Blanco, who has spent 17 of his 19 years in the hospitality industry with InterContinental Hotels Group, was previously Hotel Manager at the Holiday Inn Resort Hammamet in his native Tunisia.
With a diploma from the Institut Superieur de Tourisme in Tunisia, he started his career in 1985 as a receptionist at the Crowne Plaza Jeddah, which was a Holiday Inn property at the time. Blanco then moved on to senior management roles at a number of Holiday Inn hotels and resorts throughout Saudi Arabia.
In 1996, Blanco was appointed general manager of a leading tour and travel company in Saudi Arabia, BSP Travel. He rejoined InterContinental Hotels Group two years later when he became Director of Sales & Marketing at the former Holiday Inn Bahrain, now a Crowne Plaza property.
Also in Saudi Arabia, InterContinental Hotels Group manages 11 InterContinental hotels as well as the Crowne Plaza Jeddah.
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Holiday Inn Najran welcomes new general manager
- Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, March 03 - 2004 at 12:37
- PRESS RELEASE
Mostafa Blanco has been appointed general manager of the Holiday Inn Najran, one of nine Holiday Inn properties in Saudi Arabia managed by InterContinental Hotels Group.
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,400 hotels and 530,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world (www.ichotelsgroup.com). The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn ® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, and Candlewood® Suites, and also has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK. InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and reservations capability on the Internet - www.intercontinental.com for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels, www.hiexpress.com for Holiday Inn Express hotels, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn hotels, and www.candlewoodsuites.com for Candlewood Suites, and for the Group's rewards programme, www.priorityclub.comFor the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group®, visit our online Press Office at www.pressoffice.ihgplc.com.
Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorWednesday, March 03 - 2004 at 12:37 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Mon Apr 30 2007.
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