HOTELIER MIDDLE EAST | May 2019 | Volume 18 Issue 05
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been a change in strategy in our objective
over the past years to introduce more of our
extended stay hotel suites Wyndham brands
and introduce more of our economy and
additional midscale brands.”
WORLD STAGE
Wyndham is no stranger to expansion.
Mankis explains how Wyndham Hotels
& Resorts is the world’s largest hotel
franchising company and a provider of hotel
management services, with approximately
9,200 hotels across more than 80 countries.
Added to this is the acquisition 18 months
ago of Spanish hotel franchising and hotel
management business La Quinta Holding.
The addition earlier this year of La Quinta’s
more than 900 franchised hotels with a total
of nearly 89,000 rooms has built Wyndham
Hotels & Resorts’ midscale presence,
helping to increase its European footprint,
“This is an amazing
opportunity for
Wyndham with its
brands to cover the
needs of these new
consumers”
Dimitri Mankis
Wyndham has increased its footprint in Saudi Arabia
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