Bench Events News
Successful debut for Saudi Arabia Hotel Investment Conference in Riyadh
The one-day event, hosted at the Marriott Convention Centre, Riyadh Marriott Hotel, is the precursor to the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference and focuses on the hospitality sector in the rapidly developing Saudi market. Here we take a look at the headlines from Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia pipeline to almost double hospitality sector size
Saudi Arabia has more than 64,000 rooms across the three phases of the hotel development pipeline, according to data from STR. That room total represents 76 per cent of the more than 84,500 existing hotel rooms in the country.
AviaDev headed for Cape Town for 2018 instalment
The African aviation development conference, which is entering its third year of growth, initially took place in Kigali, alongside the African Hotel Investment Forum, AHIF, and explored the link between aviation and hospitality development.
Africa Hotel Investment Forum headed for Kenya this October
The Africa Hotel Investment Forum will return to Nairobi on October 2nd-4th. The event is considered premier hotel investment conference in Africa, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers.
Haitham Mattar, chief executive, Ras al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
With Bench Events confirming it will take the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference to Ras al Khaimah next year, Haitham Mattar, chief executive with the Ras al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, explains how important the event will be for the development of the hospitality sector in the emirate. Also on the agenda are new infrastructure developments and his plans for tourism in 2018.
Hospitality industry gathers in Moscow for Russia Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference
The Russia Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference will take place at the Radisson Blu Belorusskaya, hosted by Bench Events, from tomorrow.
Breaking Travel News reports from AHIF 2017
Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole reports from the African Hotel Investment Forum as it returns to Kigali, capital of Rwanda, for the second time.
Jonathan Worsley, chairman of Bench Events
As a successful African Hotel Investment Forum comes to a close in Rwanda, Jonathan Worsley, chairman of Bench Events, turns his attention to the next horizon and the hospitality opportunities of a rapidly developing Saudi Arabia.
Matthew Weihs, managing director, Bench Events
Matthew Weihs, managing director, Bench Events, talks to Breaking Travel News about the group’s new event, SPACE, and what it will bring to the hospitality sector in Africa.
Simone Kuhn, manager, business development, Africa & Indian Ocean, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Simone Kuhn, manager, business development, Africa & Indian Ocean, The Rezidor Hotel Group speaks to Breaking Travel News about the group’s focus on Africa during AHIF 2017.
Gillian Saunders, global leader, Hospitality & Tourism, Grant Thornton
Breaking Travel News talks to Gillian Saunders, global leader, Hospitality & Tourism, Grant Thornton, about the impact technology is having on the hospitality industry during AHIF 2017.
Andrew McLachlan, senior vice president business development Africa & Indian Ocean, Rezidor
Andrew McLachlan, senior vice president business development Africa & Indian Ocean, The Rezidor Hotel Group, speaks to Breaking Travel News during the African Hotel Investment Forum to reveal the organisation’s plan for the region.