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Roger Kacou has been appointed as Senior Vice
President Africa of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.
Roger will
join Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts’ Executive Committee to head up
Africa based at the company’s Area office in Cairo from 30 August
2010. Mövenpick’s existing portfolio in Africa comprises 16
hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers spanning 5 countries.
Roger Kacou has a significant experience in
Africa, where he has held regional roles for almost 20 years with
the InterContinental Hotels Group. He has also held prominent
General Manager appointments in West and East Africa. Roger has a
strong network on the continent and has held leading appointments
in several industry organizations, including the Africa Travel
Association.
Roger joins Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts from the
executive team of Blue City Company Oman, where he was in charge
of the development of all resort, hotel, spa and golf facilities
in the largest ever real estate and infrastructure project in the
Sultanate of Oman.
Roger, who is French, has a Master of
Professional Studies from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration
and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
Jean Gabriel Pérès,
President & CEO of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts said, “With Mövenpick’s current expansion of exclusive resorts and upscale
city hotels from Tunisia to Ghana to the West Bank, and with
several new projects in the pipeline, we are delighted to have
appointed such a recognised professional in Roger. His experience
and skills are ideal to drive both quality and operational results
across this diverse portfolio, as well as to further grow our
presence strategically across the African continent.”
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