The Middle East is standing out
as the region offering the most exciting tourism prospects following the
Covid-19 vaccination campaigns that have been successfully rolled out.
Taleb Rifai Chairman of ITIC and former Secretary-General of UNWTO stated:
“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.”
These two ITIC summits aim at providing industry leaders
with the latest trends and opportunities so that they can position themselves
among the first movers to reap the advantages of the post-Covid-19 recovery in
the Middle East region.
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.
