Back row L-R:Cluster financial controller Jojy Joseph; executive chef Alexander Fries; JA Resorts & Hotels COO David Thomson; chief engineer Naveen Baretto; director of engineering Jim Hall; resident manager Marc Voller; executive housekeeper Tracey Tipping; director of security Nasir Mollai. Front row L-R: F&B director Carl Stephan; PA to GM Mamta Bhatt; spa and leisure manager Adriana Gina Bicosu; GM William Harley-Fleming; front office manager Elena Giordano; DOSM Anabela Radosevic Back row L-R:Cluster financial controller Jojy Joseph; executive chef Alexander Fries; JA Resorts & Hotels COO David Thomson; chief engineer Naveen Baretto; director of engineering Jim Hall; resident manager Marc Voller; executive housekeeper Tracey Tipping; director of security Nasir Mollai. Front row L-R: F&B director Carl Stephan; PA to GM Mamta Bhatt; spa and leisure manager Adriana Gina Bicosu; GM William Harley-Fleming; front office manager Elena Giordano; DOSM Anabela Radosevic

JA Resorts & Hotels has named the senior management team running the soon-to-open Ocean View Hotel on The Walk JBR, in the Dubai Marina area.

The four-star, 338-key property neighbours Rotana Amwaj and is slated to open in January 2013.

It will be the first property to open under the new brand guidelines of JA Resorts & Hotels, formerly known as Jebel Ali International Hotels, owned by Dutco Group of Companies.

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Ocean View Hotel will feature six F&B outlets, plus room service and banqueting, a Calm spa, kids’ club, a rooftop infinity pool and a valet-parking service. Guests will have access to the public beach via a bridge and a shuttle service will be provided to sister property Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa.

JA Resorts & Hotels also operates Oasis Beach Tower serviced apartments on The Walk JBR and previously managed the Oasis Beach Hotel which was closed in August 2008 by owner Al Fattan Group and demolished after a decade in business.

More than 80% of the 440-strong workforce has been recruited, according to resident manager Mark Voller.

“We went to Kenya, Burma, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Indonesia. It was exciting — we got a good mix of new associates. Sri Lanka was the most successful market and we recruited 40-50% of staff from within the UAE,” Voller told Hotelier Middle East during a recent visit.

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