Appointment | Executive housekeeper appointed at Rixos Doha Qetaifan Island North

The upcoming Rixos Doha Qetaifan Island North has appointed its executive housekeeper to lead the department. Akshay Virkud joins the debut Rixos Doha property from the Alwadi Hotel Doha – MGallery.

Also part of the Accor stable, Virkud was at the Alwadi hotel for over five years as its executive housekeeper. During his stint there, he became an ALL Safe Officer in the early days of its rollout – working to contain the spread of Covid-19 within hotels.

Virkud brings almost two decades of experience to the role, working as a housekeeping assistant at the Trident Hilton Jaipur in 2004. He went on to work as a housekeeping team leader for Grand Hyatt Mumbai for just over a year, moving on to Labriz Silhouette Resort and Spa in Seychelles as an assistant housekeeper.

Following two years with Shangri-La, he went on to join Four Points by Sheraton in Mumbai as deputy housekeeper, later returning to Seychelles as a housekeeping manager with Constance Ephelia Resort.

In 2014, he entered Qatar for the first time, working with Melia Hotels as an executive housekeeper.

Set to open in 2022, the Rixos Doha Qetaifan looks to open in time to welcome World Cup visitors. Accor is partnering with Qetaifan Projects Company, a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Katara Hospitality to manage the new Rixos Doha Qetaifan on the Qetaifan Island North project, an island located off Lusail City.

At the time of the hotel’s unveiling, Mark Willis, CEO of Accor Turkey, India, Middle East & Africa, said: “This development is an excellent opportunity for us to expand our footprint in the region. This will be the first Rixos in Qatar and with the world cup taking place in 2022, we expect it to become a landmark for hospitality and leisure hotel in Doha.”