Bench Events News
W Hospitality Group reveals growing pipeline in African hotel development
The stars of hotel development in Africa are Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco and Ethiopia, according to the eleventh annual survey by W Hospitality Group. The four countries head the top ten by numbers of rooms in the internationally branded hotel development pipeline, with Egypt showing 15,158 rooms in 51 new hotels.
AviaDev 2019: Event seeks to unlock Africa aviation potential
AviaDev have estimated the potential revenue from new African aviation routes could yield US$29 billion in direct revenue. Currently, only 34 per cent of this huge market is served, meaning that there is over US$19 billion in untapped annual revenue.
AHIF 2019: Major chains grow operations in Africa
AHIF is the premier hotel investment conference in Africa, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers.
AHIC 2019: Marriott to focus on luxury for Middle East and Africa expansion
Ahead of the Arabian Hotel Investment Forum, Marriott International has said it expects to add 19 new properties and more than 3,000 rooms to its Middle East and Africa portfolio in 2019.
AHIC 2019: Bench Events launches revamped app to delegates
Bench Events has a launched a revamped mobile app ahead of the upcoming Arabian Hotel Investment Conference in Ras al Khaimah. With just a week to go before the event, attendees are able to see the agenda, plan their schedules and learn about the speakers.
Africa Hotel Investment Forum headed for Ethiopia this September
The Africa Hotel Investment Forum, the premier tourism and hotel investment conference on the continent, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers, will return to the Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa in the last week of September.
Africa Hotel Investment Forum headed for Ethiopia
The Africa Hotel Investment Forum will take place from September 23rd-25th at the Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia. Registration is now open to those looking to secure a place at the early bird rate.
Arabian Hotel Investment Conference to return to Ras Al Khaimah
The annual knowledge and networking platform for the hotel investment community will take place in an all new purpose-built AHIC Village in the grounds of the Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah.
FHIA 2019: Impressive line-up of speakers takes shape
An impressive line-up of leading investors, on the look-out for the next successful project, will be just one of the highlights at Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain in Marrakech in February.
FIHA 2019: Cape Verde poised for tourism boom
Cape Verde aims to attract more than a million tourists a year by 2020, far more than the current hotel supply can cope with, so investor opportunities on the archipelago, strategically located in the Atlantic Ocean around an hour from Dakar and around four hours from Brazil and Lisbon, could be enormous.
FIHA: Ivory Coast moves into investment spotlight
Opportunities for hotel development in Ivory Coast are at their strongest for a long time, as the country continues to bounce back from internal conflict.
Senegal hospitality potential highlighted ahead of Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain
As the potential for tourism investment in under-exploited Francophone Africa becomes ever-clearer, Senegal has been highlighted as an emerging economy that’s ripe for further development.