Khaled Al Jamal has been appointed General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Abu Dhabi Grand Canal
Ibrahim Barghout, Area Vice President Middle East & Africa at Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC, is pleased to announce that Khaled Al Jamal has been appointed as General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Abu Dhabi Grand Canal effective August 2016. A veteran General Manager, Khaled’s strong International Operations background, in-depth knowledge of the Middle East with a proven track record in owner relations makes him the ideal candidate for this important hotel. Khaled joins Ritz-Carlton from the Marriott Hotel & Marriott Executive Apartments Al Jaddaf, where he has been the General Manager since the hotel’s pre-opening in 2013. Under Khaled’s leadership, the hotel was awarded “Hotel of Year in 2014” in its very first year of operation and established itself very strong in the competitive Dubai market. Khaled’s experience and journey has been truly a global one, having worked in 8 countries since starting his career, in 1986 as a Night Auditor in Jordan at the Aquamarine Hotel & Club in Aqaba. Khaled’s passion about Food & Beverage led him to his entry into the company at the Amman Marriot where he spent 3 years in varied Food and Beverage roles. Khaled then moved to the US, in 1990, where he worked as a Restaurant Manager at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in North Carolina then re-joined Marriot as Director of Restaurants at the Budapest Marriott in 1994 ultimately taking on the role of Director of Food & Beverage at the same hotel. In 2002, Khaled was appointed the Cluster Director of Operations for the Prague Marriott, Renaissance Prague and the Marriott Executive Apartments, then took on leadership of his own hotel as the General Manager at the Courtyard by Marriott, Moscow. Khaled was then appointed General Manager at the Beirut Marriott in Lebanon and Cluster General Manager at the Prague Marriott, Renaissance Prague and Marriott Executive Apartments. Khaled went on to become the pre-opening General Manager of The JW Marriott Ankara Hotel in Turkey; an iconic luxury hotel considered a flagship property in the Turkish capital.
