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Mr. Ali V. Kasikci, M.B.A.

Managing Director
Montage Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, California, USA

Mr. Ali V. Kasikci is the Managing Director of Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California, USA.  Mr. Kasikci was selected as one of the top three hoteliers in the world by Gourmet Magazine, along with Kurt Wachteveitl of The Oriental Bangkok and Roberto Wirth of Rome's Hotel Hassler.

A 20+ year veteran of the hospitality industry, Kasikci completed his apprenticeship in Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany and held senior management positions with leading hotels in Germany and with casino resorts in South Africa. His U.S. experience includes five years with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Newport Beach, California and The Peninsula Beverly Hills in 1992.

A graduate of the Hotel and Catering College in Tegernsee, Germany, Kasikci holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Claremont Graduate University Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management School in Claremont, California. Mr. Kasikci is a certified Hotel Administrator, CHA, and a member of the Hotel Catering Institutional Management Association, HCIMA.

An active community leader, Mr. Kasikci was, from 1994-1995, Chairman of the Beverly Hills Visitors Bureau and from 1995-1996, was the President of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Mayor's Economic Advisory Committee. Furthermore, the city of Beverly Hills appointed him "Executive of the Year 1998."


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