The Al Habtoor Group
has
appointed Henning A. Fries as Group
Director of Operations for Habtoor
Hotels. The position is a new role at the
hotels division, as it continues to strive
for excellence.
Fries, a German-Canadian, has over
20 years of experience in the global
hospitality industry in Europe, the
Middle East, Asia and North America.
He will be responsible for all owned
The Al Habtoor Group
is pushing ahead with its Emiratisation Programme, or Absher Initiative. In the past
few months the Al Habtoor Group head office welcomed four new Emiratis to the Group. Please give a warm welcome
to our new staff who are part of the programme.
Al Habtoor Group
appoints Group
Director of Operations
for Habtoor Hotels
AHG News
and managed hotels both local and
international - including hotels under
development.
The Al Habtoor Group has three hotels
in Dubai; the flagship Habtoor Grand
Beach Resort & Spa; The Metropolitan
Palace Hotel and the Metropolitan Deira
Hotel. It is also currently developing
the Habtoor Island development
which will comprise of three hotels on
Sheikh Zayed Road; and the Waldorf
Astoria Palm Jumeirah on the Palm
Island. The Group’s international hotels
include two in Lebanon; the Hilton
Beirut Metropolitan Palace and the
Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand - and last
year it added the historic Le Méridien
Budapest to its portfolio. Maan Halabi,
Executive Director, Al Habtoor Group
said, “We are very pleased to welcome
Mr. Fries to the Group. He comes with
a wealth of experience in the hospitality
industry worldwide.
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Emiratisation
Drive
Fatma Hassan Mattar Al
Haddad
Emiratisation Manager
Joined:
24th March 2013
Noora Abdulla Saeed
Junior Accountant
Joined:
12th December 2012
Ayman Abobakr Abdullah
Mohammed Abdullah
Project Architect
Joined:
26th March 2013
Huda Suroor Salem
Emiratization Coordinator
Joined:
8th April 2013
