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Appointment General Management

Roger Kacou has been appointed as Senior Vice President Africa at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts

Mövenpick
Cairo, Egypt
Roger Kacou
Roger Kacou joins Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts’ Executive Committee to head up Africa based at the company’s Area office in Cairo as of August 30, 2010. Roger will drive the continuing success of Mövenpick’s existing portfolio in Africa, comprising 16 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers spanning 5 countries, in addition to developing new destinations across the region. With this appointment Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts puts further emphasis on its strategic growth plans in Africa. Roger Kacou has a significant experience in Africa, where he has held regional roles for almost 20 years with the InterContinental Hotels Group. He has also held prominent General Manager appointments in West and East Africa. Roger has a strong network on the continent and has held leading appointments in several industry organizations, including the Africa Travel Association. Roger joins Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts from the executive team of Blue City Company Oman, where he was in charge of the development of all resort, hotel, spa and golf facilities in the largest ever real estate and infrastructure project in the Sultanate of Oman. Roger, who is French, has a Master of Professional Studies from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
General Management Middle East Egypt Cairo
Mövenpick
Hotel Group

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, an international upscale hotel management company with over 16,000 staff members, is represented in 24 countries with 80 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers currently in operation. More than 30 properties are planned or under construction, including Chiang Mai and Koh Samui (Thailand), Palawan (Philippines), Sanya (Hainan Island, China) and Djerba (Tunisia).