March 12- The InterContinental Hotels Group in Dubai hopes to hire about 30,000 people in the 46 hotels that it aims to open in the Middle East and Africa in the next three years. "We’re adding at least 50 per cent to our portfolio in the next three years, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re talking about hotels, the number of employees we need or the number of rooms," said John Bamsey, the InterContinental’s chief operating officer for the Middle East and Africa.
While the overall hotel industry seems to have taken a massive hit, InterContinental is still going ahead with its plans to open seven new hotels in the UAE. They include an InterContinental hotel at Al Raha beach development in Abu Dhabi; InterContinental hotels in Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah; and two more Crowne Plaza hotels in Dubai. Currently, there are 16 hotels of the group in the UAE.
