Jumeirah Group has announced three appointments to complete the new commercial leadership structure for Middle East, Africa & South Asia. Linda Lewis has been promoted to regional director of sales Dubai and MEASA, Shaf Butt has been promoted to the new regional director of marketing for Dubai and MEASA and Marieke Siefers joins as the new regional director of revenue Dubai and MEASA.

Abdo Kayali has joined Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah as the property’s new sales and marketing director. Kayali joins Kempinski Palm Jumeirah from Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels by Al Rayyan Hospitality in Doha, where he held the position of group director of sales and marketing.

The Dubai Festivals & Retail Establishment, an agency of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing, and Burj Al Arab have announced a partnership set to send the Emirate’s fine dining scene soaring in support of the United Nations World Food Programme. A grand finale to the inaugural Dubai Food Festival, the High Table dinner is a once-in-a-lifetime gourmet experience set 212 metres above the Arabian Gulf, that will take place atop the iconic Burj Al Arab helipad on Thursday, March 13th 2014.

Jumeirah Group, the global luxury hotel company and a member of Dubai Holding, appointed Alison Broadhead as chief commercial officer. She is responsible for all sales, marketing and revenue activities across the company’s 22 hotels and other related businesses.

Jumeirah Group has signed a management agreement with IFG Basis Proect LLC to manage a luxury hotel on Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 74-room hotel is currently under development and is expected to open within the next three years.

Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London has appointed Claire Mahon as the new MICE sales manager. Mahon joins the luxury hotel with a wealth of experience, having built a solid sales reputation in the hotel industry, working for properties including Radisson Blu Edwardian, The Mayfair and most recently Great Hotels of the World.