Speaker

Mohamed Awadalla

CEO
TIME Hotels

An international hotelier with over 37 years’ experience, Mohamed Awadalla CEO & Co-Founder of TIME Hotels. An entrepreneur with a vision who took the lead to drive overall success of TIME management, increasing future development, drive commercial success and the effectiveness of positioning TIME brand to be a Middle East success story. Working with some of the leading global hospitality companies including Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Rotana Hotels and now he is leading TIME Hotels Management L.L.C where he was one of the founding members. Being part of the initial management team of TIME Hotels, Awadalla started as the Area Vice President. In 2012, he moved to the position of CEO with overall responsibility for the company’s 11 hotels, hotel apartments and residence with a remit to spearhead the future development, drive the commercial success of TIME’s rapidly expanding portfolio of Middle East, and Northern Africa based properties. Throughout his career, Awadalla has received several prestigious awards including CEO of the Year by CEO Today Middle East awards – 2020, Inspiring CEO of the year by Hozpitality Excellence awards – 2019 and Best Business leader by MENAA – 2018. Moreover, in 2021, he has been featured as one of the Top 50 Travel & Tourism Leaders list at Forbes Middle East. The list spotlights leaders who drive growth in the Middle East’s travel and tourism industry.