With less than one month to go until the Hotelier Middle East Awards are held at the world’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai on October 30, it is time to unveil the shortlists for each hotly contested category. In total, 90 hoteliers across 18 individual awards categories have been shortlisted, along with five hotel teams for the coveted Team of the Year Award.
Here we unveil the finalists for Laundry Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by Diversey, which was last year won by Venkat Addagatla from Grand Hyatt Dubai.
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SIRAJ KHAN, LAUNDRY MANAGER, DAR AL TAWHID INTERCONTINENTAL
ABOUT SIRAJ
Siraj joined Dar Al Tawhid InterContinental Makkah, Saudi Arabia as a laundry manager in May 2010. Prior to joining Dar Al Tawhid InterContinental Makkah, Siraj worked his up through the ranks at several international hotel chains in the Middle East. He has qualified himself through self-study in laundry operational management, washing chemistry, dry-cleaning operation and fabric identification, and has attended various training programmes.
WHY WAS HE NOMINATED?
Siraj implemented strategic innovations in laundry such as the ‘Know Your Guest’ technique, whereby the team studies individual guest profiles to come up with innovative presentations. Siraj is a strong advocate of the Saudisation process and 50% of the staff in the laundry department are Saudi nationals, compared to almost half that percentage overall in the rest of the hotel.
Please click through to next page to find out who else is shortlisted…
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