Cairo, Egypt: As part of its usual support and development of its team members, Hilton Hotels Egypt has recently hosted the Hilton Hotels Development Centre which was held at the Hilton Pyramids Golf Resort.
The Centre is the final stage of the Shine Program, which is a 9 months development program designed to support the development of talented individuals within Hilton Middle East & Africa, and prepare them to the Directors position through a variety of advanced learning solutions. Participants joined from Middle East, Africa and Europe.
The assessment was monitored by Hilton Egypt's recognized General Managers and organized by Mahasin El Bakry, Vice President Human Resources Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon & North Africa, and Hossam Haggag, Senior Director of Learning & Development, Europe, Middle East & Africa to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of the assessment.
Photo shows: Mahmoud Mokhtar, Country Manager, Operations Hilton Hotels Egypt, Mahasin El Bakry, Hossam Haggag and General Managers of Hilton Hotels with participants.
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Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 3,300 hotels and 550,000 rooms in 77 countries and more than 130,000 team members worldwide. The company owns, manages or franchises some of the best known and highly regarded hotel brands including Hilton®, Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, the Waldorf Astoria™ and the Waldorf Astoria Collection™, as well as the recently launched Home2 Suites by Hilton™. The company also manages the world-class guest reward program Hilton HHonors®.
The company currently operates 41 hotels in the Middle East & Africa - 16 hotels in Egypt, nine hotels in the UAE, five in Saudi Arabia and one each in Oman and Kuwait, plus another nine hotels in Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Hilton Hotels has a signed development pipeline of an additional 20 properties across Middle East & Africa in the U.A.E, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Cape Verde.
The Hilton Family of Hotels adheres to founder Conrad Hilton's philosophy that, "It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality." The company put a name to its unique brand of service that has made it the best known and most highly regarded hotel company: be hospitable®. The philosophy is shared by all brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels, and is the inspiration for its overarching message of kindness and generosity.
For more information about the company, please visit www.hiltonfamily.com.
The Hilton Reservations and Customer Care telephone numbers in the Middle East are as follows:
UAE - 8000 20000 11 Qatar - 800 97103
KSA - 800 82000 10 Egypt - 19009
Bahrain - 8000 4058 Jordan - 00 202 5805927
Kuwait - 222 56 200 Lebanon - 00 202 5805928
Oman - 800 788788 Syria - 00 202 5805926
For further information please contact:
Sherry Adel
Regional Public Relations Manager
Hilton Hotels, Egypt
Tel.: +202 25946933
Fax: +202 25946922
Email: sherry.adel@hilton.com
www.hilton.com
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