
The hotel group has announced the appointment of Hicham Hassouni as Vice President Development Middle East and Robby Qiu as Vice President Development China.
Hicham Hassouni began his career at KPMG France as an auditor after graduating from NEOMA (in Mont-Saint-Aignan) with a Master in Management. He has over fifteen years of experience in hotel development, including FRHI Hotels & Resorts as Senior VP Development Africa and Middle East. Hicham Hassouni was also Senior Director Development Middle East at AccorHotels. He was also VP Hotels Middle East and Africa at Jones Lang LaSalle. Hicham Hassouni has also worked as senior manager and member of the executive committee at Colliers International in Morocco.
Robby Qiu graduated from the University of Manchester, UK, with a Master's in contract law and company law. He has had twelve years of experience in hotel development, asset management, and feasibility studies. Robby Qiu has worked for Trump Hotel Collection as Chief Country Executive and VP Development and acquisitions for China. For seven years he was a member of AccorHotels Group as Senior Director of Development Greater China.

