I-DUBAI – Ubukhosi bakhe uShaikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, umongameli, i-Dubai Civil Aviation Authority kanye nosihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu, i-Emirates Airline and Group, usekuqinisekisile ukuxhasa kwakhe okuqhubekayo kwe-Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC), ngokusho kwabaphathi bengqungquthela.
Umdidiyeli we-AHIC, u-Jonathan Worsley, uthe abaholi bezimboni ezingaphezu kwe-100 bazogibela isiteji esigcawini esizayo, sezinsuku ezintathu (kusukela ngoMeyi 2-4, 2009) ukuze kudingidwe amasu adingekayo ukuze kuliwe nokuwohloka komhlaba.
Ekhuluma ngaphambi kwe-AHIC 2009, u-Edmund O'Sullivan, umdidiyeli wengqungquthela uthe imboni idinga ukuzivuselela futhi ichaze kabusha i-'Brand Arabia' ukuze ihehe ukutshalwa kwezimali kwangaphandle okuqhubekayo. U-O'Sullivan unxuse izinkampani ukuthi zigcine umsebenzi wokumaketha naphezu kokwehla komnotho.
Enanela amazwi akhe, uGavin Samson, ongumqondisi kwa-TRI Hospitality Consulting, uthe imikhankaso yokukhangisa ehlakaniphile izosiza ekubuyeni ukuzethemba futhi kuqubule ukubolekwa kwamabhange, abashayeli ababili abaphakamisa ukuthi bazovikela intuthuko. Uthe: “Kufanele sigcine igama lethu liphezulu futhi siqinisekise ukuthi siyaqhudelana. Imboni kumele ibone ukuthi kumele isebenze ngokubambisana ukuze isungule izinyathelo zokudala. Kufanele futhi sithole ukuzethemba kokuthatha izinqumo ezinqala uma sifuna ukugcina ukukhula ngo-2009.”
Khonamanjalo, uMarc Dardenne, oyi-CEO, i-Emaar Hospitality Group kanye ne-Emaar Hotels & Resorts, waphawula ukuthi i-GCC iyisivimba esiphoqelelayo sezomnotho, lapho ohulumeni bethatha khona izinyathelo ezihlangene ukuze bahlukanise umnotho futhi bakhe amathuba amasha okukhula emikhakheni eyahlukene. Uthe i-GCC Monetary Union izoba yisinyathelo esihle sokuqhubeka nokuthuthukisa amandla okusebenzisana 'weBrand Arabia.' Naye, uvumile ukuthi imizamo yokuthengisa ngokubambisana ibalulekile, wathi, “Imizamo ehlanganyelwe yokukhombisa amathuba angempela esifunda kumele ithathwe, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi kubambe iqhaza emibukisweni yaphesheya kwezilwandle.
U-Toufic Tamim, i-VP, ukuthengisa nokumaketha Middle East ye-Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, unxuse ukuthi kanye nesabelomali sokumaketha, isabelomali sabasebenzi kanye nokuqeqeshwa nakho kuyagcinwa. Uthe izinga lomsebenzi liyinto ebalulekile ekugcineni amazinga ebhizinisi nokugwema ukudilizwa emsebenzini kuyo yonke imboni. “Kubalulekile ukuthi amazinga aphezulu omkhiqizo kanye nesevisi afana ne-'Brand Arabia' agcinwe. Uma sivumela izindinganiso zehle, lokhu kuzothinta ukuzethemba kwabazoba ngabasebenzi, amakhasimende, nabatshalizimali. Sizibeka engcupheni yokuxazulula wonke umsebenzi onzima osewenziwe ukuze kusungulwe lesi sifunda njengendawo 'ephambili',” kuxwayisa uTamin.
U-Worsley uthembise ukuthi i-AHIC izohlinzeka ngenkundla efika ngesikhathi yokuthola ukuvumelana kwemboni kuzo zonke lezi zinkinga.
Ingqungquthela yango-2009 ihlanganisa ingqungquthela yesigamu sosuku egxile eSaudi Arabia, ukwamukelwa kwezokuxhumana, kanye nophiko lokukhuluma olusezingeni lomhlaba okuhlanganisa no-HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, usihlalo webhodi, unobhala jikelele weSaudi Commission for Ezokuvakasha Nezakudala (SCTA); UDkt. Henry Azzam, oyi-CEO eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika, iDeutsche Bank AG; UPaul Griffiths, isikhulu esiphezulu, i-Dubai Airports; USarmad Zok, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Kingdom Hotel Investments; Sheikh Fawaz Alhokair, usihlalo & umsunguli, Fawaz Alhokair Group; UJohn Defterios, umphathi, i-CNN Marketplace Middle East; kanye noGerald Lawless, usihlalo omkhulu, iJumeirah Group; phakathi kwabanye.
I-Arabian Hotel Investment Conference ihlelwe yi-Bench Events kanye ne-MEED Events. Imininingwane ingatholakala ku-www.arabianconference.com.
