Sami Al–Ansari
Chief Executive Officer, Ishraq Gulf Real Estate Holding Co.
Sami Al-Ansari is recognised for his commitment to diversifying the Middle East’s hotel sector through investment into the InterContinental Hotels Group limited service brand, Holiday Inn Express.
In March this year, Ishraq and IHG opened the 381-room Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport, the fourth Holiday Inn Express property in Dubai and the largest in the EMEA region by number of rooms.
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At the launch, Al-Ansari said he was also looking to expand the brand in other locations within the Gulf, the first of which will be the Holiday Inn Express Manama, Bahrain, due to open in Q4 2011.
Head quartered in Dubai, Ishraq is the exclusive developer of the Express by Holiday Inn hotels brand in the GCC (except Saudi Arabia) and has several other sites under various stages of development in Oman, Doha and the UAE.
The target is 20-plus hotels within a six-year roll-out plan
Prior to joining Ishraq as CEO at its inception in 2005, Al-Ansari was the country general manager for Radisson in Jordan for three years. He had also held numerous executive positions in hospitality, including GM with Holiday Inn Hotels for five years.
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Oct 11, 2010 , Saudi Arabia
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Oct 11, 2010 , Saudi Arabia
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