Starwood Middle East appoints Said Aly and Ahmed Abdulhameed to overlook Saudi travel market
Press release
Al Bawaba
The Starwood Sales Office in the Middle East has recently announced the appointment of both Saeed Ali and Ahmed Abdulhameed to overlook specifically the market and travel needs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah and Riyadh. This addition comes aligned with the Starwood Sales Office strategy to further enhance its presence in the Middle East Market in its continuous quest to promote over 1000 hotels spanning over 100 countries and territories across 4 divisions and 9 brands within the Middle East, North Africa, Greece & Turkey.
In their new role, both Ahmed based in Riyadh and Saeed based in Jeddah will be working very closely with travel professionals from various travel agencies across the Kingdom updating them with Starwood’s latest news and promotional offers.
“In line with our strong partnership with travel companies across the region, we aim to increase our network and presence to further enhance our relations with the travel industry and I am confident that with the addition of Ahmed Abdulhameed and Saeed Ali to our dynamic team to a strong market like Saudi Arabia will allow us to do just that” Said Rene Camilleri, Director of Global Sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Middle East.
Ahmed Abdulhameed is an Egyptian national who carries with him approximately nine years of work experience in the travel and hospitality field and holds a bachelors degree in Tourism and Hotel Management from the Suez Canal University in Egypt. Saeed Ali, who joins from the Westin Dubai and Le Meridien Mina Seyahi hotels with five years experience in the UAE market is also an Egyptian national and has studied at the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.
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Background Information
Starwood Hotels
Starwood Hotels represents one of the world's largest hotel and leisure companies. It conducts its hotel and leisure business both directly and through its subsidiaries. Its brand names include St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element
Starwood Hotels' business emphasizes the global operation of hotels and resorts primarily in the luxury and upscale segment of the lodging industry. It seeks to acquire interests in, or management or franchise rights with respect to properties in this segment. At December 31, 2009, its hotel portfolio included owned, leased, managed and franchised hotels totaling 979 hotels with approximately 292,000 rooms in approximately 100 countries, and is comprised of 63 hotels that it owns or leases or in which it has a majority equity interest, 440 hotels managed by the company on behalf of third-party owners and 476 hotels for which it receives franchise fees.
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