Leading hospitality business property adviser, Christie + Co, has announced a new senior appointment strengthening its Middle East & North Africa (MENA) team. Hotel expert, John Podaras joins as director of the Mena office based out of Dubai later this month (22nd April 2012), as the company expands its market focus to Saudi Arabia.
Podaras, who brings over three decades of hospitality and technical consultancy experience in the UK, Cyprus and the Middle East joins Christie + Co from major real estate developer, The Office of Darshan Hiranandani, where in his role as Development Director he was responsible for establishing an upscale global hotel portfolio. Samson and Podaras have previously worked together on a number of high-profile projects during the defining years of hotel development in the region over the last decade.