{"id":30246,"date":"2021-11-29T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=30246"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:53:06","slug":"ihg-hotels-resorts-reaffirms-commitment-to-develop-local-talent-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/ihg-hotels-resorts-reaffirms-commitment-to-develop-local-talent-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"IHG Hotels &#038; Resorts reaffirms commitment to develop local talent in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>#TrueSaudiTrueHospitality&nbsp;campaign invites Saudi&nbsp;talent&nbsp;to&nbsp;join and&nbsp;advance&nbsp;the hospitality sector&nbsp;in the Kingdom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>November 29, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihg.com\/hotels\/us\/en\/reservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IHG<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u202fHotels &amp; Resorts<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0has launched a\u00a0campaign reaffirming company\u2019s commitment to develop Saudi talent in the Kingdom,\u00a0reinforcing\u00a0the significance of the Kingdom\u00a0in\u00a0the global brand\u2019s regional growth ambitions.\u00a0IHG aims\u00a0to hire\u00a0more than\u00a06000 Saudi nationals across its growing portfolio in the Kingdom by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Haitham Mattar, Managing Director,&nbsp;India, Middle East &amp; Africa, IHG said<\/strong>:&nbsp;\u201c<a><\/a>Hospitality has always been an integral part of the Saudi culture,&nbsp;and now&nbsp;plays a&nbsp;pivotal&nbsp;role in the realization of Vision 2030&nbsp;and&nbsp;in&nbsp;achieving&nbsp;greater&nbsp;economic prosperity and global&nbsp;recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia is one of our key markets in the region and accounts for almost a quarter of our brand footprint in the Middle East with 37 hotels in operation,&nbsp;and more than 23 hotels in the current pipeline,&nbsp;across brands such as Six Senses, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo voco, Holiday Inn brand family and Staybridge Suites. As we continue to sign more hotels, we are also creating more opportunities for Saudi talent to&nbsp;showcase their cultural heritage, natural landmarks and cuisine. By way of this campaign, we are inviting young Saudis to&nbsp;join one of the world\u2019s largest hospitality companies,&nbsp;become a part of this exciting industry&nbsp;and help us&nbsp;convey&nbsp;Saudi Arabia\u2019s \u2018True Arabian Hospitality\u2019&nbsp;and position the country&nbsp;as one of the most sought out tourist destinations in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign is&nbsp;focusses&nbsp;on showcasing the range and progression of careers in the hospitality sector through a LinkedIn&nbsp;<strong>video series&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. Each video highlights the career progression of some of its Saudi talent who have worked and grown with the company in recent years. &nbsp;Additionally, in the coming months,&nbsp;the&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;will feature discussions&nbsp;around choosing hospitality as a long terms career&nbsp;across social media channels. Key opinion leaders in the Kingdom will also be brought on board to raise awareness about exciting career opportunities in the hospitality sector and specifically with IHG. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As one of the largest international hotel companies in Saudi Arabia,&nbsp;IHG places&nbsp;significant&nbsp;focus on hiring, developing and retaining local talent. The company&nbsp;currently employs&nbsp;over&nbsp;4500&nbsp;employees across its&nbsp;managed&nbsp;hotels&nbsp;in Saudi Arabia, 35% of which are Saudi nationals. IHG is committed to continuous talent planning, with a number of initiatives in place such as the IHG Academy, which is a pioneering global collaboration between IHG and local education and community providers.&nbsp;As part of the initiative,&nbsp;IHG has partnered with&nbsp;27 leading&nbsp;universities and&nbsp;institutes to provide Saudi youth with more education&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;employment opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IHG has opened an office in Riyadh as the company continues to expand its portfolio in the Kingdom in response to Vision 2030 and the opportunities it presents to the tourism and hospitality sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IHG currently operates 37 hotels across 5 brands in Saudi Arabia, including:&nbsp;InterContinental,&nbsp;Crowne Plaza,&nbsp;Holiday Inn&nbsp;,&nbsp;Staybridge Suites&nbsp;and&nbsp;voco&nbsp;with a further 23 hotels in the development pipeline due to open within the next three to five years. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**Numbers as of September 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#TrueSaudiTrueHospitality&nbsp;campaign invites Saudi&nbsp;talent&nbsp;to&nbsp;join and&nbsp;advance&nbsp;the hospitality sector&nbsp;in the Kingdom November 29, 2021:\u00a0IHG\u00ae\u202fHotels &amp; Resorts\u00a0\u00a0has launched a\u00a0campaign reaffirming company\u2019s commitment to develop Saudi talent in the Kingdom,\u00a0reinforcing\u00a0the significance of the Kingdom\u00a0in\u00a0the global brand\u2019s regional growth ambitions.\u00a0IHG aims\u00a0to hire\u00a0more than\u00a06000 Saudi nationals across its growing portfolio in the Kingdom by 2030.\u00a0 Haitham Mattar, Managing Director,&nbsp;India, Middle East &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":30247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_pr_autopilot_social_copy":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":28,"_extra_hide_author_box":"","_extra_featured_post":"","_partner_post_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[516],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IHG Hotels Saudi - Talent Development | Saudi Shopper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IHG Hotels Saudi launches #TrueSaudiTrueHospitality to develop local talent, hiring 6,000+ Saudi nationals by 2030. 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