Millennium Hotels & Resorts MEA has appointed accomplished hotelier Hamid Sidine as its Managing Director for Saudi Arabia.
The industry professional, who has 30 years of regional and international experience, including leadership roles with global hospitality brands, will head up the company’s Riyadh office, responsible for achieving its recently announced goal of operating 25 hotels countrywide by 2025.
Given his broad-ranging expertise across three continents, Sidine has also been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Turkey and Africa, two fast-growing regions where the hospitality company has identified strong development potential as part of its strategic expansion plans.
Sidine takes on the newly created role based on three decades working with global brands such as Sofitel, Pullman, Coralia Club and Novotel in countries including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon in the Middle East; Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Chad and the Ivory Coast in Africa; and France in Europe.
The multi-lingual Moroccan national also holds several academic certificates in disciplines including leadership development, finance for executives and strategic marketing from Harvard Business School in the USA; an MBA in Management Consulting from Toulouse Business School; and a DTS in Hotel and Tourism Management and a BTS in IT and Accounting Management from the French Institute PIGIER in Morocco.
ABOUT MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE HOTELS
Millennium Hotels and Resorts owns, asset manages and operates over 130 hotels worldwide. With almost 40,000 rooms globally, the company is present in nearly all continents with a portfolio of brands, which serve different market segments. Millennium Hotels and Resorts Middle East & Africa currently operates 45 hotels comprising almost 15,000 rooms, in addition to 10 hotels due to open in 2020. In total, there are 23 hotels in the pipeline across the region.
From a single property in Abu Dhabi, Millennium Hotels and Resorts Middle East & Africa has expanded into various neighbouring destinations and is now recognised as the fastest-growing hotel management company in the Middle East and Africa as per STR Report released in October 2019. Along the way, the company has cultivated partnerships with reputable and respected owners.
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