New team for a New Year the St. Regis Doha gears up for opening

Press release

Published January 4th, 2012 - 08:40 GMT

Team undergoing final training

In preparation for the hotel’s upcoming opening, The St. Regis Doha has welcomed over 200 hospitality professionals to its growing family in the past two months.

As workers complete the building and fit-out works on the 336-room hotel, employees are training on-site. Training is a key part of The St. Regis Doha experience, to enable staff to anticipate guests’ needs and build the reputation of the hotel as the “finest address in Doha”.

"We have brought a significant number of staff to the hotel early, in order to provide a comprehensive training programme before we open our doors to guests,” said Tareq Derbas, General Manager of The St. Regis Doha.

Our plan is to make our opening season one of the highlights of the social calendar in Doha, and we are confident that we have assembled the right team to deliver this unique experience for people in Qatar and for luxury enthusiasts from around the world.

In the last week of 2011, members of The St. Regis Doha family assembled for a special event at the hotel entitled “Let the Legacy Begin”.

The team is planning a full calendar of events and culinary experiences to mark the opening of the hotel, set to take place in the first half of the year.

Background Information

Starwood Hotels

Starwood Hotels represents one of the world's largest hotel and leisure companies. It conducts its hotel and leisure business both directly and through its subsidiaries. Its brand names include St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element

Starwood Hotels' business emphasizes the global operation of hotels and resorts primarily in the luxury and upscale segment of the lodging industry. It seeks to acquire interests in, or management or franchise rights with respect to properties in this segment. At December 31, 2009, its hotel portfolio included owned, leased, managed and franchised hotels totaling 979 hotels with approximately 292,000 rooms in approximately 100 countries, and is comprised of 63 hotels that it owns or leases or in which it has a majority equity interest, 440 hotels managed by the company on behalf of third-party owners and 476 hotels for which it receives franchise fees.