Amruda Nair, Joint MD, Aiana Hotels & Resorts, is learning Arabic

Knowing the local language can be the ace in the pack, especially if you work in the hospitality industry. And perhaps that’s why Amruda Nair, joint MD, Aiana Hotels & Resorts, is learning Arabic. Based in Doha, Nair has been trying to master the language for the last nine months. “I have mastered the alphabet so far and I just about speak it. But I haven’t learnt prepositions and other aspects,” she said. Nair has been learning the language with the help of a tutor who comes over to her office in the evenings. However, Nair laments that her progress is slow given that she is in Doha for only two weeks in a month.