Le Gray’s general manager’s four years in Beirut

Lebanese born and raised, George Ojeil was the hotel manager at the Intercontinental Hotel in Amman, Jordan, when he was offered the position of general manager (GM) of Le Gray Beirut, which he describes as a “very sexy product which any hotelier would love to run.” What further facilitated the decision to accept Le Gray’s offer was that Ojeil’s wife was pregnant with their first child back then, and the couple thought it would be good to be close to family during that period. So, on October 15, 2015, Ojeil became the GM of Le Gray Beirut at a time when the country was facing a waste management crisis and a dismal tourism and hospitality season. The four years that followed saw Ojeil leading the hotel through what was still a challenging period for tourism (despite a pick up in tourism numbers), and through an extension project that saw an