Millennium Hotels and Resorts Middle East and Africa (MHR MEA) has appointed Mr Samy Boukhaled as Vice President of Operations for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) region.

Samy has nearly 30 years of experience in the industry and has held several leadership roles with international hotel chains such as Accor and Sofitel. He has also worked in countries such as France, Bahrain, Morocco and KSA. In his new role, he will report to MHR MEA Chief Operating Officer Mr Kevork Deldelian, and will oversee all operational aspects of the brand’s strategic expansion in the KSA region where several properties are set to open this year.

Mr Murad Al-Sabbah has taken the helm at Millennium Madinah Airport in Saudi Arabia as Area General Manager.

An experienced hotelier of over 20 years of experience, Murad has worked for international chains including IHG and Wyndham, where he was responsible for managing daily operations, raising brand awareness, financial planning and revenue management. He also oversaw the opening of Millennium Madinah Airport as General Manager in June last year. He was most recently Area Director of Sales and Marketing at MHR for Saudi Arabia, overseeing two operational properties and three hotel openings across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mr Pjey Mayandi, General Manager of Studio M Singapore, who helmed M Social Singapore in the interim, will take on the additional role of M Social Brand Development and Curator.

In this added role, Pjey will lead the M Social Taskforce in driving the execution of brand standards across M Social properties in Singapore and Auckland, and upcoming properties in the pipeline in Sunnyvale, California, New York, and Suzhou.

Mr Yogeswaran (Yoges) Veerasamy has been welcomed back to the Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) family as General Manager of M Social Singapore.

Yoges brings with him more than a decade of industry experience, and has worked in international hotel chains in Asia, including Swissotel Grand Shanghai, The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace, W Singapore – Sentosa Cove, and MHR’s Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.