The shortlist has been announced for the Leaders in Hospitality Awards 2018.

The event takes place at the St. Regis Dubai on 29 April at the St. Regis Dubai, if you want to find out how you can be part of the prestigious night contact samer@bncpublishing.net or james@bncpublishing.net

HOTEL AWARDS

New Hotel

• Sundus Rotana, Muscat Oman
• The Retreat Palm Dubai MGallery by Sofitel
• Rove Hotel Healthcare City
• Park Inn by Radisson Dubai Motor City
• Doubletree by Hilton Dubai Business Bay

Serviced Apartments

• Nassima Royal Hotel
• Pullman Dubai Creek City Centre
• The Address Boulevard
• The Boulevard Arjaan by Rotana Amman
• The Ascott Limited: Somerset Al Fateh Bahrain

Beach Club

• Nation Riviera Beach Club, The St. Regis Abu Dhabi
• Hiltonia Beach Club
• Zero Gravity
• Lava Beach Club, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
• Azure Beach, Rixos Premium Dubai

CSR Initiative

• Jumeira Rotana Dubai
• Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay
• TIME Grand Plaza Hotel
• Shangri-La Hotel Dubai
• Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates
• Radisson Hotel Group

Luxury Hotel

• InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut
• The Address Boulevard
• Jumeirah Zabeel Saray
• Palazzo Versace Dubai
• Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah
• JW Marriott Marquis

Mid-market Hotel

• Hilton Garden Inn Ras Al Khaimah
• TRYP By Wyndham Dubai
• Park Inn by Radisson Hotel Abu Dhabi Yas Island
• Citymax Al Barsha
• Rove Hotel Downtown

Resort

• Six Senses Zighy Bay
• InterContinental Aqaba Resort
• Madinat Jumeirah
• Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
• Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
• Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa Al Waha

Hotel F&B Outlet

• JB’s Gastropub – Amwaj Rotana Dubai
• The Backyard, Steigenberger Hotel
• Fish Market, Radisson Blu Hotel, Deira Creek
• La Mome – Nassima Royal Hotel
• Enigma, Palazzo Versace
• Jazz Bar & Dining – Hilton Abu Dhabi
• Olea – Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates
• Prime68 – JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
• Seafood Market – Le Meridien Dubai
• The Copper Lobster, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
• Tresind, Nassima Royal Hotel

Lobby

• The St. Regis Abu Dhabi
• Palazzo Versace Dubai
• Raffles Dubai
• Media One Hotel
• Le Meridien Dubai

Hotel Spa

• Six Senses Zighy Bay
• Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
• Talise Ottoman, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray
• Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa
• Atlantis The Palm

Sustainable Hotel

• Fairmont Dubai
• Armani Hotel Dubai
• Movenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay Aqaba
• Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Media City
• TRYP By Wyndhyam Dubai
• Kempinski Mall of the Emirates

Boutique Hotel

• Jannah Marina Bay Suites
• XVA Art Hotel
• Park Inn by Radisson Dubai Motor City
• Al Maha Desert Resort

Best online booking platform

• Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
• Wego Middle East
• Rehlat.com
• Cleartrip

Leading Hospitality Investor

• Ghassan Aboud
• Emaar Hospitality Group
• Nakheel
• Omniyat

International Expansion

• Twenty 14 Holding
• Damac
• BinGhatti Hospitality
• Seven Tides

PEOPLE AWARDS

General Manager

• Darren Darwin – Anantara Jabal Al Akhdar
• Mark Kirby – Armani Hotel
• Maria Tullberg – Radisson Blu Deira Creek
• Slim Zaiane – Kempinski Mall of the Emirates
• Nila Pendarovski – Rove Hotel
• Omar Souab – Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
• Samir Arora – The Retreat Palm Mgallery by Sofitel
• Arne Silvis – Al Maha Desert Resort
• Remco Werkhoven – Doubletree by Hilton Dubai Business Bay
• Guzman Muela – Time Oak Hotel & Suites
• Tariq Yousef Dowidar –  Intercontinental Riyadh

Hotel Team

• Time Oak Hotel & Suites
• IHG Dubai Festival City
• JW Marriott Marquis
• Raffles Dubai
• Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
• Doubletree by Hilton Dubai Business Bay

Executive Housekeeper

• Wael Tarrad – Jumeirah Hotels
• Lea Ruhimbaccus – Fairmont Dubai
• Asif Khatri – Hilton Dubai Jumeirah
• Yvonne Chimbganda – Media One
• Sanju Samuel – Habtoor Grand Resort
• Deepu Kundra – Fairmont Ajman

Procurement Manager

• Haider Rizvi – Time Oak Hotel & Suites
• Ashraf Abdullah – Movenpick Hotels & Resorts Jordan
• Hatem Mohamed – Intercontinental Hotels Group
• Jayaprakas Karimbanakkal – Raffles Dubai
• Manoj Vasudevan – Grand Millennium Al Wahda Hotel

IT Manager

• Rabih Merhy – Amwaj Rotana Dubai
• Waleed Samir – Time Oak Hotel & Suites
• Mohammed Qattash – Movenpick Hotel Bahrain
• Suresh Kumar – Movenpick JBR
• Abdul Baseer Mohammed – Intercontinental Jeddah

F&B Manager

• Wissam Al Shater – Centro Capital City
• Pierre Meintjes – Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
• Elias Saad – Fairmont Bab Al Bahr
• Marco Rosado – Atlantis The Palm
• Nick Patmore –  JW Marriott Marquis Dubai

Hotel Chef

• Alain Gobel – Fairmont The Palm
• Haytham El Sayed – Time Grand Plaza Hotel
• Vijay Anand – Armani Hotel Dubai
• Jaehak Lee – Intercontinental Fujairah Resort
• Mansour Memarian – Palazzo Versace Dubai
• Cedric Darthial – Atlantis The Palm

Rising Star

• Hanisha Lalwani – Marriott International
• Ekaterina Chernysheva – St. Regis Abu Dhabi
• Jessi Chai – Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
• Karolina Graham – Solutions Leisure
• Anastasia Shaginian – JW Marriott Marquis
• Oybek Turakulov – Fairmont Ajman and Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort

Lifetime Achievement

• Chanrasekhar Siddu Puthran – Copthorne Hotel Sharjah
• Fayaz Shaikh – Millennium Hotel & Convention Centre Kuwait
• Chef Uwe Micheel – Radisson Blu Deira
• Paul Evans & Freek Teusink – Solutions Leisure
• Maurizio Lazzarin – Le Meridien Dubai
• Nasser Al Nawais – Rotana

Hospitality Heavyweight

• Michael Kitts – Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
• Vincent Miccolis – The Ascott Limited
• Sebastian Nohse – JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
• Khaled Al Idrissi – Fairmont Ajman and Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
• Hisham Gasser Mohamed Hassan – IHG
• Paul Evans – Solutions Leisure
• Mohamed Aleemuddin – InterContinental Riyadh

Entrepreneur

• Naim Maadad – Gates Hospitality
• Akshay Dosaj – Purple Honey Group
• Pierre Sokhon – Al Khoory Hospitality Division
• Shalini Dosaj – Purple Honey Group
• Paul Evans & Freek Teusink – Solutions Leisure

For Partnership opportunities please contact: Samer@bncpublishing.net