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You know you’re doing something really right in the hospitality business when a customer checks in and doesn’t leave throughout the year of the worst pandemic in modern history.
Even as the COVID-19 crisis crippled the global hospitality industry, leaving millions of hotel rooms empty and causing many hotels to temporarily halt operations, Rixos Hotels had some of its properties busy and running throughout the outbreak, despite travel restrictions and country-wide lockdowns. “We had many guests who just didn’t want to leave,” says Fettah Tamince, founder and Chairman of Rixos Hotels, part of the Accor portfolio. “Why would they? They are safe [in the hotel]. their hometown is not safer than what we offer, [so] they made us their home. We have a guest who checked in last February, and hasn’t left since.”
Women with a Vision led by Saudi photographer, artist and Canon ambassador Tasneem Alsultan,
Women with a Passion led by painter and artist Gehan Fawzi,
Women with a Story headed by art director, fashion photographer and Canon Ambassador Menna Hossam, and
Women with a Voice will be led by a lifestyle editor and journalist.
These four creative experts will initially judge the photos and videos submitted under each of the four pillars, and subsequently choose one woman to be featured each month while also providing mentorship and support from Canon.
The program builds upon this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #ChooseToChallenge campaign that saw people across the globe pose for photos with one hand held high to show their commitment to challenging gender inequality, calling out gender biases and questioning stereotypes against women.
April 20, 2021 9 min read
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When I spoke with Billionaire founder Flavio Briatore over a Zoom call in March this year, he was just a month away from celebrating his 71st birthday, and at one point during our conversation, I asked the Formula One legend, whose business prowess sees him today actively working on growing and developing his entrepreneurial endeavors around the world, if he would be considering a retirement any time soon. The Italian businessman quickly replied with an emphatic “no,” saying that he is enjoying what he is doing on a day-to-day basis today, especially given the fact that he is working for his own company at this point in time.
April 18, 2021 13 min read Opinions expressed by
You re reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. I have always wanted to be known for being the best at what I do,” the Lebanon-born and London-raised Joelle Mardinian says, matter-of-factly.
If you count her followers on social media -for instance, her Instagram account has crossed the 16 million followers mark at the time of writing- Mardinian is among the MENA region’s top social influencers. Her
Joelle Show on MBC1 is the longest running makeover TV program in the region, making her one of the most popular Arab TV presenters.
In view of this, vanity can be explained, if not expected, and therefore, it piques my interest why there is nothing in Mardinian’s demeanor to even suggest it. “It doesn’t matter what it is, be it a fitness instructor, an underwater baby instructor, or a makeup artist, I have always been competitive, and I don’t