Primary Job Title Co-Founder Primary Organization Hoken
Location United States, North America Gender Male
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Tarek M. Daouk is Co-Founder of Hoken Holdings Inc. and Founder and Managing Partner at Smartotels Group Holdings Limited, a hotel real estate investment and asset management company.
Prior to his current roles, Mr. Daouk was Head of Hospitality at Goldman Sachs's Realty Management Division in Europe responsible for hotel acquisition, asset
management and divestment activities. Prior to his time in Europe, Mr. Daouk was involved in hotel acquisitions for the Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds in the U.S.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Daouk worked at InterContinental Hotels Group in the Development & Investment Analysis Division of the Americas regional office. Prior to InterContinental, Mr. Daouk was a management consultant in the Hospitality & Leisure Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Daouk is Regional Vice President of the Cornell Hotel Society EMEA, President & Board Member of the Columbia University Alumni Association UAE and is the Event Chair of the Dubai Lodging Outlook Seminar, an annual seminar co-hosted with Smith Travel Research. Mr. Daouk received a BSc in Hotel Administration with distinction from Cornell University and an MSc in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.
