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Appointment General Management

Michael Koth has been appointed as New Director of Operations Levant & General Manager at InterContinental Jordan

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Amman, Jordan
Michael Koth
Pascal Gauvin Chief Operating Officer, India, Middle East & Africa IHG announced that Michael Koth has been named the New Director of Operations Levant General Manager InterContinental Jordan. Koth brings with him 35 years of experience in the hotel industry. He is of both German and Swiss origins, and he was destined to be a hospitality veteran when he trained as a chef in the Hotel Management and Trade School in Germany. Right after school, he gained foreign experience and started working in the hospitality industry first in London and then in Geneva and Frankfurt, in the area of Front Office and Sales & Marketing. His first Middle East experience came in 1995 when he was appointed Resident Manager at Regency InterContinental in Bahrain. He then handled top hotel positions as Director of Operations and General Managers at IHG hotels in Europe i.e., Hamburg, Berlin, Athens, Budapest and in Middle East particularly Doha, Cairo and at IHG Dubai Corporate Office as General Manager support. His most recent position was Regional General Manager Northern Gulf, where under his leadership he was managing six hotels of three IHG Brands in two countries, including the Repositioning of InterContinental Bahrain to market leadership.
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