Jumeirah Group has announced the appointment of four new general managers for hotels in Frankfurt, Kuwait, New York and Dubai. Ms. Dagmar Woodward will be general menager of Jumeirah Frankfurt, scheduled to open in mid-2010; Mr. Mahmoud Sakr will be general manager of Mina A' Salam in Dubai; Mr. Khaled Helmy will be general manager for Jumeirah Messilah Beach in Kuwait, which is scheduled to open in 2010, and Mr. Gary Schweikert will be the new general manager of New York's Jumeirah Essex House, and Regional Vice President of Operations for the Americas.