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In today’s fast paced world, corporate training and brainstorming for new ideas is a regular feature in the calendar of most companies. ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira has become one of the premier locations in the area to introduce these next-gen meeting rooms and services which includes a three-minute free massage.
The ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira has definitely created a niche in the field of hospitality as they introduce one of the most promising new type of meeting rooms to their guests. This new concept of meetings rooms is relaxed, chic, vibrant and easy to arrange with even the shortest time span.
Muhammad Haider, Hotel Manager, ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira, says, “Our property is centrally located with close proximity to business and leisure areas. We are always developing new programmes which will ensure that our clients, both corporate and leisure, receive the best in service standards. Our new meeting room concept and the confectionary marketing campaign are the latest offerings to our clientele and we have entrusted our new Assistant Food and Beverage Manager Marvin Munoz to drive these campaigns.”
Marvin Munoz, Assistant Food and Beverage Manager, ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira, is a legend at R Hotels Group for quite a long time and is known as the person behind the success of King’s Grill, a popular outlet at the Ramada Beach Hotel Ajman under the guidance of Iftikhar Hamdani, Cluster General Manager for Ramada Ajman, Ramada Beach and Wyndham Garden Ajman. He has been entrusted with some of the result-oriented projects for ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira and one of them is the new conceptual meeting rooms and the other is commodity trading with other partners, under the leadership of Muhammad Haider.
Marvin shares, “At first, we created one meeting room with this new concept which has a relaxing ambience and the maximum capacity of accommodating 30 participants. We have seen a great demand from most of our corporate guests for this. Soon, we will be launching a second one with a higher capacity to accommodate the many requests from our corporate clientele. We do provide all traditional meeting rooms facilities with an addition of a three- minute complimentary massage for a limited period of time for the guests who make their bookings.”
The location plays a pivotal role in the development of such novel offerings to the guests. The seats in the meeting room are arranged according to the requirements of the guests with all other state of the art facilities and an extensive menu of snacks to choose from, depending once again on the clients’ requirements and they even go one step further to offer the clientele a tailor-made package should they require, hence it is fast becoming a popular choice among corporates.
According to Marvin, they have received many inquiries from corporate clients from India, the UK and Philippines with of course India taking the top spot even in the corporate field. This new concept is fast catching on in the corporate arena and very soon it will be the most sought after meeting facility in the area. Today, most offices prefer to have informal meetings and workshops away from their own offices and this concept developed by ibis Styles is a game changer for those in the precinct of Al Mina road in Jumeira one area.
Marvin shares, “We have special packages to suit the needs of every client. If the clients recommend us to other corporates we do offer various discounts and other offerings depending on the volume of business. We can offer one, two or even three coffee breaks and even lunch buffet, tailor made to the request of our clientele, but our focus is our guests and we will offer what they require at all times. We are flexible and can understand any nationality and their requirements. Our menus are carefully planned by our chef but could also be accommodated according to the requests of the client. We have got many inquiries for the past few weeks mainly on corporate recommendations and we hope to launch the second meeting room on the top floor so that we can accommodate more corporate meetings for our clients. We want our clients to be happy and experience the property as much as they can.”
Chef Mohamed Ouakki, Executive Chef, ibis Style Dubai Jumeira, shares, “Our aim is to ensure that any client booking our venues are given maximum support in not just choosing the menu of their choice but to tailor make one that will suit their requirements. We ensure our guests are happy and we know that food makes people happy so we try our best to give them the best in food and beverage to satisfy their requests.”
Another new concept offered by ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira is their own bakery and confectionary concept to provide fresh items for other properties in the vicinity apart from their sister properties. Gayan Weerasinghe joined R Hotels as Cluster Pastry Chef of its Dubai properties – Ramada Downtown Dubai, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Jumeirah Beach Residence and ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira. As Cluster Pastry Chef, he is tasked to create the confectionery items to be supplied to all three properties. He is expected to come up with creative dessert displays on various occasions, explore the latest trends on pastrymaking and design, and ensure that all pastries served by the hotels are up to the highest standard in terms of taste and presentation. He works closely with the head chefs of each property. The young and passionate chef has 11 years of experience in the hospitality industry, having started in his home country, Sri Lanka at the Grand Oriental Hotel in Colombo. He was able to work under international award-winning Executive Pastry Chef Frederic Scailteur in Bahrain.
Chef Gayan shares, “I have been serving the sister properties with bakery and confectionary items over the past 18 months and I’m really enthusiastic in the new project entrusted to increase supply to other hotels and establishments in the vicinity. This gives me and my team strength more exposure in supplying our products and further enhancing our capacities to develop novel products to the clientele we serve.”
The hospitality sector mainly rely on rooms and meeting room revenues in their portfolios but ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira has taken that first step in ensuring that F&B is equally promoted to ensure a steady state of business round the clock.
