The newly opened La Ville Hotel & Suites City Walk Dubai has appointed new department heads.

Juan van Huyssteen has been named the director of beverages. In his new role, Huyssteen will manage the roll-out of a unique and eclectic beverage offering across the La Ville hotel. A South African native, Huyssteen began his career at Marimba Restaurant in the Cape Town international Convention Centre, before taking up leading roles in Cape Town's Caroline’s Fine Wine Cellar and Balthazar Restaurant. He moved to Dubai in 2008 as assistant head sommelier at Zuma Restaurant in DIFC, and later joined Qbara Restaurant, in Wafi City in 2013 where he worked as head sommelier for the first year and later got promoted to beverage manager. In the same year he took on another venue beverage program, at Fume in Pier 7.

Brazilian native Mislene Araujo joins as director of restaurants. She will be responsible for overseeing the hotel’s premium restaurants, Chival and Graze, as well as the in-room dining department and Lobby Cafe. Her industry experience spans more than 15 years and two continents. She comes to La Ville from Tortuga, a vibrant Mexican restaurant and bar at Jumeirah Mina A’Salam where she held the position of General Manager. Before moving to the Middle East, she carved out a progressive career on London’s restaurant scene, establishing a reputation for vision and excellence.

With over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Julia Alvaro joins the La Ville as director of sales and marketing overseeing the entire revenue strategies, sales, marketing and PR functions. She has worked for some of the industry’s leading hotels and resorts, including Le Meridien, Jebel Ali Hotel & Resort and The Churchill Intercontinental, gaining a wealth of in-depth knowledge and expertise across the hospitality sector.

Talented Pedro Arceyut joinsthe hotel as executive chef from Qatar where he held the position of executive sous-chef at the Marriott Marquis in Doha, responsible for the management of 14 outlets. Pedro first landed in the Middle East in 2002 to take up the position of Chef de Cuisine at La Parrilla, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai. In 2004, he returned to his native Central America where he held a number of roles including Latin Specialty sous chef at the Four Seasons, Peninsula de Papagayo Costa Rica and executive chef at Restaurant Dali, Guatemala City where he was responsible for planning the menus for the International Olympic Committee. 2011 marked a return to the UAE and a new role as executive sous-chef at Rocco Forte Abu Dhabi before moving to Doha, Qatar and finally back to Dubai to head-up the exciting new culinary department at La Ville Hotel.

Markus Roeder has been appointed as the hotel's general manager. Roeder’s career spans over 26 years in international hotel operations, during which time he accumulated a high degree of expertise and knowledge in multi-property leadership, oversight and management of complex brand initiatives.
Since joining Marriott in 1989, the German native has held various positions across the globe, including England, the US and the Middle East, within the Operations and Sales & Marketing discipline. - TradeArabia News Service