2010 Digimedia.ME Conference Speaker Profile
Artour Severinov

Artour has been working within the hospitality sector for about 10 years. After working his way up through the ranks from operations, completed his MBA specialising in eCommerce, and moved on to become the Online Business Manager for the Jumeirah Group retail division.

Within this role Artour was the project manager for the launch of jumeirahcollection.com and piloted this unique online retail establishment which included an instant payment gateway, inventory monitoring system, logistics and delivery functions as well as a loyalty scheme integration. Under his management, jumeirahcollection.com was awarded "Best Website" by Dubai Holding and "Online Retailer of the Year" at the RetailME Awards, both in 2008

In May 2009 Artour joined Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts as their E-Distribution Manager for the Middle East. In his role, Severinov is responsible for the positioning of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in the digital marketplace as well as driving traffic through online and offline channels.

His main focus is to take forward the e-distribution by putting viable strategies in place to achieve optimum e-channel production.