On the pulse with Kosta Kourotsidis

On the pulse with Kosta Kourotsidis

“Do small things in a great way” is Kosta Kourotsidis’s mantra. The seasoned hotelier, who has spent the past 25 years working in hotels across Germany, Ireland and the Middle East, gives us the lowdown on what he has planned for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts’s Dubai, Ajman and Fujairah as cluster GM.

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Saurabh Tiwari on creating luxury travel for a new era

Saurabh Tiwari on creating luxury travel for a new era

Having achieved one of its aims of opening up to 30 hotels annually in India in recent years, Taj Hotels is now firmly focused on MENA for the next phase of its expansion. Saurabh Tiwari, area director for the Middle East and CIS at Taj Hotels, tells HN what the luxury hotel chain has planned for the region and how it is adapting to meet the changing demands of today’s travelers.

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