Our Hospitality & Hotel Portfolio

Over 20 years ago, Albwardy Investment diversified into hospitality, with current hotel interests now consisting of 16 properties on four continents. The portfolio is a diverse mix of acquired, refurbished and new build properties, with our success resting in branding the hotels and resorts with some of the most distinguished, renowned and best in class international hotel chains and operators.

The Albwardy portfolio currently comprises of 1,300 rooms, with a further 400 under development. Our hospitality sector employs over 2,500 staff with an additional 1,000 jobs created on our project sites.  

Albwardy has two iconic properties opening in the summer of 2018, being the Hyatt Regency Arusha and the Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa. The Four Seasons at Desroches Island in the Seychelles and the Melia Serengeti were both recently developed and now open to the public. 

In addition to hotels, Albwardy hospitality also includes investments in lifestyle assets within Dubai, namely The Desert Palm Polo Estate & Residences, Taste Kitchen and Pavilion foods restaurants. 

Our Hospitality Portfolio

• Four Seasons Hotel Johannesburg
• Four Seasons Resort Seychelles
• Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti
• Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires
• Four Seasons Private Residences Seychelles
• Four Seasons Resort Vietnam
• Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island

• Park Hyatt Zanzibar
• Hyatt Regency Dar Es Salaam
• Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa

• Melia Desert Palm Dubai
• Melia Zanzibar
• Melia Serengeti
• Gran Melia Iguazu Argentina
• Melia Kensington London
• Gran Melia Arusha

• Desert Palm Residences
• Desert Palm Riding School
• Dubai Polo Club
• Safari Plus Aviation
• Equestrian Association for People with Disabilities
• Taste Kitchen
• Pavilion Foods

• The Meikles Hotel, Harare

Hospitality Gallery

Head of Business

Heddo Siebs - CEO Having had a passion for hospitality since age 19, Heddo initially trained as a chef and hotel management back in his home country of Germany, before joining Hilton Hotels in America. Thereafter Heddo journeyed with Hyatt International, where he served in several management and general manager positions in Europe, Asia and Africa for over 20 years. Heddo joined Albwardy Investment in July 2022 to oversee the groups growing hospitality portfolio and numerous hotel projects around the world. Pradeep Surana - CFO Pradeep has also over 35 years of post-qualification experience in managing the financial affairs of corporate groups including 28 years in Dubai. Worked in various positions over the years in multiple industries, i.e., Manufacturing, Trading, Service, and mainly in the Hospitality Sector (for the past 25 years)

Our Hospitality & Lifestyle Locations