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Firas MneimnehMobile (+962 79 9663344) Jordan E-Mail [email protected] Beirut – Lebanon Mobile (+961- 70- 258934) Lebanon E-Mail [email protected]
Nationality: Lebanese Date of Birth: 1978 Marital Status: Married SummaryDevelopes overall hotel operations, franchise consultancy advisory services to owners and operators,.investigate all areas of business and offer a detailed analysis. Having extensive experience in the hospitality management and business developmentassess profit and loss statement and in comparison to the category segment, Develop personnel, set policies and procedures, Hiring, train, counsels and motivates management employees. Streamline upper management, liaison and reporting procedure, pinpoint and resolved operational problem areas.
High Lights Project Management Leadership / Communication Skills Business operations organization Strategy planning Expertise in re branding
New Business Development Global Sales and Marketing Profit Generation Negotiations expert Expertise in opening
Education MASTER in Specialization of Tourism (1997)
Scoula Internazionale Di Scienze TuristicheWorld Tourism Organization, Rome – Italy
MASTER in Hotel Management (1996)Scoula Internazionale Di Scienze TuristicheWorld Tourism Organization, Rome – Italy
Career History: Landmark International Hotels (Lebanon-Dubai JLT)
VEER Hospitality (Beirut-Lebanon) CEO 2012, till present
Radisson SAS Amman / Landmark Amman Hotel Regional General Manager 2006 – 2012
Imo Concorde Hotels & Casino Owerri-Nigeria General Manager 2003 – 2006 Holidays and Tours Hotel Management Group Owerri – Nigeria
Radisson SAS Resort Aqaba – Jordan Acting General Manager 2002 -2003
Bristol Signature Hotel- Amman-Jordan Executive Assistant Manager2000 – 2002
Best Western Duroy Hotel Operation Manager 1999 – 2000
The Private Hotel ( Ashrafieh ) Operation Manager 1998 - 1999
Chief Executive Officer Landmark International Hotels LIH 2012- till present
Bristol Amman Hotel Hotel Management Cosultancy 2012 - present Amman – Jordan Provides consultancy services and technical advisory, to the owning company of the hotel in Jordan Veer Boutique Hotel & Beach Club Hotel Management Contract 2012 – present Lebanon Full Hotel pre-opening and operation Al Marwa Hotel LIH Hotel Management Contract 2013 – present Iraq Total pre-opening technical services and full operation Veer Marbella Hotel & Beach Club Management Contract Opening 2016 Spain Veer Jaffira Water Front Hotel & Beach Club Management Contact Opening 2016 Egypt Lagos Airport Hotel Ikeja, Management Contract 2014 – present Nigeria
Full Hotel pre-opening and operation
Languages: Arabic Mother Tongue English FluentItalian Fluent
Core Accomplishment
Business Development. Grew revenue by 35% annually by developing after sales services for company clients through keeping close business relation and being available for the clients constantly.
Strategic Direction, Created Business Module which met the business mentality in the MENA region, yet contradicts with the business norms practiced in the world, resulted in signing 5 hotel management
Practiced all technical knowhow in all projects and missions assigned mainly in the areas of preopening, opening, re branding, refurbishment, revenue generation, budgeting, project management and always meeting the planed dates
After the bombing of Radisson SAS Amman, in 2005, I took over the hotel management, dealt with all aspects of the terrorism attack, refurnished the hotel, and re-instated in four month as the leading five stars in Amman.
Main focus was always service and revenue, where the increase in revenue after math was 100%.
Initiated, allocated and introduced the provider in the MENA region for the International exposure services GDS / ADS connectivity with Travel Agents reservation systems and the online Hotel bookings website, resulted in 1.5$ Million room’s revenue annually for the contracted hotels.
Signed five Hotel Management contract for Landmark International Hotels LIH in the Middle East, Africa & Europe
Built Internationally, close and professional relationships with the highly recognized leaders in the travel and hospitality industry
Signed long stay guests with corporate accounts and maintained the contract resulted in $1 M in revenue annually.
As of 2012 Introduced Hotel operating manuals and SOP’s. Local Managed Hotels are depending on their local staff knowhow. Searched, bought, reviewed, restructured and edited the Manuals to meet the needs of the local Managed Hotels in the MENA region
Implemented the experience and understanding of the two parties in the equation, for the Hotel Management contracts, the owners and operators.
Delivers 100% in results of what is agreed upon with clients Worked as arbitrator in clients legal disputes, resulted in mutual consent for the parties
involved where time, efforts and financial losses was prevented. Hospitality sector Expert in legal contractual terms and conditions. Working as consultant for
legal firms. Spearheaded several Hotel consultancy services which increased retention for Hotel owners and enabled them to expand their properties portfolio regionally
Have a proven ability to build and maintain relationships to enhance a company’s reputation and market share.
Process Improvements and Implementations, Succeeded in selecting and hiring active and result driven subagents for the company
