Tariq Yousef Dowidar

Regional Vice President Saudi Arabia

Tariq Yousef Dowidar is Regional Vice President for Saudi Arabia at Aleph Hospitality, where he leads the independent management company's growth in the Kingdom. He brings more than 28 years in Saudi hospitality, 26 of them with InterContinental in Riyadh, where he moved from regional finance leadership to regional director for government hotels and then general manager of the Riyadh InterContinental. Under his leadership Aleph has taken on management of properties including Four Points by Sheraton Jeddah and a new hotel in Makkah, and he opened the company's Saudi regional office in Riyadh. In 2024 he was named Hospitality Heavyweight of the Year at the Leaders in Hospitality Awards KSA by Hotel & Catering News Middle East.