Hussein Hatata, Vice President ? Hotels Division Al Khozama Management Company Hussein Hatata, Vice President ? Hotels Division Al Khozama Management Company

Hussein Hatata
Vice President – Hotels Division Al Khozama Management Company

Since starting as a room attendant at Al Khozama Hotel in Riyadh in 1978, Hussein Hatata has worked his way up the ranks and immersed himself in training, including stints at Lausanne in Switzerland and Cornell University in the US.
By 1990 he was in a general manager’s role in Saudi Arabia and a decade later was responsible for introducing the butler concept to the country with the opening of Al Faisaliah in Riyadh in 2000.

AKMC owns Hotel Al Khozama and Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh, which are both managed by Rosewood. It also manages Al Shohada Hotel in Makkah and will be managing another two properties in Madinah, with Al Khozama Medina expected to open by the end of the year.

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The company is also investing in a hotel at Durrat Arriyadh, its first resort property to be managed through Al Fasialiah, and is eyeing up projects in Jeddah. Hatata remains hands-on in each development.