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Marriott Hotels clarifies job ad for ‘Dubai casino staff’

Multinational hospitality giant Marriott Hotels issued a clarification after their post for a job opening for casino manager turned viral.

“Marriott International Middle East & Africa regional offices are headquartered in Dubai and from this office we manage a number of disciplines across the entire Middle East & Africa region,” the hotel group’s spokesperson told Gulf News.

“We operate casinos outside the UAE and currently operate Casino’s in North and South Africa which are managed by the respective regional teams from our regional headquarters,” the spokesperson added.

The confusion arose from the post of Marriott Hotels on its website and app on July 31 saying they are hiring “a senior manager, casino operations execution in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.”

The post triggered discussion on social media Reddit when a contributor attached the job ad. One comment reads, “Does that mean that they will open a casino in Dubai?” Another one commented with a gif of a man pointing and shaking his head above the hastag ‘Haraam’, which means ‘forbidden’ in Arabic.

Casinos and other gambling activities are prohibited in Dubai.

It turns out, the managerial position is for a regional role which will only be based in Dubai since Marriott’s regional headquarters is based in Dubai.

A Twitter user surmised: “It’s a corporate office post and their corporate office here covers Egypt where there’s a ton of casinos.

“The real story on the job post is here,” the commenter added above a picture posted of a close-up of the job advert with the words ‘extensive travel (75 per cent or more)’ circled with a highlighter pen.”

Marriot has already taken down the controversial job vacancy post as of this writing.

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