SWISS-BELRESIDENCES JUFFAIR APPOINTS NEW GM

Duco E. de Vries is SwissBelhotel International’s new GM for Swiss-belresidences Juffair in Bahrain. Duco moved to Dubai in 2006, joining the Arabian Park Hotel, Wafi Hospitality. He went on to oversee the pre-opening of the Holiday Inn Express Jumeirah, UAE, in 2008 as GM. Other appointments took him to Oman and Egypt, before he returned to the UAE to take up top positions with key hospitality brands.