotana team in July 2009.