These two ITIC summits are designed to provide industry executives with the most up-to-date trends and opportunities so that they may be among the first to benefit from the Middle East’s post-Covid-19 resurgence.
ITIC, in collaboration with ATM, will host a two-day Middle East Tourism Investment Summit. On Wednesday, May 19th, an in-person summit will be conducted in Dubai, followed by a virtual summit on May 27th. The conference’s topic will be “Invest, Rebuild, Restart the Middle East Tourism Industry.”
Following the successful implementation of Covid-19 vaccination efforts, the Middle East is emerging as the location with the most attractive tourism potential.
“We are delighted to host in partnership with ATM our face-to-face Tourism Investment
Summit after 18 months and to regroup industry leaders to discuss the investment
opportunities, challenges, issues and the way forward for the future. “For his part, Ibrahim Ayoub, ITIC’s Group CEO, expressed his confidence that the vaccination campaigns will contribute to the rapid restart of international flights. “Dubai has already set the example of the successful reopening of its airspace and country to foreign visitors. We expect that other countries especially in the Middle East which have properly managed the Covid-19 pandemic, to follow”, he added. “Their resilience needs to be commended.”
Taleb Rifai Chairman of ITIC and former Secretary-General of UNWTO stated:
Industry decision-makers such as Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports; Nicolas Mayer, Global Tourism Leader of PWC; Scott Livermore, Chief Economist of Oxford Economics, Middle East; H.E. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan; HE Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal, Executive Chairman Sharjah Investment and Development Authority; Raki Phillips, CEO Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority; H.E. Saleh Mohamed Al Geziry, Director-General, Ajman Tourism Development Department; Bastien Blanc, Managing Director, IHG Hotels & Resorts KSA; Marc Descrozaille, COO, Accor Hotels, India, Middle East & Africa; Dinky Puri, CEO Eagle Wing Group; Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC and former Secretary-General of UNWTO and Gerald Lawless Director ITIC and WTTC Ambassador just to name a few, will share their much sought-after insights during the in-person summit on the 19th May at the ATM Global Stage. The summit will be moderated by Sameer Hashmi of BBC World News and Manus Cranny of Bloomberg.
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