Jack Weideman is the person in charge of the safety and security of an average of 1,000 guests a day and a total of 400 staff on duty at any given time, along with the safety of the buildings and its assets. He leads 60 recreational staff, 35 security staff and even two paramedics.
Under his leadership, the crises management, safety and security policy and procedures used in the Sofitel Palm has been shared with other Sofitel properties to create a security standard in the region, requested by other known security managers and previous general managers he worked with. His skills have been shared and implemented in UAE, Mauritius, Bahrain, Bangkok and even Cambodia.
Highly commended: Fatime Mefire, Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown
Hotelier Middle East Awards 2022
The largest and most competitive Hotelier Middle East Awards ever took place on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, in which more than 500 professionals came together to recognise the greatest success stories of the year.
The event featured entertainment from The International Playboys and DJ Lobito.
Event sponsors include Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic, Duetto, Technogym, Red Bull, Rent-A-Towel, African & Eastern and Sketches, 800Doctor, who presented IV therapy sessions to two winners, and DNA Genome tests for fitness and nutrition profiling (in association with Dante Labs) to two more winners.