Steigenberger Hotel Doha appoints new GM
DOHA, 4 hours, 46 minutes ago Steigenberger Hotel Doha, Deutsche Hospitality’s flagship property in Qatar, has appointed Sherief Abouelmagd as its new General Manager. Abouelmagd will oversee all aspects of operations at the hotel, focusing on devising and implementing optimum strategies to maximise profitability. He will also lead the management team, strengthening the hotel’s main objective to deliver excellent guest experiences. Commenting on the appointment, Siegfried Nierhaus, Vice President Middle East, Deutsche Hospitality, said: “We are happy to have a real professional and passionate hotelier and experienced leader like Sherief heading the opening of our flagship, Steigenberger Hotel Doha in the Middle East. The focus of Sherief and the team, is to bring the Steigenberger core values of Tradition, Passion and Perfection to our future guests in Doha, and to position the stunning hotel as one of the best in
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The proposed $24.67 million taxpayer-backed deal to partially finance SouthEast Development Group LLC’s planned historic Laura Street Trio renovation Downtown cleared its first hurdle March 15.
The Downtown Investment Authority’s Strategic Implementation Committee voted 3-0 to advanced the deferred and forgivable loan package for the full board’s consideration March 17.
If approved, City Council could take the final vote on the incentive agreement by the end of June for SouthEast’s $70.48 million proposal to adapt the vacant structures into a 145-room Marriott Autograph Hotel with a restaurant, lounge and ground-floor retail.
SouthEast Managing Director Steve Atkins said March 15 that the 4,401-square-foot, ground-floor bodega grocery store that will be in the Trio’s Bisbee Building has been leased to a retired Winn-Dixie employee. He did not release any additional information about the operator at the meeting.
SouthEast Development Group LLC’s plans to renovate the historic Laura Street Trio Downtown could receive $24.67 million in city-backed incentives under a proposed deal with the Downtown Investment Authority.
The pending agreement negotiated by DIA staff includes forgivable and deferred loans for SouthEast’s $70.48 million project.
The project will adapt the vacant historic structures into a Marriott Autograph Hotel with a restaurant, lounge and ground-floor retail, according to documents submitted for the DIA Strategic Implementation Committee’s March 15 meeting.
If approved, the nearly $25 million package would be the largest awarded from the DIA’s Downtown Preservation and Revitalization Program authorized by City Council in October.
The Downtown Development Review Board voted 8-0 to advance the estimated $70.4 million plan to renovate the historic Downtown structures into hotel and retail space.