Melia Doha gets new GM

Sherief AbouelmagdMeliá Doha, the first five-star Spanish hotel in Qatar, has appointed Sherief Abouelmagd, an American Egyptian, as its new General Manager. After graduating in December 1988 with a Masters degree from Florida International University, US, in Hotel Management and Food Service, Abouelmagd started his 28 years’ career with Marriott Hotels International in the USA where he held several managerial positions including opening and managing as General Manager the North and South Carolina Courtyard by Marriott hotels.