THE MIDDLE EAST’S

27. Philippe Zuber

Company: Kerzner International
Designation: CEO
Nationality: French
Sector: Hotels and Resorts

Zuber joined Kerzner International in 2015 as president and COO of the One&Only Resorts, with over 27 years of experience in hospitality. He became CEO of Kerzner International in 2020. It has 17 operating resorts with a total of 5,505 keys and six new resorts in the pipeline with 751 new keys. Kerzner operates the Atlantis and One&Only brands. In 2022, the company launched the Rare Finds collection of hotels and resorts. The first hotel to open under the Rare Finds vertical was the desert retreat Bab Al Shams in Dubai, which reopened under Kerzner’s management in February 2023. It also plans to launch the SIRO brand in 2023. Zuber was previously Emaar Hospitality’s chief operating officer and acting CEO. He began his career at Hyatt International, where he started in food and beverage in France