Dubai, UAE – 17 April 2023: Bringing collectively authorities leaders, lodge traders, homeowners, builders and operators at what is about to be the largest Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) to this point, FHS Saudi Arabia will happen from 7-9 Might on the Al Faisaliah Lodge in Riyadh.
Launched in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s G20 Secretariat in 2020, FHS Saudi Arabia is essentially the most influential hospitality funding convention for trade leaders and senior decision-makers within the hospitality trade of Saudi Arabia and past. This would be the sixth trade convention organised by The Bench for the Saudi market.
“We’re thrilled to be again in Riyadh in Might following the overwhelming success of our sold-out 2022 version, and we’re delighted to be in a brand new and bigger venue this yr because of our host sponsors Al Khozama Funding Firm and Al Faisaliah Lodge,” mentioned Jonathan Worsley, Chairman of The Bench. “The demand for our hospitality occasions in Saudi Arabia continues to develop and with the Kingdom named because the quickest increasing tourism trade inside the G20 international locations within the UNWTO Tourism Barometer, there shall be a lot to share about tourism and hospitality funding and growth at FHS Saudi Arabia this yr.”
This yr’s convention theme, ‘Spend money on Change’, highlights the significance of the constructive change that may be introduced ahead via the funding in time, mind and experience within the hospitality trade to maintain up with altering occasions and traits to higher form the way forward for the trade.
The action-packed three-day convention agenda will embody tracks from the International Restaurant Funding Discussion board (GRIF) and may have a robust give attention to sustainability, innovation, start-ups and human capital growth.
“Delegates may have over 50 alternatives to community, be taught and focus on with periods that vary in format from primary stage shows, ‘arduous speak’ interviews and panel discussions to case research, culinary excursions and devoted networking time,” added Worsley.
The primary day is devoted to the International Restaurant Funding Discussion board (GRIF) centered on F&B funding and growth within the Kingdom and past. This may embody GRIF’s signature Culinary Excursions that includes LPM, The Brasserie, Mamo Michelangelo, Meraki and Yauatcha in Riyadh. The primary FHS programme will kick off with the opening reception hosted by Al Khozama on Sunday night.
“We’re thrilled to host the following Future Hospitality Summit at Al Faisaliah Lodge. It’s an honor to carry collectively trade leaders and innovators to debate the way forward for hospitality and form the path of our trade. Our workforce is happy to showcase our distinctive amenities and supply an unforgettable expertise for all attendees. We sit up for welcoming delegates to our property and create lasting reminiscences collectively,” mentioned Richard Johnson, GM of Al Faisaliah Lodge.
The official opening of the 2023 version of FHS Saudi Arabia will happen on Monday 8 Might with welcome remarks by His Highness Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Khalid Al Saud, Secretary Common of the King Faisal Basis and Chairman of the Board of Administrators of Al Khozama.
Plenary periods on Monday 8 Might will cowl all kinds of subjects together with the evolution of the Saudi hospitality sector with a market snapshot within the FHS Intelligence Den, a panel dialogue on the reinvention of hospitality area, a panel on using immersive applied sciences comparable to AI and the metaverse, in addition to the enterprise of luxurious and wellness in a altering world, and a panel dialogue on the primary theme of the convention the place trade leaders will share their perception on how they’re investing in change.
Ian Wilson, Regional Director of Hospitality for THE LINE, NEOM, shall be collaborating within the panel on the reinvention of business areas and the way lodge, retail and F&B sectors are merging to supply extra worth to clients.
As well as, there shall be a number of on-stage interviews together with a dialog between Glenn Mandziuk, Chief Government Officer of the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, and CNN’s Senior Reporter for Enterprise Arabic, Widad Taleb, in regards to the hospitality trade’s response to local weather change; a CEO Dialogue on Actual Property Improvement and Hospitality Masterplans with Chris Lund, Government Director, Head of Hospitality & Tourism MENA area at Colliers, and a Exhausting Speak session with Winnie Chiu JP, President and Government Director Dorsett Hospitality Worldwide; Government Director, Far East Consortium and Chairman of AGORA Hospitality Group and Oliver Bonke, Chief Government Officer & Chairman of the Board of Administration of Deutsche Hospitality on the return of Chinese language outbound travellers and their affect on the way forward for tourism
Additionally talking at FHS Saudi Arabia is Eng. Ahmed bin Wasl Al Juhani, Chief Government Officer of Rua Al Madinah Holding, and he mentioned: “Rua Al Madinah Holding’s flagship venture is creating the world on the east of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. The venture will add 47,000 lodge rooms, starting from five-star properties that provide direct views to the mosque, to two-star lodging that cater to varied guests with totally different wants and preferences. The venture goals to complement the expertise of anticipated 30 million guests by yr 2030 aligned with the Imaginative and prescient 2030 goal.”
The primary day will conclude with a networking reception at Mansard Riyadh, a Radisson Assortment Lodge, hosted by Radisson Lodge Group.
Elie Younes, Government Vice President & International Chief Improvement Officer of Radisson Lodge Group, mentioned: “We sit up for welcoming delegates to a networking and stress-free reception at Mansard Riyadh, A Radisson Assortment Lodge, our newest Radisson Assortment Lodge within the Kingdom. We sit up for seeing everybody there for a memorable night to loosen up, have some enjoyable, forge new relationships, and strengthen present ones.”
The ultimate day of FHS Saudi Arabia will give attention to the way forward for lodge funding and growth. Subjects that shall be tabled embody attracting funding within the hospitality trade to speed up progress and gas a sustainable future; vacation spot and lodge growth in Saudi Arabia; the evolution of investing in holistic hospitality and activating innovation; acceleration and funding and urbanisation, and the event of recent cities, to call however just a few.
As well as, there shall be a panel dialogue with trade leaders, together with Aseel Bondagjy, Lodge Expertise Improvement Lead at NEOM, and Mae Al Mozaini,
Founder & CEO of The Arab Institute for Girls’s Empowerment-Nusf, on find out how to encourage the following era of workers, the place to teach them, and the sources of expertise acquisition, in addition to two on stage case research that may cowl way of life funds within the Kingdom and the way the private and non-private sector are working collectively to allow Imaginative and prescient 2030 in Saudi Arabia.
FHS Saudi Arabia will conclude with a go to to Diriyah Gate, a seven sq. kilometre mixed-use historic, tradition and way of life vacation spot, set to develop into the Kingdom’s historic and cultural coronary heart.
New this yr – Battle of the Manufacturers
New at FHS Saudi Arabia this yr is the ‘Battle of the Manufacturers’, judged by an esteemed panel of judges and a singular alternative for lodge operators and entrepreneurs to current their new manufacturers to the Saudi market. Analysis signifies that Saudi lodge homeowners and builders are in search of recent model ideas to enhance present manufacturers which can be already out there. This would be the final platform for modern and sustainable lodge ideas to showcase their manufacturers which have but to launch within the thrilling hospitality panorama of Saudi Arabia.
For the primary time at FHS Saudi Arabia – Begin Up Den
The Bench is keen about supporting start-ups and offering a chance for entrepreneurs to pitch their enterprise mannequin to a senior panel of judges and traders. Following the success of the Begin Up Den at FHS in Dubai final September, this would be the first time that start-ups have the chance to pitch their enterprise to trade delegates in Saudi Arabia. Prizes embody incubation via STA offering workplaces inside the Saudi hospitality trade. Register right here.
For extra info on the 2023 FHS occasion collection please go to https://www.futurehospitalitysummit.com/. For FHS Saudi Arabia occasion registrations click on right here.
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FHS Saudi Arabia
Dates: 7-9 Might 2023
Location: Al Faisaliah Lodge, Riyadh, KSA
Sponsors: Al Faisaliah Lodge and Al Khozama Administration Holdings as Host Sponsors; Accor, Boutique Group, Dur Hospitality, NEOM, Radisson Lodge Group, Rua Al Madina Holding, SRG, and Tourism Improvement Fund as Platinum Sponsors; Abu Dhabi Conference & Exhibition Bureau, Diriyah Firm, IHG Resorts & Resorts, KAFD, Marriott Worldwide, Millennium Resorts & Resorts, Miral, Rotana and Taiba Investments as Emerald Sponsors, Aleph Hospitality; Blink Design Group, CBRE, Colliers; Compass Undertaking Consulting, Crossover Lodge, DAR, Domus Administration Housing, Dorsett Hospitality Worldwide, ELAF Group; HBA; IHCL, Insignia; JLL, Kerten Hospitality; Knight Frank, Authorized Advisors Abdulaziz Alajlan & Companions in affiliation with Baker & McKenzie Restricted, Louvre Resorts Group; Mapal, Minor Resorts; OBMI, PwC, QUO, Rove Resorts, SECC Group, Spectrum, SSH, The Boundary, Voltere by Egis, Whitewater and Wyndham Resorts & Resorts as Gold Sponsors, Deutsche Hospitality, Hospitality Administration Holding, HVS and Keane as Silver Sponsors and TGP Worldwide as GRIF-Saudi Arabia Platinum Sponsors.
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