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Jumeirah appoints Vice President Brand Strategy and Management

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, January 05 - 2009 at 15:56

Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury international hospitality management group and member of Dubai Holding, has announced today the internal promotion of Thatcher Brown to the new position of Vice President Brand Strategy and Management of the Jumeirah Group.

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  • Thatcher Brown.
    Thatcher Brown.
This appointment becomes effective in January 2009.

A graduate of Cornell University, Thatcher Brown has been Director of Sales & Marketing in Jumeirah Essex House since May 2006, where he has been responsible for the transition and repositioning of the New York hotel after a $90m refurbishment programme as well as the launch of the South Gate restaurant.

With over 20 years of experience in the travel and hospitality industry, Thatcher Brown has worked in the USA, Canada, Spain and the UK for companies such as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Four Seasons and Condé Nast Publishing. In his new role, Thatcher will be responsible for Brand Management, Brand Marketing/Advertising, Partnership Marketing, Brand Sponsorships, Loyalty Marketing (Sirius) and Brand Product & Service Development.

Apo Demirtas, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of the Jumeirah Group, explained:
"Our long-term goal is to be one of the top luxury brands of the world. We are keeping to our strategy of recognising the distinctiveness of luxury travellers and the importance of personal experiences in their lives."


"To that end, the creation of a Brand Strategy & Management discipline marks an important turning point for Jumeirah," Demirtas concluded.
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About Jumeirah Group:

Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The Dubai-based luxury international hotel 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 in New York.

The Group's activities are, however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah Group portfolio also includes Jumeirah Living, the Group's luxury brand of serviced residences offering effortless living in luxurious surroundings; global spa brand Talise Wellness; The Taste Department, the company's dedicated restaurant division; Wild Wadi water park; The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, the region's only fully accredited third-level academic institution delivering specialised degree programmes in hospitality management; and Jumeirah Retail, with its 15 stores and dedicated luxury online store. Sirius, Jumeirah's Recognition and Rewards programme, offers members the ability to earn Sirius Points every time they stay, dine or shop with Jumeirah.

Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, initiating a new phase of growth and development for the group.

Jumeirah has extensive expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts into key gateway or letterhead cities and aspirational resort destinations worldwide. Currently, the Group has several luxury five-star properties under development in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Bali, Thailand, China, Argentina, Spain, England, Scotland and the US Virgin Islands. In 2009, the Group is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi in Shanghai, Jumeirah's first hotel in the Asia Pacific region.

Media contact:

Jumeirah Group Corporate Communications
PO Box 214159
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971-4-364-7947
Fax: +971-4-301-6655

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