30. Mohamed Ahmed Awadalla, Chief Executive Officer, TIME Hotels Management (Last year 26th)
Since taking over as CEO, Mohamed Awadalla has been instrumental in Time Hotels’ entry into three key regional markets.
Since the inception of Time Hotels in 2012, the UAE-founded brand now has a presence with its three sub-brands, in the UAE, Egypt and Qatar, and will be operational in Saudi Arabia by 2016.
Time Hotels currently operates 12 properties under four different brands in the UAE and Egypt. Four- and five-star properties trade under the Time Hotels & Resorts brand, three-star hotels under the Time Express brand, furnished apartments under the Time Hotel Apartments brand, and both furnished and unfurnished residential apartments under Time Residence.
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By the numbers
Number of years in role: 3
Number of years with company: 8
Number of operating hotels in the Middle east: 12
Number of pipeline hotels in the middle east: 5