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SLIM ZAIANE

General Manager, Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates Dubai

grows significantly as a proportion has to offer and then retire to
of the workforce over the next their suite for privacy, space and
20 years, employers will need to relaxation. Guests choosing our
make major adjustments in their Aspen Chalets also benefit from
engagement models. 24-hour private butler service.
Whether guests are traveling on
Best career advice you’ve business or with a large family,
received: You must have big our stellar staff anticipates their
dreams to achieve great things; needs.
high expectations are key; aim
toward the future and start with a Tell our readers about your
clear goal. Aspen Chalets. The Aspen Chalets
are unique in Dubai and the
What advice would you give region. No other hotel has rooms
someone starting out in the overlooking the legendary Ski
field? Have passion and pass this Dubai at Mall of the Emirates. The
passion on to your team. view is absolutely second-to-none,
while the décor instantly trans-
AS A TRAVELER ports guests to a luxury ski lodge
Favorite travel memory or in Aspen.
story: Whenever I travel, I collect
regional artists’ works. I curate a What are the dining options at
collection of modern art from all the hotel? Each of our restau-
the countries I have visited. It is rants offers a unique dining
a great tool to remember all the experience. The flagship restau-
great moments from many years. rant, Olea, presents authentic
Levantine cuisine, known in Arabic
One travel tip you cannot live as the Bilad ash-Sham or Land of
without: Learn something new the North. This is the traditional
from every trip. Try the local cuisine of Jordan, Lebanon, Pales-
Name: Slim Zaiane Arabic and Italian. I am married cuisine and understand the basics tine, Syria, southern Turkey and
Title: General manager with two daughters. I love to run of the culture. Cyprus. Authentic Spanish eatery
Company, city: Kempinski Hotel 10k at the end of a hectic day and Salero Tapas & Bodega offers
Mall of the Emirates Dubai; Dubai, tend to complete 100k in running Best advice for business travel- creative and authentic tapas as
U.A.E. per month. ers: Be mindful that it is easy to well as a wide selection of paellas
Number of employees: 400 get trapped in unhealthy habits and fresh seafood specialties.
Recent project: Our $100 million YOUR BUSINESS when traveling. Aspen by Kempinski celebrates
property renovation, with the What innovations/initiatives do the European tradition of a grand
full refurbishment of the Aspen you foresee in the industry over ABOUT YOUR BRAND café in the heart of the city. We
Chalets, took close to four years to the next years? The Kempinski What can premium travelers also have two bars: Noir, offering
complete. is a leader in the luxury hospi- expect from a stay at Kempin- artisan cocktails, and our poolside
First job: Food and beverage tality market, and currently we ski Hotel Mall of the Emirates bar Mosaic Chill.
management trainee in Geneva at focus on innovation to exceed Dubai? The property is a luxury
what was then the Hilton, now a the expectations of millennials, lifestyle destination at the heart
Kempinski either as a workforce or as present of Dubai. Our guests come not PHOTO: © KEMPINSKI HOTEL MALL OF THE EMIRATES DUBAI
Little-known fact about you: I am and future guests. The millennial only for the luxury and personal-
British; I was born in Tunisia and generation is the largest age group ized service but also for the wide
studied in Switzerland and the to emerge since the baby boom range of activities at our doorstep.
U.K. I speak fluent French, English, generation, and as this group They can explore the best Dubai

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