Catalin I. Cighi
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Catalin I Cighi is a Senior Associate with HVS Dubai. Having started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Europe in 2000, he moved to North America in 2004 to pursue his MS in Hospitality and Tourism Administration. During that time, he provided consulting services for hotel properties owned by Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. He joined HVS Boston in 2007, while writing his dissertation on a multi-disciplinary approach to the concept of place, with applications in hospitality and tourism development strategy. Catalin moved to the Middle East to join HVS Dubai in 2008.