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The Westin Dhaka is pleased to welcome Mr. Habib Rehman on the board, who assumes the job of Executive Assistant Manager for the hotel. Prior to joining The Westin Dhaka Mr. Rehman was the Director of Food & Beverage at Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort in Sabah and also been working in the same capacity at the Shangri-La Hotel Shenzhen, Shangri-La Putrajaya, Malaysia and has done the opening of Shangri-La China World Hotel Beijing in 1990 and Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou in 2007 and most recently came from the Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort Sabaha, East Malaysia before joining Westin Dhaka.

Mainly worked with 5 star hotel and brands, Habib started his career in 1982 with Hilton International Lahore and possess a wealth of culinary and hospitality experiences. For honing in culinary his passion took him to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore. He also worked in Bahrain, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Yangon.

Habib got his Business Administration degree from University of Washington and Food & Beverage Certification from the Cornel University New York, USA. Culinary artist Habib won 1 gold award, 2 silver awards and 1 Bronze award at prestigious Asia Food competition in Singapore between 1987 and 1994.