Third Party Hotel Management on the Rise
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In the lead up to their participation at the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) in Dubai next week, Hala Matar Choufany, President Middle East, Africa and South Asia for HVS, and Bani Haddad, Founder & Managing Director of Aleph Hospitality caught up to discuss how third party management has evolved over the years with a focus on the Middle East and Africa.
In the lead up to their participation at the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) in Dubai next week, Hala Matar Choufany, President Middle East, Africa and South Asia for HVS, and Bani Haddad, Founder & Managing Director of Aleph Hospitality caught up to discuss how third party management has evolved over the years with a focus on the Middle East and Africa.
Hala and Bani, who have known each other for 23 years, touch on the evolution of the third-party and white-label hotel management model in the region, touching on the topic from their roles in the industry as consultant and operator respectively. They discuss the major shift the industry has seen when it comes to third-party hotel management model, the main drivers behind this rise in demand - including the Covid-19 pandemic- and the benefits of the independent management model for owners.
They will be discussing this topic in more detail at FHS in Dubai next week during the panel on Day 2 of the conference on 20 September titled: "Third-Party Management On The Rise: What Hotel Owners Should Consider," which will be moderated by Rabih Feghali, Board Member, Hospitality Asset Manager"s Association MEA. They will be joined by panelists Euan McGlashan, Global Founder & CEO of Valor Hospitality Partners and David Todd, Head of Operations Middle East and Africa for IHG Hotels & Resorts.
About FHS World
Dates: 29 September - 1 October 2026
Location: Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Partners:
Visit UAE as Strategic Enabler; Jumeirah as Host Partner; Dubai Business Events as Destination Partner; Knowledge Economic City, Radisson Hotel Group, Taiba Investments, and The Ascott Limited as Strategic Partners; Arada, Club Med, Groupe Barrière, HVS MEA, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Modon Hospitality, Red Sea Global, Rotana Hotels & Resorts, and as Headline partners; Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy Les Roches, Accor, Aleph Hospitality, BWH Hotels, Compass, Gary Greene Design, GreenbergTraurig, H World International, The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), J Club, JLL, Knight Frank, KOFISI, Legacy Hotels Holding, Marjan, Millat Group, Minor Hotels, Newby London, Parsons, QUO, Rikas Hospitality Group, Safir Hotels & Resorts, STR CoStar™️, temi, The First Group Hospitality, Tui Hotels & Resorts, Uganda Tourism Board, United Hospitality Management, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts as Partners; Cavendish Maxwell, FSK & Partners (Speed Networking Partner), Rove Hotels, Shaza Hotels, Start Reverse, and Worldvue as Exhibitors; Accor One Living, digivalet, Global Branded Residences (GBR), Landsberg Residential Consulting, and Sectorlight as FHS Living Partners; Misr AbuDhabi and Zaghloul as FHS Egypt Partners; Global Branded Residence Awards and HAMA MEA as Supporters.
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