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Talal Jassim Al-Bahar
Vice Chairman and CEO
IFA Hotels & Resorts
The driving force behind Kuwait-based IFA Hotels & Resorts’ global expansion, Talal Jassim Al-Bahar led the company through its listing on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in January 2006, and the subsequent creation and listing of its South African subsidiary on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in February of the same year.
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Under Al-Bahar’s leadership, the company, a specialist in the development of premier integrated and mixed-use hotel and tourism resorts, has tripled in size and expanded its reach to North America, Europe, Asia and further into Africa.
In the Middle East, IFA has secured strategic alliances and joint venture partnerships with companies such as Kingdom Hotel Investments and works with upscale brands such as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Kempinski Hotels, Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts.
Over the past 12 months, IFA has opened its first hotel in Lebanon, Four Seasons Hotel Beirut, announced the development of the Kempinski Residences in Alabadiyah Hills — its branded freehold resort in Lebanon — opened the US $223 million Fairmont Zimbali in South Africa, and added apartments and a Private Residence Club to its Laguna Tower in Dubai. Both products will be managed by the onsite Mövenpick Hotel & Residence Jumeirah Lakes Towers.
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Mar 4, 2011 , USA
Rochelle Left Zighy its a real pity .......,but since the Mauritian Chef left the one that really put that culinary star up for that resort ,things has not been bright for that resort , Dining on the Edge is no MORE an Experience or a WOW the all romance and Emotion is gone like you burn a story...
Sep 29, 2010 , Qatar
what is doha land does is actually extis i thik its a dream