Hameed Ali
Hotel General Manager | Hospitality Executive | Owner Representative
Bahrain | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Oman | GCC
Hameed Ali is a Bahraini Hotel General Manager and hospitality executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and the United Kingdom.
His experience spans internationally branded hotels, regional operators and privately owned hospitality groups, including Hilton, IHG, Accor, HMH, City Seasons Hotels, Gulf Hotels Group and Swiss-Belhotel.
He has led multi-property portfolios exceeding 1,200 keys, 30+ restaurants and bars, Gulf Convention Centre with capacity for 2,500 guests and teams of more than 1,700 colleagues, with responsibility for hotel operations, commercial performance, profitability, owner relations and asset value enhancement.
His leadership experience includes hotel development, pre-openings, operational turnarounds, commercial transformation, owner representation and asset management across the GCC.
Career Highlights
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25+ years of hospitality leadership
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Multi-property portfolios exceeding 1,200 keys
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30+ restaurants and bars
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Gulf Convention Centre with capacity for 2,500 guests
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Leadership of 1,700+ colleagues
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Hotel development and pre-openings
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Operational turnarounds and commercial transformation
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Owner representation and asset management
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Leadership experience across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and the United Kingdom
Awards & Recognition
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Hotelier Middle East – 101 Most Powerful General Managers in the Middle East 2024
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Hotelier Middle East Awards 2025 – Highly Commended GM of the Year – Middle East
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Luxury Lifestyle Awards – Top 100 Hotel General Managers of the World 2025 – #24
Leadership Experience
• Gulf Hotels Group – Complex / Cluster General Manager
• Accor – General Manager | Pre-Opening
• HMH – Cluster General Manager
• City Seasons Hotels – Area / Cluster General Manager
• Swiss-Belhotel – General Manager
• Hilton – Food & Beverage Leadership
• IHG – Sales & Marketing Leadership
About Diyar Maria Management
Diyar Maria Management provides Interim General Manager and Hotel Owner Representation services for hotels operating under Hotel Management Agreements and owner-operated hotels.
The firm is led by Hameed Ali, a senior hotel executive with over 25 years of General Manager and cluster leadership experience across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the wider GCC.
Engagements are short to medium term, discreet, and focused on stability, control, and clean handover.
Hotel Owner Representation in Bahrain, KSA, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait.
Hameed Ali, Managing Director
