Accor has announced the appointment of Afif Salibi as General Manager of Raffles Dubai. Formerly a member of the Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, within the group's portfolio, he will lead the strategic direction and manage operations at the property. Canadian and Lebanese national Salibi is no stranger to Accor and the Raffles brand, having been with the group since 2007 and bringing over 20 years of international hospitality experience to this role. Starting out in Food & Beverage at Le Richemond in Geneva, Switzerland and later in Athens, Greece, he then moved to rooms division operations at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta, USA. By 2006, Salibi was Front Office Supervisor at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai and a year later, he moved to Lebanon as Assistant Food & Beverage Manager at Le Royal Beirut.