This sign of confidence in the Middle East and North Africa was heard by British travel agents attending ABTA, the annual industry conference, in Cairo this week. Six Continents Hotels was one of the principle conference sponsors and is the largest hotel operator in the region with more than 64 InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inns in the Middle East and North Africa.
Danny Barranger, vice president, sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Six Continents Hotels said: "We believe there is great potential to attract many more British visitors to this region. Numbers of travellers to the Middle East are, of course down this year and the Middle East has experienced periods of uncertainty before, but the UK market has always proved to be one of the most resilient and supportive. Two million British people travel to the region each year on business and leisure and we're investing in new hotels for the future and looking forward to helping to develop travel throughout the region."
The 20 planned new Six Continents Hotels include seven in Egypt alone, where the first two to open towards the end of this year will be the InterContinental Garden Reef Resort Sharm El Sheikh Resort and the Holiday Inn Resort Half Moon Bay in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province.
Other new developments for the Middle East and North Africa include the InterContinental Hammamet Resort, Tunisia, due to open in Spring 2004 and the InterContinental Aqaba, Jordan, set to open in Autumn 2004.
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Six Continents Hotels, the largest hotel operator in the Middle East and North Africa, has confirmed its involvement in the development of 20 new hotels across the region.
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Six Continents is a leading global hospitality group with over 3,300 hotels across nearly 100 countries and territories and over 2,000 restaurants and bars in the UK and Germany.
Six Continents Hotels is a leading global hotel group whose brands include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites. It owns, operates or franchises more than 3,300 hotels and over 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world.
Six Continents Retail is the UK's leading managed pubs, bars and restaurant group with over 2,000 outlets including brands such as Vintage Inns, Harvester, Toby, Browns, All Bar One, It's A Scream, O'Neill's, Edward's, Ember Inns and Goose.
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Six Continents Hotels is a leading global hotel group whose brands include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites. It owns, operates or franchises more than 3,300 hotels and over 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world.
Six Continents Retail is the UK's leading managed pubs, bars and restaurant group with over 2,000 outlets including brands such as Vintage Inns, Harvester, Toby, Browns, All Bar One, It's A Scream, O'Neill's, Edward's, Ember Inns and Goose.
Britvic Soft Drinks is one of the leading UK producers and distributors of branded soft drinks with brands such as Tango, Robinsons, Britvic and the UK franchise for Pepsi.
For further press information, please contact:
Christa vander Merwe
Total Communications
Tel: 09714 336 9909
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