Bench Events News
Africa Hotel Investment Forum reveals 2018 awards winners
Ahead of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum 2018, the event’s advisory board has named two individuals who will receive coveted Creating Impact Awards.
Marrakech leads African hospitality market in early 2018
Based on figures for the first half of 2018 from STR, Marrakech has emerged as a standout performer among key African cities. Average daily rates in the city increased by 40.7 per cent, to US$195, in the first six months of the year.
Bench Events praises government interest in Kenyan development
When Theresa May, the British prime minister, touched down in Nairobi with a group of business leaders in her wake and keen to talk about championing investment in Africa, she was following in the footsteps of a British company, Bench Events.
Bench Events to launch bilingual FIHA in Morocco next year
Bench Events, organiser of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum, has announced that it is launching a sister event, named the Forum sur l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain.
AHIF 2018: Africa identified as key growth market for international hospitality
When the Africa Hotel Investment Forum takes place in Nairobi in October, it will host the strongest line up of global hotel industry chief executives in its history.
Nigeria maintains top spot in African hotel development
Nigeria has held onto its pole position for hotel development in west Africa despite a slight reduction on last year, according to a regional focus by the influential annual hotel pipeline survey from Lagos-based W Hospitality Group.
Africa Hotel Investment Forum unveils speaker line-up for 2018 event
Africa’s premier hotel conference, the Africa Hotel Investment Forum, has unveiled a much-anticipated, packed agenda with leading figures from across the sector ready to reveal their personal paths to success.
AviaDev to highlight water scarcity during Cape Town event
AviaDev will be promoting water conservation during its event in Cape Town this June. The event, hosted in partnership with Cape Town Air Access and Tsogo Sun hotels, aims to ensure the 250 attendees expected “save like a local” during their visit.
AHIF 2018: Marriott leads African hospitality development
Marriott International tops this year’s table for the most planned new hotel rooms under construction in Africa, according to the influential annual hotel pipeline survey by W Hospitality Group.
AHIC 2018: Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi welcomes hospitality industry to Ras al Khaimah
Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council member and ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, has officially opened the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference 2018. The event, taking place at the Waldorf Astoria Ras al Khaimah until April 19th, welcomed over 800 leading hospitality figures from across the Middle East to the northern most of the United Arab Emirates.
AHIC 2018: van Paasschen urges Middle East hospitality to wake up to disruption
Frits van Paasschen has warned hoteliers in the Middle East that digital disruption is radically altering the market in which they operate. Speaking at the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference he warned change is coming, whether they are prepared or not.
Jonathan Worsley, chairman, Bench Events
With the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference arriving in Ras al Khaimah for the first time, Jonathan Worsley, chairman of founders Bench Events, here speaks to Phil Blizzard of Breaking Travel News. He tells us about the decision to move the event to the northern most emirate as final preparations for the 2018 show are put in place.