Ronen Nissenbaum is an accomplished executive with strengths in Hotel, Casino, Retail, MICE, Education, Contract Catering, Airport VIP lounge and Food & Beverage Operations. 35 years of extensive global experience spanning Europe, Middle East, North America and Asia. Expertise in hotel operations, development, mergers and acquisitions, financing and asset management.
He is currently President and CEO of Dan Hotels LTD in Israel since November 2017. Previously he was Vice President of Operations, Luxury Hotels - Americas at Hilton (2015 – 2017), Managing Director of The Waldorf Astoria and Towers of the Waldorf Astoria in New York, USA (2014 – 2015), President and CEO of The Plaza Group in New York, USA (2011 – 2014), Senior Executive Vice President of Operations at Marina Bay Sands Singapore (2009 – 2011), Regional Vice President Of Operations for North America at InterContinental Hotels Group in Atlanta, GA USA (2008 - 2009), Regional Vice President and General Manager InterContinental Buckhead, InterContinental Hotels Group Atlanta, GA (2003 – 2008), General Manager of InterContinental hotels in Tel-Aviv, Berlin, Paris, London (1996 – 2003), and held various positions at the Kensington Close Hotel, Forte Hotels, UK; Euro Disney, Paris, France; the Strand Palace Hotel and Hotel Russel in London, UK.
He holds an Executive MBA from Goizueta Business School, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, a Hotel Management and Food and Beverage Management Diploma from the Swiss Hotel Association, Hotel Management College, Bluche, Switzerland, and a Hotel and Hospitality Diploma with Distinction from O.R.T. Vocational School, Israel.