His Excellency Mubarak Al Muhairi, director general of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) will deliver a keynote address at The Great GM Debate.
More than 160 hotel general managers have signed up to attend the Hotelier Middle East Great GM Debate on September 14, 2011.
The event, which will be held at Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, is designed to provide a forum for GMs to discuss important management issues, from how to use social media and how to run successful restaurants through to achieving service excellence and maintaining good relationships with owners.
The GM Debate will open with keynote addresses delivered by His Excellency Mubarak Al Muhairi, director general of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and Majid Al Marri, director, hotel classification department, Dubai Department of Tourism Commerce and Marketing.
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Other highlights include the unveiling of exclusive research into the Middle East hotel pipeline conducted by Guy Wilkinson, partner and general manager at Viability and a panel session entitled ‘Where are we headed?”, which will comprise the following industry leaders: Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, partner amd president, Millennium & Copthorne Middle East; Marwin Al Ali, senior vice president operations Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Jumeirah Group; Omer Kaddouri, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Rotana; and Sami Al Ansari, chief executive officer, Ishraq Holding.
A host of other industry experts are also lined up to speak and host interactive workshops, including Aligi Gardenghi, senior director revenue management, Middle East & Africa, Hilton Worldwide; Craig Cochrane, vice president human resources — Middle East & Asia, Moevenpick Hotels & Resorts; Mark Patten, vice president culinary, Atlantis The Palm; and Hannes Bos, director revenue management MEA, InterContinental Hotels Group.
The event, which, is the only conference of its kind targeted specifically at hotel general managers in the UAE, promises to tackle the most pressing of industry issues, from the competition hotels face in the F&B industry to implementing effective revenue management strategies.
If you are a GM interested in attending The Great GM Debate on September 14, please visit: www.hoteliermiddleeast.com/conferences/
If you are interested in sponsoring The Great GM Debate,, please contact Diarmuid O’Malley on diarmuid.omalley@itp.com
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