Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has appointed Murugan Loganathan as the new director of engineering.

Loganathan is a professional in Electrical, HVAC and Plumbing with more than 20 years of experience in design, development and maintenance of hotel engineering equipment. His expertise varies from leading, motivating, ensuring zero defect of engineering equipment to effective project management for hotel related works.

Loganathan is a great asset to this 443-room resort, with his wide knowledge of installation, testing and commissioning, maintenance operations and crisis management, implementation of servicing schedules for all the engineering and maintenance. In addition, he is passionate about sustainability and bringing innovation, as energy conservation – inductive load compensation, reduction in inductive load, conversion to LED’S, motion sensors and control on water consumption into the hotels daily operations, the hotel said.

Prior to his new appointment, Loganathan managed several pre openings for hotels in Dubai and India. He was also responsible for the engineering operations as an assistant director of engineering in Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi.

‘We welcome Murugan in his new challenge with Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana. I look forward to working closely with him and the rest of our colleagues in the continuous improvement and implementation of company’s regulations and procedures that achieve or exceed the goals for our five star resort property’, said Eleni Tsolakou, general manager at Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana.

In the new role, Loganathan will collaborate with other department heads and manage team/peers leadership through motivation, delegation and subordinate development skills for Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana. - TradeArabia News Service