Millennium Hotels & Resorts MEA has appointed Hamid Sidine as its managing director for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and as its COO for Turkey and Africa. A professional with a career spanning three decades, Sidine will head the company's Riyadh office, responsible for achieving its goals of operating 25 KSA hotels by 2025. His double-barrelled position will also have him lead the group in its development and expansion plans in Turkey and Africa. Prior to his post with Millennium, the Moroccan national has worked with brands including Sofitel, Pullman, Coralia Club and Novotel in locations such as KSA, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Chad, the Ivory Coast and France.