Thailand-based, global hospitality company Dusit International has appointed Maher Abou-Tacca as the GM of the upcoming dusitD2 City Centre, Bahrain.

Abou-Tacca brings with him more than 22 years of senior management experience working for luxury and upscale hotel chains such as Radisson, Shangri-La and Mövenpick across Australia, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE.  

Prior to joining Dusit, he was the general manager of Dubai-based Metro Global Hospitality Group, where he oversaw a team of more than 750 staff providing full housekeeping solutions to more than 26 Hotels in the UAE.

Besides working in hotels, he spent two years as professor of Hospitality Management at Al-Kafaàt University, Beirut, Lebanon.

As GM of dusitD2 City Centre, Bahrain, he will be responsible for the opening of the 195-key property in the country’s modern capital, Manama, in early 2019.