Rotana has appointed Joseph Coubat as area vice president for Qatar, Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey, Congo and Syria and General Manager of Gefinor Rotana Beirut, effective 1 November 2016, a company statement said.
As area vice president, Coubat will be responsible for four Rotana hotels in Qatar, two hotels each in Lebanon and Turkey, and one hotel each in Kuwait and Syria – in addition to the yet-to-open Kin Plaza Arjaan by Rotana in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – managing a combined inventory of over 2,300 keys.
Rotana chief operating officer Guy Hutchinson said: “Joseph’s experience and deep domain knowledge has been an asset to the company since he joined the Rotana family over eight years ago.
"Joseph has a proven track record in all aspects of hotel development and his expertise has been relied upon time and again at Rotana to guide several of our property launches to success.
"In his expanded role, Joseph will be more closely involved in strategic planning and business development, managing our expansion efforts in the Middle East as well as in the Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa markets.”
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Coubat had held the position of area vice president in charge of Rotana’s hotels in Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon and Kuwait, before being assigned to lead the opening of City Centre Rotana Doha.
Coubat, who has an MBA in hospitality management from the Institut de Management Hôtelier International Cornell – ESSEC in France, started his hospitality career in 1986, working initially in the food & beverage and finance departments.
Over the next two decades, he held a variety of senior positions with leading hotel chains including the InterContinental Hotel Group before joining Rotana in 2008.
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