Worldwide Hospitality Awards

A visionary leader with extensive senior management experience in global hospitality and leisure with some of world’s leading hotels & resorts including Dolce, Occidental, Wyndham, Club Med, and The Walt Disney Company. An internationally regarded subject matter expert in hotel operations, development, finance, sales and marketing and management of guest experience, of upper upscale and luxury hotels and resorts, backed up by CHA and MBA executive qualifications.

Extensive senior management experience in global hospitality and Leisure, Hotels and Resorts Operations and Development, with some of world’s high-end hotels & resorts including Dolce Hotels & Resorts, Occidental Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Club Med, Leading hotels of the World and The Walt Disney Company. Subject matter expert in the management of guest experience, well-being Resorts, Spa destination, MICE business, luxury hotels and resorts operations, hotels and resorts development.

Opening of several 4 and 5 stars hotels in Europe. Experience is backed up by an MBA and CHA - the highest level of study offered in hotel administration by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, Florida. USA. Also by an executive program at Cornell

University USA. Oversaw the Hospitality operations and development of several new Upscale and luxury Hotels, Resorts, Spas, Golf courses, Conference Centers, in Europe…

Philippe Attia is also a board director at the global IACC, International Association of Conference Centers. His previous experience as CEO of -Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland- did offer Glion the industry leadership that is invaluable to the development of Glion’s curriculum and International Development. 

Philippe Attia worked in 12 different countries and held several hospitality leadership positions such as, General Manager, Managing Director, Regional Director, Senior Vice-President, but most of the time he kept managing a single hotel or resort in order to be close to the field, the team and the guests. Philippe Attia is member of the French Association of Tourism Scientific Experts.