Dubai Holding has announced the appointment of three non-executives to the Board of the Jumeirah Group. This completes the formation of the Board of Directors for the Group.
The non-executives who have joined the Jumeirah Group Board of Directors are: Sir David Michels, who was with the Hilton Group for many years where he most recently held the position of Group Chief Executive; Alan Parker, Chief Executive of Whitbread plc; and Michael Williams who was in charge of development for Mandarin Oriental before he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Renaissance Hotel Group.
The non-executive directors join Gerald Lawless, Chairman of the Board, and his Dubai Holding colleagues, Fadel Al Ali, Executive Chairman Dubai Holding Operations, Saeed Al Muntafiq, Executive Chairman of Tatweer and Farhan Faraidooni, Executive Chairman of Sama Dubai.
"With expansion plans to grow our portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts to 57 by 2011, the management board at Jumeirah Group has made yet another important, strategic step in aligning its organizational structure to successfully manage the widespread growth and change the company is undergoing" said Lawless.
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Dubai Holding announces the appointment of three non-executive board members for the Jumeirah Group
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 16 - 2007 at 10:40
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Dubai based luxury hospitality group formalizes board formation with the appointment of three leading hotel company executives to its management board.
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Jumeirah Group:Jumeirah properties are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The fast growing Dubai based luxury international hospitality management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South in New York.
The group's activities are however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah Group portfolio also includes Wild Wadi, regarded as one of the premier water parks outside of North America and The Emirates Academy, the region's only third level academic institution specializing in the hospitality and tourism sectors.
Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, in a step that aims to initiate a new phase of growth and development for the group.
Jumeirah's ambitious expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts worldwide to 57 by 2011 are well underway with projects currently under development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Aqaba, Doha, Phuket, Shanghai, Bermuda, Mallorca and London.
For further information please contact:
Jumeirah Group Corporate Communications
Anne Bleeker - Director of Public Relations & Communications
PO Box 73137 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Telephone: +971 4 3155406
Fax: +971 4 3016655
Visit us at: www.jumeirah.com
Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorTuesday, October 16 - 2007 at 10:40 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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