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Michael Weyland
General Manager, Hotel Division, Landmark Group
His role heading up retail giant Landmark Group’s hotel division brings Michael Weyland into this year’s Power 50 at number 32.
The company has developed a new brand, Citymax, launched just last year and designed to “address the substantial gap that exists for value driven and mid-market hotels in the region”.
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Weyland has been responsible for driving the openings, first at Al Barsha in Dubai and now in Bur Dubai, with a third property underway in Sharjah.
As the son of a hotel general manager, he grew up in plush five-star properties on various islands in the Caribbean, and since then has worked in the industry for 28 years with brands such as Sheraton, Steigenberger Hotels, Dorint Hotels and Resorts, Accor Hotels and Ramada.
Founded in 1973 with a single store in Bahrain, the Landmark Group has successfully grown into one of the largest and most thriving retail organisations in the Middle East and India with more than 900 stores, plus a restaurant division called Foodmark.
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