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Rezidor appoints Panos to head up Mid East business development

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 01 - 2007 at 10:14
  • PRESS RELEASE

The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world's fastest growing hotel groups, has appointed Panos Loupasis as its Middle East Regional Director of Business Development.

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  • Panos Loupasis.
    Panos Loupasis.
A Greek national, Loupasis (35) joins Rezidor from Hospitality Management Services Middle East. His career in the hospitality industry started on an operational level in properties in Europe, the United States and South America. He moved to the Middle East in 2003 as Revenue Manager for the pre-opening team of Novotel and Ibis World Trade Centre in Dubai - a position he held until August 2005 before moving into the field of business development.

Loupasis will be based at Rezidor's regional office in Dubai and will be responsible for enhancing the company's Middle East portfolio. Rezidor currently operates 16 hotels under the first class full service Radisson brand and most recently introduced the mid market, Park Inn hotel experience to the region in Egypt.

Jean-Marc Busato, Area Vice President of The Rezidor Hotel Group said," Panos will focus on entering new regional markets as well as penetrating existing ones under the different flags of our brand portfolio."

Loupasis also holds a BSc in Economics from the Aristotelian University in Greece and an MBA in Hospitality Management from Cornell University.
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Notes and media contacts

For further information, please contact:
Esther van Bemmelen, PR & Communications Manager
The Rezidor Hotel Group Middle East
Tel.00971 4 390 0082
Fax 00971 4 390 8171

The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the world. The group features a portfolio of 300 hotels in operation and under development with more than 61.000 rooms in 47 countries.

Rezidor operates the brands Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Regent International Hotels, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites in Europe, Middle East and Africa, along with the goldpoints plusSM loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests. Rezidor has signed a worldwide license agreement with the Italian fashion house Missoni, in order to develop and operate a lifestyle hotel brand of the same name: Hotel Missoni.

In November 2006, Rezidor was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. With 41,7%, Carlson Companies is the main shareholder.

The Corporate Office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium.

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