Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh General Manager Greg Pirkle and Marketing Director Tarek Bekhiet, pose with some hotel staff for a group photo. FOUR Seasons Hotel Riyadh was awarded Best Five Star Hotel in Saudi Arabia during the recent Saudi Excellence in Tourism Awards 2012. The hotels' Elements Restaurant received highly commended recognition as the Best Casual Dining Restaurant in Saudi Arabia. According to Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), a total of around one hundred thousand votes were cast in the 2012 Saudi Excellence in Tourism Awards. Across the 22 sub-categories, there were more than 600 nominations with the most contested category being Best 5 Star Hotel. FOUR Seasons Hotel Riyadh General Manager Greg Pirkle and Marketing Director Tarek Bekhiet received the awards. The hotel has successfully completed full renovation of the lobby, lobby lounge, guest rooms and suites, landing floors, and meeting rooms, in addition to the opening of two restaurants Elements and Rosso, each with a unique design and concept, aside from the numerous new services such as the 15-minute menu, the new limousine fleet, express laundry, and the female traveler program, Pirkle added. Since its opening in 2011, Elements has set new standards for casual dining in terms of distinctive quality, greater value, service and diversity. In addition to its all-day dining and Friday brunch, Elements also offers three theme nights during the week-seafood, Middle Eastern and, Asian. While using the highest quality of fresh products for preparing a wide range of cuisines; its buffet concept features state-of-the-art live cooking stations that provide guests with an interactive dining experience.
