The Regency InterContinental, Bahrain has appointed Japanese national, Masami Egami as Director of Sales and Marketing.
Masami, who started his career in the Food and Beverage Department and then Front Office found his niche in sales and has worked in some of the best hotels in the world. He started at the Osaka Hilton and continued to work for five star International Hotel chains in London, Düsseldorf, Istanbul, Jeddah, and Bangkok and also spent 3 years as a Sales Manager at the 454 Room InterContinental London.
Masami took his Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Hull in the UK whilst working in London; he also managed to take a Team Leadership Course in Switzerland.
His most recent position was as Director of Business Development for the Metropolitan Hotel in Dubai.
Masami is very happy to be in Bahrain and cannot wait to tackle the market; he takes on the role vacated by Michael Kappes who left last month to work for InterContinental Muscat.
About InterContinental Hotels Group
InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotels across the region can be booked with toll-free calls to the InterContinental Hotels Group Middle East Central Reservations Office in Bahrain (80000 880), Egypt (0800-4433322), Jordan (0800-22666), Kuwait (473 2100 ext 6233), Lebanon (01 426-801 - ask operator to connect to 866 866 7556), Oman (800 777 999), Pakistan (00800 909 71005), Qatar (0800 971234), Saudi Arabia (800 897 1465), and the UAE (800 4642).
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 535,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards, with over 25 million members worldwide. In addition to this, InterContinental Hotels Group has a 47.5% interest in Britvic, one of the two leading manufacturers of soft drinks, by value and volume, in Great Britain. InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press Office at www.ihgplc.com/media.
