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Sisi's generals enjoy suite success from their moneymaking luxury hotels

Colonel Walid Sami Salama (left), General Sherif Salah el-Dine (center) and General Mohamed Amin (right).
Colonel Walid Sami Salama (left), General Sherif Salah el-Dine (center) and General Mohamed Amin (right). © Studio Pachamama/© busliq - Shutterstock.com/Mariott/Regal Heights Hotel/Future Hospitality Summit - YouTube

With the Egyptian economy in crisis and the military apparatus tightening its grip, the country's generals are staking their claims on the lucrative high-end hotel sector. From building lavish establishments to signing international partnerships, the top brass fancy themselves as luxury and business tourism tycoons - and there appears little to stop them continuing.

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