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Marriott Al Jaddaf has brought in a top F&B manager who has already made his mark in the group. Anwer Abbas has climbed the ladder in Marriott for years, now helping lead food and beverage at Marriott Al Jaddaf.

Arora joined in August as part of the hotels pre-opening team, splitting her time between Marriott Executive Apartments Dubai Creek and Four Points by Sheraton, Bur Dubai driving the sales and marketing efforts for all the hotels. Previously she was the director of sales at the Marriott Al Jaddaf.

General manager at the new Element Al Jaddaf in Dubai is Richard Bleakley, a hospitality veteran who first joined Marriott in the UK more than 20 years ago. Bleakley started out in the marketing and sales divisions, being made operations director at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club in 2007. By 2009 he was already general manager of Northampton Marriott Hotel. He moved to the UAE in 2012 and now is multi-property general manager for Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf & Marriott Executive ...