Cove Rotana director of rooms, Bassam Zakaria. Cove Rotana director of rooms, Bassam Zakaria.

My Best & Worst

  • The best advice I have been given: Listen, analyse, plan and action it.
  • The worst advice I have ever received: Just let it go.
  • My best career move was when I was promoted to my current position at the Cove Rotana.
  • My best holiday was in the Seychelles where we stayed in one of the family-owned hotels at the beach — a cosy place with great family service and food.
  • My worst holiday was two years ago in Thailand when I booked an expensive suite in a luxury hotel for a very special holiday with my wife but unfortunately neither the agent nor the website said that the hotel had heavy construction, which ruined our vacation.
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