Nasser Al Reefy from Rosewood Corniche. Nasser Al Reefy from Rosewood Corniche.

Nasser Al Reefy from Rosewood Corniche won the Outlet manager of the Year award at The Hotelier Middle East Awards on Thursday. 

Sponsored by A Ronai and Steelite, the award was given Saudi National, Nasser Al Reefy for being a dynamic young hotelier responsible for two outlets, Rosewood Corniche’s Signature Japanese Restaurant Ginza i Chome and its Chinese restaurant Noodles.

His superiors claim to have “never come across a Saudi in F&B service with Nasser's professionalism, commitment and passion”, and the judges believed his hands-on approach made him the perfect role model and were united in their decision to name him Outlet Manager of the Year.

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He said: "This is an amazaing, amazing feelng — winning this award  is just a big honour and my team will be very proud of me"

Samer Saleh, Hilton Abu Dhabi and Sharon Zhang Xiurong, Al Bustan Palace InterContinental Muscat were both Highly Commended.