Arun Narayanan joins the prestigious St Regis Abu Dhabi as its Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage with over 15 years of expertise in Asia and the Middle East Region.

Initially joining the Hospitality industry with the Dubai based Jumeirah group, Arun’s experience earned at a variety of prestigious hotels including The Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort, W Doha as Director of Food & Beverage and most recently the Kempiniski Al Othman, Al Khobar as Executive Assistant Manager in Saudi Arabia.

Arun’s specialism involves opening hotels, developing restaurant concepts, revamping existing concepts, revenue maximization, developing social marketing strategies, piloting projects globally and is no stranger to winning numerous awards for recognition.

Arun now returns to the United Arab Emirates and will continue to maintain and enhance the standard for luxury in the capital with exceptional, unique dining experiences The St. Regis Abu Dhabi is known for. Celebrating its 5^th Anniversary this year the hotel is regarded as Abu Dhabi’s finest urban resort.

The St Regis Abu Dhabi General Manager Moustafa Sakr shares: “It’s a great pleasure to welcome Arun to the team. Arun join’s us at a key time where as part of our 5^th Anniversary celebrations the hotel is investing in enhancement of our Food & Beverage offering. Innovation in this area has always been fundamental for our hotel, and continues to be as we focus to deliver new projects to the city such as the re-opening of Asia de Cuba in the coming months. Arun’s expertise will be a key component of driving this and we are confident that his expertise will continue to drive the success we have achieved in Abu Dhabi’s competitive hospitality market.”

Arun’s responsibilities will include managing the strategy of the hotel’s six popular restaurants and bars as well as its large Banqueting operation while continuing on focusing to deliver service beyond expectation at the finest address in the city, located at the vibrant heart of Abu Dhabi on the Corniche.