Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, which operates nine Middle East & African
properties with five under development in Egypt, Turkey and Lebanon, has
appointed Jordanian Hasan Haitham Barakat as District Sales Manager,
Saudi Arabia.
Barakat, 27, joins from Marriott, where he was Regional Sales Manager in
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. His Middle East hospitality industry
experience includes a sales manager position with Abu Dhabi's Inter-Continental hotel. For three years
prior to that he held various positions at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Amman.
"This move strengthens our sales presence in the Kingdom's lucrative
outbound market, following last year's appointment of Al Tayyar Group as
our General Sales Agent (GSA)," said Mike Pilkington, Regional Director,
Sales & Marketing, Middle East & Africa, Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts.
"Every year, Saudis take 4.8 million trips abroad, stay 106 million
nights and spend US$14.4 billion on foreign travel, making the Kingdom a
market worth investing the necessary resources to capitalise from its
huge potential."
Barakat is a graduate of Elite International Academy's hospitality sales
and management course and will soon obtain a BA in International
Hospitality Management.
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts operates Middle East & Africa hotels in
Amman, Aqaba, Bahrain, Baku, Cape Town, Istanbul, Kuwait, Muscat and
Sharm El Sheikh and has hotels under development in Al Quseir, Beirut,
Hurghada, Istanbul, and Taba.
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, currently includes 110 hotels in
operation and 37 hotels under development in 37 countries and is the
sole franchisor in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa for
Radisson Hotels & Resorts.
Radisson Hotels & Resorts and its parent company Carlson Hospitality
Worldwide includes 750 hotel and resort locations representing 137,830
guest rooms in 63 countries plus six luxury cruise ships sailing worldwide. |