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Appointment General Management

Nihad Kattan has been appointed as Regional Director Middle East & Africa at Meliá Hotels International

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nihad Kattan
Meliá Hotels International has appointed Nihad Kattan to the position of regional director of operations Middle East and Africa. Kattan has been appointed to oversee operations across the brand’s set of Middle East hotels, including Meliá Dubai, Meliá Doha and the upcoming ME Dubai and Innside Doha properties in the GCC. Jordanian Kattan has over 30 years of international hotel management experience for five-star deluxe, multi-location and multi-unit hotels and resorts. Over the past five years he has worked at luxury properties in the Middle East, including Marriot International in Dubai, Marriott Hotels in Jordan, Hilton Resort in Fujairah and Cairo Ramses Hilton & Casino in Egypt. He most recently worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as the general manager of the Fairmont Riyadh Hotel. Kattan will work closely with Ahmad Shaban-Fernandez who was appointed as the area director of sales and marketing, Middle East & Africa in October 2016.
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Founded in 1956 in Mallorca (Spain), Meliá Hotels International operates more than 380 hotels (portfolio and pipeline) throughout more than 40 countries, under the brands Gran Meliá Hotels & Resorts, Paradisus by Meliá, ME by Meliá, Meliá Hotels & Resorts, The Meliá Collection, INNSiDE by Meliá, Sol by Meliá and Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá, plus a wide portfolio of affiliated hotels under the “Affiliated by Meliá” network.