Simon Casson, President, Hotel Operations, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
24. Simon Casson, President, Hotel Operations, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
While new to the role, Simon Casson is an expert in the region
It was only recently that Simon Casson was appointed to his current role as the president of hotel operations in EMEA for Four Seasons, but he has been a mainstay of this region since 2005 when he arrived for the pre-opening of the Four Seasons Hotel Doha.
He joined the company in 1989 as an assistant manager at what is now Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane. After further assignments in London as well as Washington, he returned to the same hotel as general manager in 1989. In 2005, he opened Four Seasons Hotel Doha, and was promoted to regional VP in 2011 before moving to Dubai for the brand’s first opening in UAE in 2014. During this time he also led the company’s Global Spa Task Force.
In his new role, Casson takes over from Christian Clerc (in the list last year), and oversees Four Seasons hotel operations across a diverse portfolio.
Casson works collaboratively with hotel owners and Four Seasons’ corporate and hotel teams to ensure that each property’s attributes and each destination’s culture are reflected in everything from guest room design to restaurant concepts, and more.
By the numbers
2 Number of months in the role
27 Number of years with company
13 Number of Middle East operating hotels
2 Number of Middle East pipeline hotels
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