Sheraton Doha names Director of Sales

Shaher will lead the restructuring of the Sales & Banquet Sales management to strengthen and sustain the position of the property in the increasingly competitive business and leisure market.

He has been an executive of Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel for almost 10 years and has an in-depth knowledge of the city's tourism, both nationally and internationally.

"We are honored to have Shaher represent Sales & Banquet Sales of this magnificent property in this capacity for Doha's premier hotel & resort destination,"

said Yves Tarabout, the Executive Assistant Manager i/c of Sales, Marketing, and Front Office.

"Shaher was unquestionably our unanimous choice for the position. In his 10 years at the Sheraton Doha, he gradually went up the ladder and he has contributed greatly to the success of the hotel by creating successful relationships with our government and corporate clientele, which are essentials in a role such as this," Mr. Gerhard Foltin, the General Manager added.

A father of a healthy and active 2-year-old daughter, Shaher Abu-Hailkal is succeeding as Director of Sales for the largest convention hotel in the Middle East; overseeing the Sheraton Doha's Sales & Banquet Sales management, and optimizing 371 luxury guestrooms and suites and 26 function spaces.