Ismail Hassan returns to Holiday Inn Amman as General Manager

The Holiday Inn Amman, one of the four properties in Jordan managed by the InterContinental Hotels Group, has welcomed back Ismail Hassan as the General Manager.

Hassan, who was originally in charge of the hotel from its opening in 1998, has for the last year been General Manager of the Holiday Inn Bur Dubai in the UAE. 

With a diploma in tourism and hotel administration from the International Institute of Administration in Paris and a BA in Law, he began his 27-year hotel career as a sales director in Saudi Arabia. His long association with the Holiday Inn brand began in 1980 when he was appointed sales director for the Holiday Inn Hotels in Jordan.

In 1986 he received his first Holiday Inn general manager’s posting in Oman where he was also district director, and he has also been general manager of the Holiday Inn Bahrain and the Minhal Holiday Inn Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Hassan received the Holiday Inn General Manager of the Year Award for the Middle East and Africa in 1998.

The 218-room Holiday Inn is located in western Amman, off Madina Monawara Street, 18 luxury suites, 20 executive rooms, executive lounge and has four internationally themed restaurants, a fitness centre, and outdoor swimming pool. There are also three meeting rooms, a business centre, and banquet hall for up to 1,000 delegates and a shopping arcade.