IMPACT LIST 2025 ft. Ahmed Ganzoury & Karim Nabil

Описание: Ahmed Ganzoury and Karim Nabil are the founders of GNK Hospitality, a lifestyle group that has helped redefine how hospitality operates within Egypt’s urban and social fabric. Rather than following imported formats, their work begins with a simple focus on how people actually want to gather, travel, and experience their cities.

Through a growing portfolio of homegrown concepts spanning boutique hotels, venues, and destination-driven events, GNK treats hospitality as an extension of cultural life rather than a standalone service. Their projects are designed to feel rooted, familiar, and socially alive, responding to local behaviour instead of global templates.

Mazeej is the clearest expression of that approach. With properties across several cities, the boutique hotel brand reflects GNK’s belief that Egypt can generate its own lifestyle language, without borrowing one. Its Downtown Cairo presence, Mazeej Balad, exemplifies how hospitality can be embedded within neighbourhoods rather than isolated from them.

In 2025, GNK’s influence became increasingly visible as part of a broader shift in Egypt’s hospitality landscape. Ganzoury and Nabil are not operating alone, but their work has helped push the industry toward more experience-led, culturally grounded models that feel distinctly local.

🎬 Topics covered:

Building GNK Hospitality
Lifestyle-led hospitality in Egypt
Mazeej and boutique hotel concepts
Destination-driven experiences
Rethinking how Egyptians gather and travel