FAQRA CATERING APPOINTS NEW GM

In its bid to constantly deliver the best in class culinary services, Faqra Catering has promoted Alfred Najm to the role of general manager with the company. Najm has 16 years of experience in the F&B sector and has also overseen the kitchen part of the business, which has allowed him to broaden the scope of his responsibilities. Having moved from hotels into catering, Najm began his career working with Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) and ran Le Vendome Beirut’s Au Premier restaurant, followed by Sydney’s at Le Vendome Beirut. In 2009, he moved to its sister hotel, Phoenicia Hotel Beirut, as assistant F&B manager. Najm spent two and a half years with the Phoenicia, in which he notched up several achievements, including reducing the hotel’s operational costs, increasing guest satisfaction scores and driving more traffic to the existing outlets. In 2012, he decided to take a different direction and joined Faqra Catering as the head of operation, until his latest promotion this year.