Dubai, July 2015: INTEREL, the world’s fastest growing manufacturer of integrated room technologies in the luxury hospitality industry, has announced the appointment of Petvin Fernandes as the company’s Senior Vice President Middle East, Africa and Indian Ocean. In this role Petvin leads the company’s sales and business development in the region.
Petvin brings more than 15 years of international experience to INTEREL of which he spent more than a decade in the United Arab Emirates. He started his career in information technology in his home country, India, after which he moved to Dubai to lead the IT department for the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah and Hilton Dubai Creek hotels for nearly eights years. Prior to joining INTEREL, Petvin held several senior positions for leading hospitality technology vendors in the region, including TeleAdapt and iBAHN.
Florian Gallini, Group CEO of INTEREL, said: “The Middle East and Africa is the fastest- growing market for us at INTEREL as well as our home base. Petvin’s extensive experience and vision for the future of our sales division in the region is a great asset to the team.”
“I am very happy to be working with the team at INTEREL and to help grow the business in the region,” said Petvin. “I am particularly excited about introducing even more hoteliers to the company’s award-winning technology innovations.”
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