African travel news (Atqnews.com) has announced it will be an Official Media Partner for Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) events which is scheduled to hold in June 2016 in Togo.
AHIF is the premier hotel investment conference in Africa, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers. It is organised by Bench Events, which is known for producing, alongside Questex Travel + Hospitality and MEED Events, several top-level hotel conferences around the world including Berlin (IHIF), Dubai (AHIC), Istanbul (CATHIC) and Moscow (RHIC).
Sponsors of AHIF Togo 2016 are: Host Partners: Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Private Sector Promotion and Tourism of Togo and Group Kalyan; Platinum sponsors: AccorHotels; Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, Hilton Worldwide, Marriott Hotels International and Rwanda Development Board; Gold Sponsors: Areen Hospitality Interior Design; Colliers International, DEG; France Kitchen; Horwath HTL; Hotel Partners Africa; HVS; Hyatt; JLL; Kempinski Hotels; Kinza Yapi; Louvre Hotels Group; Online Business Communications; Source Interior Brand Architecture; Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.; STR Global; Swiss Education Group and Wyndham Hotel Group.
ASKY Airlines is the official Airline Partner of AHIF Togo 2016.
The Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) Togo will look at the region in detail and focus on hotel development and finance and how to drive tourism and attract more than just the business traveller; while the Africa Hotel Investment Forum Rwanda will look at the economic trends, air connectivity and ultimately, how to drive investment into tourism projects.
In terms of the upcoming Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Togo, there will be an aviation session discussing the future of aviation in the region. Mr Henok Teferra, ASKY, would be speaking. Also, to be present is Mr Latta of Togo CAA, Mr Girma Wake, RwandAir and a Senior Planner from ARIK. Ghana Airports is expected to participate.
AHIF’s speakers are prominent members of the hotel investment community. Their expertise, practical advice and forecast will provide attendees with the latest information on development, trends and best practice in the hotel investment industry.
They are Andrew Linwood, Head of Design, Areen Hospitality Design; Bernadette Essossimna Legzim-Balouki, Minister of Commerce, Industry, Private sector and Tourism, Togo; Marieme Travaly, Principal Investment Officer, IFC; Alain Sebah, President, Golden Tulip Afrique Francophone and East Africa; Trevor Ward, Managing Director, W Hospitality Group; Tim Smith, Managing Partner , HVS and Charlotte Specht, Senior Consultant, Horwath HTL.
Others are Mark Dunford, Vice President, Hotels & Hospitality Group, Sub-Saharan Africa, JLL; Neil George, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Development Middle East and Africa, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and Tony Johnson, Area Security Manager, Middle East, Turkey, Africa & Indian Ocean, The Rezidor Hotel Group.
Atqnews.com, for 11 years and still running, has been a major media partner for Akwaaba African Travel Market which holds in Nigeria annually at the prestigious New Convention Arena, Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria. It is also a major media partner of Accra Weizo, a one day travel exhibition and conference which holds in the City of Accra, Ghana.
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