Dubai: Premier Inn MENA has appointed Kshitiz Bist as the new Operations Manager at Premier Inn Dubai Silicon Oasis.

Kshitiz – known as Eddy – brings more than a decade of experience to Premier Inn, having previously worked with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Radisson Hotels.

Eddy’s career began in his home country, India, where he studied Hotel Management at the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition. After spending a year with Hyatt in Delhi, he moved to Dubai in 2014, working with Radisson – both at individual hotels and in the corporate team – for the last nine years.

“This new role is a particularly exciting opportunity as I’ll be working at one of Premier Inn’s joint-venture properties, rather than in a hotel management agreement capacity as per my previous positions,” he said. “Welcoming nearly 95,000 guests a year, Premier Inn Silicon Oasis is a much-loved hotel at the heart of one of Dubai’s most vibrant mixed-use communities. It’s great to join this ever-popular property and be part of Premier Inn’s continued Middle East success story.”

The 230-room hotel opened in 2009 as the second Premier Inn in the region.  Today, there are 11 Premier Inn properties in the UAE and Qatar, with Saudi Arabia next in line as the company expands its Middle East footprint.

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Media contact: Rebecca Rees on rebecca.rees@mena.premierinn.com

About Premier Inn  (https://mena.premierinn.com/en)

Premier Inn, owned by leading UK hospitality company, Whitbread, has 11 hotels across the MENA region. The brand was established in the Middle East with the opening of Premier Inn Dubai Investment Park in 2008, and now operates seven hotels in Dubai, two in Abu Dhabi and two in Qatar, with more locations in the pipeline.  Its most recent property, Premier Inn Barsha Heights, opened in March 2022, and the company is planning to expand into Saudi Arabia soon. 

Bringing the best of British charm to the region, Premier Inn’s vision is to ensure that that every guest – be they staying for one night or on a long-term basis – enjoys the warmest welcome, unrivalled hospitality, hearty food and a great night’s sleep.

Premier Inn has more than 800 hotels in the UK and Ireland, and has recently been named the UK’s top hotel brand in a survey by UK consumers’ champion, Which?, and was voted the number one travel and tourism brand in the UK in YouGov’s annual brand destination rankings for 2022.

For more information and bookings, visit https://mena.premierinn.com/en, call +971 600 500 503, or follow @premierinngulf on social media.