April 26, 2015

Hasham Soliman has been named Opening General Manager at InterContinental London - The O2

Arora Hotels, management and hotel operator of the forthcoming InterContinental® London - The O2, has appointed Hasham Soliman as General Manager of the new 453-room luxury new hotel. With 25 years’ experience in the hotel and hospitality industry, Soliman joins Arora Hotel’s latest and largest new hotel development from his role as Hotel Manager at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London, bringing with him invaluable knowledge of the London market and solid experience managing an extensive conference, events and leisure product in the capital. Prior to his role at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, Soliman opened the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel & Spa as General Manager and spent eight years as a General Manager with Redefine/BDL Hotels, successfully opening and repositioning the Holiday Inn London Docklands as an award-winning market leader under the Crowne Plaza brand. Soliman secured his hotel qualification at the University of Westminster and continued his hotel education at Ashridge Business School and Cornell School of Hotel Administration. His hospitality career began in 1991 with an Accor traineeship in Marseille, France after which he moved to London to work at The Montcalm for two years. Soliman followed this with management roles at The Mayfair InterContinental and a front of house position within the pre-opening team at Chelsea Village Hotels. In addition, experience garnered as General Manager of the first Ramada Encore hotel led Soliman to develop the budget brand for Wyndham Worldwide.

Hasham Soliman is an alumnus of Cornell | Executive and Professional Education – Class of 2011.

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