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Raed Al Rahma
Al Rahma is the newly appointed Emirates area manager in Iraq. The UAE national will be responsible for overseeing the running of Emirates’ operations in Iraq. Al Rahma has been working for Emirates since 1991 and was the first UAE National to join Flight Operations as a Management Trainee. As area manager Iraq, he will play a pivotal role in expanding operations in this strategically important market. He will be based in Basra Emirates’ first destination in Iraq.

Hilton Dubai
Hilton Dubai Jumeirah has appointed two new directors of operations — Boris Guerov who will oversee operations at the hotel and Oliver Kesseler who will head the team at the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Residence, scheduled to open later this year. Both have both held senior positions with Hilton across the globe, Guerov joins Hilton Dubai Jumeirah after two years at The Waldorf Hilton, London. Kesseler has been with Hilton for 13 years, most recently at the Hilton Sofia, Bulgaria.