16. Time Hotels, Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed Awadalla
At present Time Hotels is operating 11 properties in the Middle East, with a pipeline featuring an additional seven hotels. Since coming into office Time Hotels Management chief executive officer Mohamed Awadalla has also overseen expansion into new markets including Qatar, KSA and Egypt.
Awadalla’s accomplishments in his current role include increasing revenue by AED 40 million (US $10.9 million), while overseeing Time Hotels portfolio expansion from four properties to 11, over a period of four years. He has also sustained employee satisfaction above 80% for the past three years.
As one of the founders of Time Hotels Management in 2007, Awadalla started as the area vice president, then in 2012 he moved to the position of CEO with overall responsibility for the company’s 10 hotels, hotel apartments and residence with a remit to spearhead the future development and drive the commercial success of Time’s rapidly expanding portfolio of Middle East and Northern Africa based properties.
Awadalla is an international hotelier with over 30 years’ experience and has worked with some of the leading global hospitality companies including Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Hilton International, Rotana Hotels.
After completing his studies at the German Academic Institute for Hotel Management in 1985, Awadalla began his career with Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in Luxor, Egypt. He then joined Hilton International in Luxor and was tasked with running the travel trade division out of the Cairo area sales office, with the responsibility of 12 properties.
In 1996 Awadalla relocated to the UAE, where he held numerous positons with various international chains, including Hilton Corniche Residence Abu Dhabi rooms division manager, Hilton Hotel Al Ain director of business development and Al Maha Rotana Abu Dhabi general manager.
His contribution to achieving sustainability initiatives at Time Hotels includes certifying all properties by the Green Key certification scheme, in addition to developing a carbon offset programme, which was a first in the region to have facilitated and aided many poor developing countries in Africa through guests’ donations.
“For the second year in a row we are CSR label certified by Dubai Chamber. In 2016 we have achieved 5% higher than the previous year score and we are now 10% higher than all the applicants,” he added.
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