Cartererglobal.com’s Hospitality Awards 2011 UAE winners

Marriott International beat off stiff competition to be named the best hotel group employer in the United Arab Emirates at the first ever Catererglobal.com Best Employers in Hospitality Awards 2011 UAE in late December.

Catererglobal.com is a leading international hospitality jobs site for people looking for top hotel jobs. The event was hosted by Peter Willis, Sales Director at Catererglobal.com and was attended by 160 hotel managers and human resource directors from leading hotels within the UAE. 

The awards were voted for by some 24,000 hotel professionals in the UAE. Nour Arjaan by Rotana scooped the best four-star hotel (small) award, while the Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai walked away with the best four-star hotel (large) trophy. In the five-star awards, the Ritz-Carlton Dubai emerged victorious in the small hotel category, while the Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort and Towers claimed the award for best large five-star hotel. The best restaurant award was tightly fought, with Bite Café narrowly beating Wild Ginger to the trophy.

The final prize of the evening was for best hotel group employer which was won by Marriott International (including The Ritz-Carlton) ahead of Hilton Worldwide, Rotana Hotels, Jumeirah Group and Starwood Hotels and Resorts. 

Peter Willis, Sales director at Catererglobal.com, said of the event: “The first ever Best Employers in Hospitality Awards UAE have proven to be a great success – from the huge numbers of people who voted through to the wonderful evening where we celebrated those employers who are truly great, who are a shining light for the rest of the industry. We look forward to even better things in 2012, not only from the Best Employers in Hospitality Awards UAE, but also from the employers themselves.”