Atlantis, The Palm took home three awards at last night’s Hotelier Middle East Awards 2014, repeating the same feat from last year.
The iconic Dubai hotel won the coveted Team of the Year Award for the first time ever, and also took the PR/Marketing person of the Year and Executive Chef of the Year gongs.
Executive chef Gilles Perrin was named Executive Chef of the Year, while the HR Person of the Year prize went to Andrea Krenn, vice president of PR.
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Commenting on the three wins, general manager Serge Zaalof said: “It feels really good for my 4500 colleagues. I am very very happy.
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“We keep it simple and I think it is a very rich team. We do not think alike. It is nice, it is fun and we try and bring a bit of humour, we don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we take our work very seriously. It is a fun thing to do every single day. Hard work, but fun work."
Atlantis, The Palm last year took the F&B Manager of the Year, Spa/Fitness Person of the Year and HR Person of the Year awards.
The Hotelier Middle East Awards took place on October 29 at InterContinental Dubai Festival City and attracted 600 guests.
The event was sponsored by Presenting Sponsor Du, Silver Sponsor Restonic and other sponsors included Restonic, Diversey, MLA, MMI, Pulsar, Horeca, TCL, Meinl Julius, A. Ronai and Cannon Middle East.