Khaled Nazha

Managing Partner Blue Note Café

Number of years in the role

33

Bio

Khaled Nazha has been serving as VP of the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafés, Night-clubs & Pastries in Lebanon since 1999 and has been a key player and activist in the development of the sector. Among many other establishments, he founded the Blue Note Café, which has since hosted 100 Int'l jazz artists and was a booster for countless local talents.

He is also a developer and operator of numerous leading F&B outlets locally and internationally, such as Dany’s, Main St and Locale. He has been a board member of the Ministry of Tourism's Advisory Board since 2004 and the National Recruitment Agency since 2005. He represents Lebanon as the chairman of the International Relations Committee and is a board member of the Mediterranean Restaurants' Federation.

First job in the hospitality industry

MD at the Blue Note Café

Names of venues owned and managed

• Blue Note - Lebanon

• Dany’s - Lebanon

• Main St.- Lebanon

• Locale - Lebanon

Location of the venues

Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Greece

International ranking

The Best of the Middle East, Guardian ; Perfect 100, Newsweek