SADER HOSPITALITY WORLDWIDE - Key Persons


Benedict Jiou

Job Titles:
  • VP I.T

Daisy Tepper

Job Titles:
  • Spa Director
Daisy's expertise in the hospitality and spa industry has been notably recognized for more than 20 years. Working in prestigious properties such as The Peninsula Hotel Beverly Hills, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Montage Hotels, she has held positions as Director of Spa, Regional Director of Spas and Consultant. She has directed individual teams as well as regional teams, developing spas from conception to opening, hiring and training, implementing policies and procedures, creating spa treatment menus, product sourcing, marketing and troubleshooting. Her skills, creative ideas and knowledge have developed many successful operations, generating healthy revenues and positive guest reviews. Daisy's areas of expertise includes: Competive analysis, Spa concept & design, Spa treatment menu, product sourcing (retail and professional), P&L, training manuals, hiring and training of staff, Uniforms, OS&E, marketing, set up of spa/retail and staff support. Daisy brings a wealth of information and proven expertise to any project or existing spa/retail hotel opportunity.

Ed Anonas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM

Ghassan (Gus) Sader

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Hospitality Management Executive
Ghassan J. Sader, founder, and CEO of Sader Hospitality Worldwide, LLC, is a graduate of the prestigious Institut International de Glion of Montreux, Switzerland. Following graduation, he subsequently attended Cornell University and completed special courses in the Professional Development Program "PDP" on a scholarship program. Mr. Sader is an expert at evaluating all facets of a hotel. From the quality of the staff, daily operations, marketing plan, architecture, and engineering to an asset's standing in the marketplace and its overall food and beverage department, Ghassan is an industrious professional who pours himself into every project Sader Hospitality Worldwide takes on. Over Sader's Career, he has managed and consulted for hotels in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, The Middle East and The Arabian Gulf States. He has worked for numerous hotel chains including Hilton Domestic & International, Sheraton Hotels, Intercontinental, Omni Hotels and independent boutique hotels in the United States and Canada, a Castle in Japan, opened and managed Beach Club Resort in Baku/Azerbaijan, assessed/evaluated seven hospitality assets in Croatia, and consulted and opened a resort on an island in the Middle East on the Red Sea. With an emphasis on financial analysis, business plans, profit and loss responsibilities, pricing strategies, sales and growth, Ghassan is a cost-efficient problem solver. Resourceful, motivated, persuasive and sensitive to the myriad needs of each SHW property, Ghassan effectively utilizes information, establishes priorities, coordinates projects and foresees problem situations. All while meeting and exceeding highly stringent objectives. Sader founded Hospitality Asset Services, LLC in 1995. In 1997, Sader changed the name to Sader Hospitality Worldwide, LLC and continued providing consulting and asset management services for more than a dozen hotels throughout the United States, Japan, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Specializing in operations and how to efficiently manage a property on a day-to-day basis, Ghassan has been involved in projects of up to $500 million. Currently, he is responsible for the daily operations of all SHW assets. Working closely with owners, Ghassan strategically sets management goals and oversees the implementation of new business plans down to the smallest detail. When necessary, Ghassan will even remain on location until an asset is stabilized and producing maximum cash flow. He has an extensive list of properties that he has managed and turned around successfully. Sader Hospitality Worldwide, LLC, is based in Los Angeles, CA, and was created to provide exceptional management and consulting services to the hospitality industry. Sader is a regular speaker or panel participant for industry-related conferences and universities. It's Ghassan J. Sader's superior ability to effectively initiate, direct, and effect change that has made Sader Hospitality Worldwide LLC the premier hospitality and hotel management company in its discipline.

Ghassan J. Sader - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
Ghassan J. Sader was brought in to revitalize the 296-room Historic Mayfair Hotel Los Angeles in October 2004-a former Best Western that had deteriorated over nearly a decade of mismanagement. After a $40 million renovation, the hotel-built in 1927-is slowly beginning to mirror the days when movie stars like Mary Pickford and the Barrymores were regulars.

Jean-Pierre Bolidan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM

Lara Weiss

Job Titles:
  • Director of OTA & GDS
  • Director of OTA & GDS Management
Lara Weiss has over 20 years of experience within the hotel industry both as a Revenue Management Director and a Director of Sales. Working in prestigious properties like The Biltmore Los Angeles, Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills and Treasure Island Las Vegas, Lara has experience with both Independent and big brand hotel groups. She has held positions on property ranging from Front Office Manager, Revenue Manager, Director of Sales and Global Director of Sales.

Loren J. Houchen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Board Member / Professional Profile

Mr. Ghassan Sader - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM
  • Expert
  • Member of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
  • Principle
Sader is a member of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, the Turnaround Management Association, California Receivership Forum and a former member of the Los Angeles Hotel Association. Sader Hospitality Worldwide was formed by Ghassan (Gus) Sader, a seasoned hospitality management executive with extensive experience in every segment of the industry. From full-service luxury hotels to European castles, Ghassan has been working in the hospitality industry and beyond for over four decades now.

Robert Cho

Job Titles:
  • Board Director
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM
From Real Estate to strategic tax planning, business consultant in asset management and hotel management, Robert Cho brings his wealth of knowledge and experience he has gained during a successful career of over 15 years leveraging diverse and global business and financial advisory expertise. Robert has been dedicating supporting the clients' overall financial structure to make them secured and prosperous with their growth on assets and be secured with the proper and friendly management. Robert's specialty is to combine all tools and experts to solve all kinds of problems and drive them to the opportunities with the broadly experienced global experience and networks. Robert has been indulged to work with many appropriate policy makers, the business women and men and investors statewide in US and nationally between US and the South Korea Robert can help your company grow and secure its assets by supporting the overall financial structure. The dedication and support he has for his clients in order for them to prosper and grow together are immense. He has been able to effectively and efficiently assist with finding and solving solutions. His current and past clients entail global businesses and policy makers in the U.S. and Korea. Robert has finished MBA degree in real estate and BS in the accountancy. Robert is married and is enjoying the life with a daughter and a son. He is devoted to his wife, daughter and son while enjoying the life he is part of. And Robert is also devoting time and passions tirelessly to contributing sincere gratitude for Korean War veterans in US and Korea. By dedicating his gratitude to Korean War Veterans, he is the Secretary General for the U.S. and Korean Alliance Association. Robert appreciate the rule of "Soon-Lee" so called as a natural principles in English. It is the essential foundation of my achievements. I believe strongly this karmic relations giving a good result with Soon-Lee. We all face so many challenges but those will go away upon embracing the "Soon-Lee". I will be a business partner sharing my karmic passion until we both of us feel "We did it".

Teresa A. Holden

Job Titles:
  • Vice President - Sals & Marketing Professional Overview
  • VP Sales & Marketing
Teresa Holden has 25+ years of experience as a sales and marketing executive in the hospitality industry in urban and resort hotels. Her past experience with brands includes Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, W Hotels & Resorts and St. Regis Hotels. She also has extensive experience with independent hotels and resorts and has worked with Hotel Bel-Air,(an iconic 5 Star Hotel in Beverly Hills), Sea Island Resorts, (a 5 Star Resort off the Coast of Georgia on Sea Island),