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John Bamsey
Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and Africa, InterContinental Hotels Group
Hotel giant InterContinental Hotels Group is represented in the Middle East by COO John Bamsey, who runs a complete business unit responsible for all company managed, owned and leased properties as well as franchised hotels in the division. He is also responsible for sales, tactical marketing and development within the geographical area.
He is responsible for 77 hotels in the Middle East, a total of 19,727 rooms. Including Africa, this rises to 99 hotels and 23,986 rooms. And while there has only been one opening this year — the Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport — Bamsey oversees a pipeline of 37 hotels in the Middle East, which will add another 10,073 rooms to the market.
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Upcoming properties include luxury InterContinental Hotels in Damascus, Marrakech, the Dead Sea, Tripoli, Oman and Kuwait, Crowne Plazas in Al Khobar, Madinah and Riyadh, and Staybridge Suites in Kuwait.
Bamsey was formerly IHG chief operating officer UK and Ireland; prior to that he was IHG’s area president of operations for Europe.
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