Hotelier Middle East – May 2019

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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