Riyadh Market Snapshot
By Saurabh Chawla and Hala Matar Choufany, May 8, 2008
An overview of the Riyadh market
About Hala Matar Choufany
Hala Matar Choufany directs HVS Dubai, the company's first presence in the Middle East region and is responsible for the firm's valuation and consulting work in the Middle East and North Africa. Since joining HVS in 2005, Hala has worked on several mid and large scale mixed use developments and conducted numerous valuations, feasibility studies, operational asset assessments, operator searches and negotiations, strategy advice, return on investment and market studies in Europe, MENA and Asia. Hala has in-depth expertise in regional hotel markets and a broad exposure to international markets and maintains excellent contacts with developers, owners, operators, investment institutions and government entities.
Before joining HVS International, Hala had several years of operational and managerial hotel industry experience. She lectured at Notre Dame University in Lebanon on International Travel and Tourism. Hala is fluent in English, French and Arabic. She holds an MPhil from Leeds University,U.K., an MBA in Finance and Strategy from IMHI (Essec- Cornell) University, Paris, France and a BA in Hospitality Management from Notre Dame University, Lebanon.
Hala can be contacted at hchoufany@hvs.com.
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