McGovern joins the team following the acquisition and rebranding of the hotel in March 2014 where it became the first property in Millennium & Copthorne’s new, global “Monogram Collection”.

Talley to supervise all HRI engineering depts and area engineers; engineer development plans; capital planning and budgets; property construction and renovations and engineering procedures.

The group is looking to build its portfolio of destinations within South America, India and Japan where business and leisure travel continues to grow.

With Somerset Diplomatic Greens Gurgaon, Ascott’s footprint in India will also increase to over 1,400 apartment units in eight serviced residences across five cities.

With 25 years of experience in the UK hospitality industry, Coney has worked for prestigious brands such as InterContinental, Le Meridien, and De Vere Hotels.

Beadon joins the Saxon after eight years of working with InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) within their InterContinental and Crowne Plaza brands in the Middle East.

Surman brings over 10 years’ experience in the travel and cruise industries, with previous managerial roles in travel management companies, and with Carnival UK and Princess Cruises.

Capitalising on the trend ‘bleisure’ trend – a combination of business and leisure travel within one stay – Southern Sun Abu Dhabi has put together a “More Value” promo package.

Now users can see WiFi speed information on hotel booking sites alongside standard hotel attributes, such as customer reviews, price, and location.