Six Continents Hotels has appointed Thomas Schmelter as the new general manager of the Crowne Plaza Jeddah. Schmelter has previously worked with Inter-Continental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotels in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UK and Germany, and most recently was resident manager of the Jeddah Inter-Continental Hotel.
The 323-room Crowne Plaza Jeddah, situated only 25 minutes drive from Jeddah International Airport on the Corniche, overlooking the Red Sea, serves business and leisure travelers. It is one of 26 Inter-Continental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn properties managed by Six Continents Hotels in Saudi Arabia.
Six Continents Hotels, the hotel business of Six Continents PLC of the United Kingdom owns, manages, leases or franchises more than 3,270 hotels and 512,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. — (menareport.com)
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