Jumeirah appoints VP sales and marketing - Dubai

Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company and a member of Dubai Holding, has appointed Christian Pertl as vice president of sales and marketing - Dubai.

Christian, an Austrian national, brings a wealth of experience in commercial management and strategic direction. He will oversee all sales and marketing activities for Jumeirah’s Dubai-based properties, playing a significant role in maximising rooms revenue, occupancy and market share for all Jumeirah Group properties in Dubai.

Prior to joining Jumeirah, Christian was commercial director for Intercontinental Hotels Group Dubai Festival City (IHG DFC), where he managed all commercial initiatives for the successful launch of IHG DFC, including the setup and management of a centralised Commercial Division.

Christian also previously worked for IHG in Vienna as area director of sales & marketing, in Loipersdorf, Austria, as director of sales & marketing, and in Crowne Plaza Bucharest as director of sales & marketing.