General Manager

**About Us**

IHG Hotels & Resorts is one of the largest hotel companies in the world with a family of 18 brands. We are one of the world’s leading hotel and resort companies. Our purpose - True Hospitality for Good - comes to life in every one of our collections. With luxury and lifestyle, we are taking it to new heights.

Five visionary brands make up our luxury collection. These are Intercontinental, Regent Hotels, Six Senses, Vignette Collection and Kimpton Hotels. Individually, they are icons. Together, they bring unforgettable and unparalleled experiences to travellers in over 430 hotels and resorts in 100 countries around the world.

Having recently added a host of incredible properties to our portfolio, we now stand as one of the world’s leading luxury operators. Our growth and ambitions have given us an incredible opportunity. We are ready to redefine what luxury means, not just for our guests for but for our entire industry too.

**_ Regent - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia_**

This is a monumental opportunity for an experienced General Manager in the Upper Luxury and Lifestyle sector to take on an exciting challenge to manage the pre-opening and opening of one of IHG Hotels and Resorts most prestigious ultra luxury brands - The Regent.

Located on the Jeddah Corniche, also known as the Jeddah Waterfront - a 30km coastal resort area along the Red Sea. The corniche features a coastal road, recreation areas, pavilions as well as King Fahd’s Fountain, the highest fountain in the world.

We are looking for an experienced Upper Luxury Hotel General Manager and leader with significant expertise working in ultra-luxury hotels where you will be at the forefront of representing the prestigious Regent brand. Your mission will be to infuse every aspect of the guest experience with creativity and innovation, ensuring that each visit is an unforgettable journey of elegance and delight.

You will need proven expertise in how you deliver a true luxury guest experience alongside knowing how to position the brand in the market. You will be highly innovative and creative and able to drive and seek out opportunities to maximise commercial performance and owner returns.

You will be a natural people leader, able to build trusting relationships that encourages and motivates your workforce. You will develop a culture of innovation alongside your team and be commercially focussed, with a futuristic vision in line with the significant developments that are ongoing in the region.

**_ Responsible for:_**

- Crafting innovative guest engagement strategies to elevate the Regent experience to new heights
- Building trusted relationships with the owners and owner representatives with the ability to develop a robust commercial business plan that will drive profitability
- Leading, managing and motivating a newly formed team - recruiting, measuring and managing performance
- Reviews and implements strategic initiatives to drive commercial performance across the Hotel and its facilities
- Prioritises and nurtures relationships with guests and external contacts such as current and potential clients, government officials, travel industry representatives, suppliers and local communities
- Able to demonstrate being the driving force behind pioneering guest loyalty programs that go above and beyond
- Taking ownership of the day-to-day pre-opening and subsequent opening hotel direction, maximising financial returns, driving people development and empowering your team to create memorable guest experiences every step along the way.

**_What we’d like from you:_**

- Proven Upper Luxury hotel general management experience
- A visionary mindset with a genuine passion for luxury hospitality
- Significant pre-opening and opening general management experience
- Strong communication and influencing skills to effectively convey the essence of Regent Hotels
- A passion for staying ahead of industry trends and embracing cutting edge approaches
- Must speak fluent English, with additional languages preferred Expertise in the Middle East

Guests have made grand entrances through the doors of Regent® Hotels & Resorts for nearly half a century. Born in 1970, our collection of modern hotels and resorts are home to stays both serene and sensational. The type of experiences that elevate above the noise and charm for even the most seasoned of travellers. An invitation to life’s most scenic moments. We are the legendary innovative luxury brand, reimagining modern hospitality by sparking fresh perspectives across hand selected hotels and resorts. Regent colleagues are gracious hosts, with emboldened spirit and dynamic as they provide meaningful moments to deliver the greatest of the guest experiences.
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