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Anthony P Liddiard
chief executive officer, RMAL Hospitality
With more than 30 years’ international experience in the hospitality industry, chief executive officer Anthony Liddiard is the driving force behind dedicated hotel and restaurant development business, RMAL Hospitality.
The group holds the franchise rights to several restaurant chains across the Middle East and North Africa — including Frankie’s Italian Bar and Grill, Wagamama, Trader Vic’s, and Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse & Grill — and, additionally, owns the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi.
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The growth of these brands in the two years since the formation of the company is remarkable, and more is yet to come. Liddiard has partnered with Dubai Pearl to develop and operate famous Las Vegas brands MGM Grand, Bellagio and Skylofts, as well as the luxury Baccarat Hotel, at the AED 7.4 billion (US $2 billion) mixed-use development.
Liddiard was hand-picked by the giant Al Fahim Group to run RMAL Hospitality in 2007 following extensive regional experience, including a number of senior positions with Intercontinental Hotels Group Middle East and Africa, including vice president sales and marketing, MEA, GM, and director of operations for UAE & Qatar.
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