Guy Epsom, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing, Arabian Peninsula & Indian Ocean said, "In his new role, Bonafous will be responsible for driving international sales strategy from the Arabian Peninsula outbound to our hotels globally. His core responsibilities will extend to the management and development of Hilton's regional portfolio of accounts, while focusing on the pricing as well as positioning strategies with existing partners. His role has added significance in highlighting the Hilton Family of Brands internationally."
In addition, Frenchman Bonafous will oversee further growth of the hospitality major's immensely popular and award-winning Hilton For Free programme. The summer promotion campaign has expanded every year with additional Hilton holiday destinations being included to provide an extensive choice to travellers from the Middle East.
Bonafous said, "The hospitality industry in the region is growing exponentially, generating tremendous global interest. With a strong line-up of products, new destination development strategies and value-added incentive programmes, 2008 will be a promising year for us, we are predicting a 25% growth of outbound travel from the region. I am very excited to be taking on this role with so many new hotels and destinations to promote in our worldwide portfolio."
Beginning his career with Hilton in 1999 in Paris, Bonafous boasts a results- oriented career path, marked by consistent professional growth. In his most recent position as Sales Manager in Paris, he was responsible for the Middle East and Indian markets in addition to diplomatic business sales. The position helped him develop a profound understanding of the Middle East, foster long-term relationships with key accounts and experience the highly competitive environment first hand. A graduate from Institut Vatel Paris, Bonafous is fluent in French and English with a working knowledge of Spanish. He moves to Dubai from France with his wife and two children.
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Hilton appoints Director of International Sales for Arabian peninsula
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, January 30 - 2008 at 10:03
Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) today announced the appointment of as Director of International Sales for its UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman operations, based at the company's Area office in Dubai.
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Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 2,900 hotels and 490,000 rooms in 76 countries and territories, including 100,000 team members worldwide.The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded hotel brands including Hilton®, Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®.
The company currently operates 43 hotels in the Middle East and Africa - 18 hotels in Egypt, nine hotels in the UAE, four in Saudi Arabia and one each in Oman and Kuwait, plus another ten hotels in Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Hilton's heritage in the Middle East stretches back nearly 50 years, when it became the first international hotel brand to open a property in Egypt - the Nile Hilton in 1959. It was also the first international hotel brand to open a property in the UAE over 35 years ago - the Hilton Al Ain in 1971.
Hilton Hotels has a signed development pipeline of an additional 16 properties across Middle East & Africa in the U.A.E, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde.
The Hilton Family of Hotels adheres to founder Conrad Hilton's philosophy that, "It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality." The company put a name to its unique brand of service that has made it the best known and most highly regarded hotel company: be hospitable®. The philosophy is shared by all brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels, and is the inspiration for its overarching message of kindness and generosity (www.behospitable.com)
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The Hilton Reservations and Customer Care telephone numbers in the Middle East are as follows:
UAE - 8000 20000 11
Qatar - 800 97103
KSA - 800 82000 10
Egypt - 19009
Bahrain - 8000 4058
Jordan - 00 202 5805927
Kuwait - 00965 225 6200
Lebanon - 00 202 5805928
Oman - 800 788788
Syria - 00 202 5805926
For further information please contact:
Samantha Wood
Area Director of PR & Communications
Hilton Hotels, Middle East & Africa
Tel: +971 4 365 4886
Fax: +971 4 391 6791
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Sana Ali Khan/ Majid Wasi
JiWin Public Relations
Tel: +971 4 3613333
Fax: +971 4 3688001
Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorWednesday, January 30 - 2008 at 10:03 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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