Elie Younes joined Rezidor in April 2010 as the Vice President of Business Development for the Middle East. He was appointed Vice President of Business Development for the whole group in 2012 and promoted to Senior Vice President in 2013 and to Executive Vice President in 2015.
Prior to joining Rezidor, Elie served as the Vice President Development for the Middle East at Hilton Hotels Worldwide and Senior Director of Acquisitions and Development at Starwood Hotels. He also served as a Director at HVS in London during his 5 year tenure at the firm.
Elie heads Rezidor’s dynamic development team covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa – the group has a strong and solid pipeline of 20,000+ rooms under development. In his spare time Elie practices boxing and martial arts. He is married and father to a girl.