According to conference co-organiser, Edmund O'Sullivan, the three-day event is set to provide timely discussion and debate and will see the 'who's who' of the global industry thrash out the major challenges and opportunities that are facing the industry.
"The nine plenary sessions, 15 interactive workshops and 22 hours of informal networking have been carefully structured to facilitate discussion. We want to help delegates tackle the economic pressures affecting businesses that are looking to trim the fat without cutting the muscle," he said.
AHIC 2009 will devote its key opening session, (today, Saturday May 2 2009), to the potential opportunities to the expanding hotel investment market in Saudi Arabia. This Summit session will feature topics such as market trends, industry overviews, investment and growth opportunities and business development challenges.
According to Worsley, 'new developments' is also a topic that deserves its own stage. "We have introduced an Investment Den concept," said Worsley. "The Investment Den will give a pre-selected group of developers the opportunity to pitch their projects to our expert panel of judges, made up of legacy industry investment advisors."
Other topics on the agenda for the 2009 conference include pipeline dynamics, new destinations and brands, budget hotels, profitability of the spa and wellness sector, brand management, bank lending and Space travel.
The Arabian Hotel Investment Conference is organised by Bench Events and MEED Events and AHIC attracts investors, developers, operators, financiers, consultants, architects and design specialists.
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The fifth Arabian Hotel Investment Conference opens today
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The fifth Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) opens today under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman and CEO, Emirates Group.
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Platinum sponsors Ministry of Brazil, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Sovereign Hospitality Holdings, The Rezidor Hotel Group and Wyndham Worldwide.Emerald sponsors The Address Hotels and Resorts, Accor Hospitality Middle East, ESPA International UK, Hilton Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, Jumeirah Group
Gold sponsors Aldar Hotels & Hospitality, Almulla Hospitality, Arabian Travel Market, Corinthia Hotels, Davis Langdon, Deloitte & Touche (M.E.), Fairmont Raffles Hotels International , Golden Tulip MENA, Hamilton Hotel Partners, Horwath HTL, HVS, IBAHN, Jebel Ali International Hotels, King Sturge, Langham Hotels International, Layia Hospitality, Molinaro Koger, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, OBM International, Rotana Hotels, Siemens, Shaza Hotels, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, Strategic Solutions, Taj Hotel Resorts & Palaces, THR, TRI Hospitality Consulting, Vision Overseas Holdings, WATG.
Media partners ATM, BTN, Destinations of the World News, DVV Media, Eye of Dubai, Hospitality News Magazine, Hospitality-Interiors.com, Hospitality.net.org, Hotelier Middle East, HotelNewsNow.com, Hotel Analyst, Hotelier Middle East, Institutional Investor, Sleeper, The Times Middle East and TTN.
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Supporters Bang & Olufson, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Dubai Convention Bureau, The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, IH&RA, International Tourism Partnership (ITP), Villeroy & Boch, WTTC.
About the organisers:
Bench Events
As organisers of top conferences for the hotel and investment industry, Bench Events is a growing entity which currently hosts hotel investment conferences in Berlin, Dubai and Moscow in partnership with other leading providers. Jonathan Worsley, Chairman of Bench Events is one of the organisers and founders of the International Hotel Investment Forum held each year in Berlin. In 2005, he was responsible for launching the successful Arabian Hotel Investment Conference in Dubai and in 2008, hosted the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference in Moscow.
Worsley sits as an advisor to the World Travel & Tourism Council which represents many of the leading companies operating worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. He is also a shareholder and board director of STR Global which is the new entity for global benchmarking outside North America following the merger of The Bench, Smith Travel Research and Deloitte's Hotel Benchmark.
MEED:
MEED is internationally recognised as providing essential business intelligence for anyone doing business in, or with, the Middle East and North Africa. With journalists and contacts across the entire Middle East and North Africa region, MEED provides reliable, up-to-date business news, analysis and data in both print and online. MEED attracts customers from across 78 countries worldwide.
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