Economy hotels and long stay hotels are becoming more more popular as consumer needs are changing.

Economy Hotels in Saudi Arabia

Historically, since the ‘70s, the definition of hotel was always glued or tied up with the five star living.

Now we see a growing demand for economy hotel, for motor inns on the highways, Saudi Arabia has huge network of highways and people travel and they need a clean place where they can sit and rest and during the, you know, you have about 2,000km south to north and east to west about 1,000km plus, so people do travel a lot by car. So the economy segment, motor inns, also the extend stay, that’s a growing business, you know.

We get a lot of ex-pats who just come for a month or two so if you have an extended stay facility that’s going to attract them, because they get the whole you know, hotel services and they have their own freedom, independence to make their own meals and to receive people at their own residence.

So these are segments that we see are going to grow more than the five star category, especially at the economy level. In addition to the, what we call apartment hotels, this is a very growing, considering in Saudi Arabia and GCC the family size is big and people need more space, it matters to them.

You know, I think it’s going to be worthwhile, and we are seeing many international operators coming to the region, to operate such facilities.

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Working in hospitality is not a job, I’ve learned that early, it’s a lifestyle. You need to be positive, you need to feel good about meeting new people. And you need to be open, to understand other cultures. What means positive in certain culture could be offending to other people, so you need to be open. At the same time it’s a very presence career, I always say we are only second to the movie industry, because in the movie you meet celebrities but in the hospitality you also meet lots of people, you get to travel, you are a global citizen, you travel anywhere and you meet people and it’s about being mobile. Because in hospitality if you stay at one property for over five years then you are limiting your chances. So this is something, if you have the stamina to travel, meet people, and always put an authentic and genuine smile, no matter how things are at home or you know. I think this career could be very, very rewarding. The beginnings are hard in hospitality, it’s not easy, it’s rough to start, but once you are in management the rewards are really worth it, worthwhile the effort you put at your 20 years old. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Hospitality Channel will have videos about all aspects of the industry including more about hospitality careers.