Imicimbi Yebhentshi, abahleli be I-Africa Hotel Investment Foramu (AHIF), kanye ne-APO Group, okuyinkampani ehamba phambili yokubonisana nabezindaba kanye nensizakalo yokusabalalisa izindaba, namuhla bamemezele ukusebenzisana okubanzi okuhloswe ngayo ukukhulisa ukutshalwa kwezimali embonini yezokuvakasha Africa.
Lesi sivumelwano, okuhlelwe ukuthi siqhubeke kuze kube ngu-2022, sihlanganisa izinhlelo ezintathu ezilandelayo ze-AHIF kanye ne-Francophone efanayo, iForum de l'Investissement Hôtelier Africain (FIHA).
Amahhotela abalulekile ekuthuthukiseni umnotho wamazwe asathuthuka. Abagcini nje ngokushayela ezokuvakasha, ukukhuthaza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe nokuletha izimali zakwamanye amazwe, baphinde babambe imihlangano ebalulekile yezamabhizinisi. E-Afrika yonkana, izingqungquthela zamazwe ngamazwe ezifana ne-AHIF zisiza ekuvezeni ulwazi olukhulu - kuyilapho amahhotela asezingeni lomhlaba enza kube lula ukuhamba kwebhizinisi kwansuku zonke kubaphathi bomhlaba kanye nezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe.
Njengoba i-Afrika ikhula, kubalulekile ukuthi ingqalasizinda yamahhotela ithuthuke eduze kwayo, futhi i-Bench Events kanye ne-APO Group babekwe endaweni efanele ukusiza ukuphakamisa iphrofayili yemboni yokwamukela izihambi, ukushayela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamazwe ngamazwe ngokuchayeka kwabezindaba okwandisiwe.
I-AHIF 2019 izoba seSheraton Hotel e-Addis Ababa kusukela zingama-23-25 kuSepthemba, kanti ingqungquthela elandelayo ye-FIHA izoba ngoMashi 2020.
I-Bench Events iqinisekise ngokungaguquki ukuthi i-AHIF ne-FIHA ziheha abatshalizimali bamahhotela aphesheya abasezingeni eliphakeme kunanoma iyiphi ingqungquthela e-Afrika, ixhumanisa abaholi bamabhizinisi abavela ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe nezasekhaya, iqhubekisela phambili ukutshalwa kwezimali ekuthuthukisweni kwamahhotela neminye imiklamo egxile kwezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha kulo lonke izwekazi.
Uhlelo lwakamuva lwe-AHIF lubikezelwa njengomcimbi omkhulu kunawo wonke owake wadlalwa e-Afrika, okhiqize izigidi zamaRandi emnothweni wasekhaya, kanye nezigidigidi zezwekazi lonke. Phakathi kwabangu-600+ kuzoba abantu abaphezulu abavela emaqenjini amahhotela i-Marriott, i-Hilton, i-AccorHotels ne-Radisson, kuyilapho izikhulumi zifaka abagqugquzeli ababalulekile abavela embonini yokutshala izimali yokungenisa izihambi emhlabeni wonke.
Ukubamba iqhaza kwe-APO Group engqungqutheleni kugqamisa izicucu zabo njengochwepheshe bokusabalalisa imithombo yezindaba abanethonya elikhulu e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Eminyakeni yakamuva, i-consultancy isebenze eduze nabanye babadlali abakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha ebanzi.
Womabili amaqembu ehhotela i-Marriott ne-Hilton angamakhasimende esikhathi eside ahlomule kulwazi lobudlelwano bemidiya lwe-APO Group. Le nkampani isekela izinhlangano ezivelele ezingaphezu kuka-300 - kuhlanganise nama-ejensi angu-57 ahamba phambili e-PR - ngamasu azo okuxhumana e-Afrika nangale kwayo.
Phakathi nesonto lomcimbi ngamunye, ababukisi kuzo zombili i-AHIF ne-FIHA bazozuza ekufinyeleleni ngesihle kunsizakalo yokusabalalisa izindaba ze-APO Group ye-Afrika.
Ubuchwepheshe bokuqapha obuhamba phambili embonini ye-APO Group buzosiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ukumbozwa kwayo yomibili imicimbi ye-AHIF kanye ne-FIHA kuzolandelelwa ngokuyinkimbinkimbi - kuhlinzeka ngemininingwane yedatha ebalulekile kuma-Bench Events njengoba ibheke ukukhulisa umfutho futhi iqhubekisele phambili ukutshalwa kwezimali embonini yezokuvakasha e-Afrika.
I-APO Group nayo iqhuba imizamo eminingana ukusiza ukuphakamisa iphrofayili yemicimbi.
Ngaphambi kwezinhlelo ezintathu ezilandelayo ze-AHIF ne-FIHA, i-APO Group izomema intatheli yase-Afrika ohambweni olukhokhelwe zonke izindleko ukuya engqungqutheleni. I-APO Group izophinde ihlanganise inethiwekhi yayo yebhizinisi engenakuqhathaniswa ukuze inikeze izikhulumi eziqavile ezivela ezimbonini ezihlukahlukene ukwengeza ukujula nobubanzi ezihlokweni okuxoxwa ngazo.
“Okuhle nge-APO Group ubungcweti bayo obungenakuqhathaniswa emithonjeni yezindaba yase-Afrika kanye nekhono labo lokufinyelela izintatheli eziqavile ukuze zisize ekudluliseleni umyalezo wethu kubabukeli abasha,” kusho uMatthew Weihs, uMqondisi Ophethe weBench Events. “Ngobambiswano, ngikholelwa ukuthi sinawo wonke amathuluzi okwenza lezi zingqungquthela zibe yimpumelelo nakakhulu futhi zilethe ukuchayeka okukhulu kwamanye amazwe kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali embonini yezokuvakasha e-Afrika yonkana.”
"I-AHIF ne-FIHA bamele okungcono kakhulu ekusebenzisaneni komhlaba wonke embonini yezihambi," kusho uLionel Reina, oyi-CEO ye-APO Group. “Amahhotela e-Afrika awumbukiso wezokuvakasha nezamabhizinisi ezwenikazi lonke, ahlinzeka ngezindawo zokuhlangana ukuze kuhwetshwe, aphinde asize ekuqhubekiseni intshisekelo nokutshalwa kwezimali esifundeni sonke. Siyabuthokozela ubudlelwano obufana nalobu ne-Bench Events, njengoba bukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekukhuphuleni igama le-Afrika kuzo zonke izimboni ezihlukene.”
