Profile

Elie Younes

Executive Vice President & Global Chief Development Officer
Radisson Hotel Group

Elie Younes leads Radisson Hotel Group’s organic growth and M&A expansions with an international team based across the world. Younes has re-engineered Radisson Hotel Group’s development strategy to focus on an asset-right growth and relevant mature and new business concepts in a fast-changing environment. His experience spread to almost 1,000 hotel transactions across all business models globally, and he cemented Radisson Blu as the largest upper upscale brand in the industry across Europe for 12 consecutive years. A Lebanese national and British citizen, Younes began his career in managerial roles in his home country, before joining HVS in London in 2001. He progressed quickly to the position of Director and a Designate MD with HVS within 5 years. He also authored a number of publications on hotel performance assessments and investments. In 2007, he joined Starwood in London as Senior Director of Acquisitions and Development. His next move took him to Hilton Hotels Worldwide as Vice President Development, based in Dubai, before joining Radisson Hotel Group (formerly The Rezidor Hotel Group) in 2010, as Vice President of Business Development for the Middle East and Africa. Elie is fluent in English, French and Arabic. He has graduate and post graduate education in Beirut, Paris, New York and London, at universities like Notre Dame, IMHI/Essec, Insead, Cornell University, Johnson Graduate Business School and City University.