Press release
Royal Jordanian CEO Samer Majali among top travel and tourism leaders in the Middle East 2024
Amman, May 12, 2024 – Royal Jordanian Vice Chairman / CEO Samer Majali has been chosen one of the Forbes Middle East Top 100 Travel & Tourism Leaders 2024.
Forbes selects leaders from across the travel and tourism ecosystem, including aviation, hotels, destinations, and tourism development authorities. The entries are ranked based on: the size of the business, including the number of passengers and visitors, revenues, values of investments and assets, fleet size, the business leader’s designation and experience, his/her degree of influence and achievements.
Majali, who has over 40 years of experience in the industry, has led RJ since March 2021. The airline recorded total assets of $1.3 billion and revenues of $1 billion in 2023. The same year, the company announced new routes to Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Algeria, Brussels, and Bahrain. In 2023, the company recorded 33,367 flights and 3.6 million travelers. In 2019, Majali started Plane Vision, a Bahrain-based business strategy and organization advisory firm. He was previously CEO of SaudiGulf Airlines from 2013 until 2019 and was the senior advisor to the chairman of Oman Air in 2013. He was elected to become Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (2008-2009) and was a member of the IATA Board of Governors between 2005 and 2012.
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