Golden Tulip Riyadh Hotel in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has welcomed Sherif Ezzat as its new general manager. He began his career with Intercontinental Hotels in Cairo until he joined Millennium & Copthorne MEA in 2003, where he gained valuable experience in various roles with the group for more than 14 years.

Recently, Ezzat joined the Golden Tulip Riyadh for the pre-opening and opening period, where he participated in the design of a new established Golden Tulip brand with its upscale standards and sourced the hotel furniture, fit outs and operating equipment, to provide modern, fresh, yet simple services to maximize the hotel offering and profitability.

Joseph El Ghazal has been appointed as general manager of Golden Tulip Unaizah.

A hotelier with over 40 years’ experience in the hospitality sector, he is well versed in managing, renovating, rebranding and pre-opening hotel properties, and has been a hotel advisor for several private companies in KSA. He brings a solid record of accomplishments in generating profits and knowledge of overall hotel operation.