Alan O’Dea

Campbell Gray Hotels is delighted to announce the appointment of Alan O'Dea as Managing Director. O'Dea joins the Campbell Gray Hotels team following a successful and varied 20-year career in the hospitality sector.

Further to gaining a degree in Hotel & Catering Management at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in his native Ireland, O'Dea has since held a number of senior positions within globally-recognised hospitality groups including, most recently, spending 12 years with the Swiss-based Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts where he resided in Paris, Zurich, Cairo and Dubai in his role as Senior Vice President Africa.

Prior to joining Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, O'Dea was Regional Director of Revenue Management France for InterContinental Hotels Group and Director of Revenue Management for Le Meridien Hotels in Paris.

Through his time spent working in Dubai, O'Dea developed a deep understanding of - and connection to - the Middle East, leaving him perfectly positioned to take up his new role at Campbell Gray Hotels, whose flagship properties include Le Gray in Beirut, Campbell Gray Living Hotel & Residences in Amman, Jordan and the, soon to open, The Merchant House in Bahrain.

O'Dea joins the team at a particularly exciting time as a number of new properties have recently joined the Campbell Gray Hotels portfolio including The Machrie Hotel & Links in Islay, Scotland which opened in September 2018, The Merchant House in Manama, Bahrain which will open on 22 January 2019 and Alex, a Campbell Gray Hotel which will open on Lake Zurich, Switzerland this spring.

As Managing Director, O'Dea will oversee the day-to-day running of the company and ensure the continued high-performance of its six hotels and its Campbell Gray Living arm.