Lore Koenig appointed sales director for Shangri-La, Dubai
Hong Kong based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has appointed Lore Koenig as Director of Sales for the new Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai, due to open March 2003.
Ms Koenig will take up her new role in July 2002, initially in pre-opening offices before transferring to the property in Sheikh Zayed Road.
Ms Koenig joined Shangri-La in 1994 as Director of Sales – Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in the Regional Sales Office, London. In her new role, Ms Koenig will be responsible for inbound sales to the hotel from the immediate locality, Europe and worldwide.
Shangri-La has signed a management agreement with UAE-based Al Jaber Group to operate the deluxe five-star Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai. This will be Shangri-La’s first hotel in the Gulf, a region the group has targeted for expansion, and it will also be the Al Jaber Group’s first deluxe hotel project. The 43 storey hotel, which forms part of a twin tower multi-purpose complex, is currently under development and will feature 301 guestrooms and suites, along with 126 service apartments. The complex is located near Dubai’s World Trade Centre and the commercial districts.
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently manages 38 hotels in the Chinese mainland, Fiji, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, with a rooms inventory of almost 20,000.
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