Walia heads the operations of 190 functional properties. In 2021, Marriott International added 20 new properties to the region’s portfolio and is expected to open around 25 new properties in 2022.

Walia assumed his current role in 2021. Marriott International has 230 properties and more than 100 projects underway in the Middle East. The company opened 24 properties in 2022, including the ...

first-of-its-kind offering that will shape the future of luxury safari travel," Sandeep Walia, Marriott's chief operating officer for the Middle East, Europe and Africa, said in the statement.

Only nine per cent plan to do fewer (10 per cent in UAE and 7 per cent in KSA). According to Sandeep Walia, chief operating ...