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Meet the Department
Top row (L-R):
William Maseko, Loss Prevention Manager; Gopakumar
Pillai, Director of Finance and Business Support; Haitham Ebeid, Director of
Revenue; Alaa Sahyoun, IT Manager; Heiko Thurein, Director of Engineering;
Alvaro Martin, Director of Rooms; Marc Barakat, F&B Director; Jeffry Galao,
Assistant Recreations Manager; Chef Jerry, Executive Sous Chef
Bottom
row (L-R):
Dhammika Sudusinghe, Director of Housekeeping; Khalid Saeed,
Hotel Manager; Komal Gidwani, HR Manager; Frida Audi, Director of Business
Development; Fredrik Reinisch, General Manager; Farid Husam Al Jayyusi,
Chief Protocol Officer
How is the team gearing up for rebranding of the
hotel?
Fredrik:
Our entire team is very excited about this project.
The creative agency that we have appointed is already
started the analysis of the current positioning of the resort,
both globally and locally in order to understand and identify
the core values we will need to emphasize. The second
phase of the project includes the development of a new
communication strategy and various visual guidelines.
Meanwhile our marketing and communications team is
waiting impatiently for the results of this analysis in order
to start working closely with the agency and take the reign
afterwards.
How do you keep your management team motivated?
Fredrik:
The outcome of the rebranding itself motives
everyone in our team. It is a long-awaited project and we are
all looking forward to implementing the fresh solutions it will
lead us to.