Phakathi nokuntengantenga komhlaba wonke, abatshalizimali abahlakaniphile babheke eSaudi Arabia futhi babeke lo mbuso njengendawo elandelayo engase igqame kwezokuvakasha, ngokusho kukaJonathan Worsley, umgqugquzeli we-Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC), manje osesikhundleni sayo sesihlanu. unyaka.
Uthe ithimba lezikhulu ezivela eSaudi Arabia lizobeka phambili icala lokutshalwa kwezimali embonini yezwe yezokuvakasha neyokwamukela izihambi engqungqutheleni ezayo ye-Arabian Hotel Investment (May 2-4, 2009). Bazoveza ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni ekufukuleni umkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka futhi baveze namathuba emboni ezimele. Bazophinde babhekane nanoma yiziphi izinselele kanjalo nezinselele, ezibhekene nezinkampani ezizimele.
“Ukwethulwa kweNgqungquthela yaseSaudi e-AHIC ngesikhathi esifanele uma kubhekwa isimo somhlaba wonke. Isimo esikhona manje sesidale ukuthi abaningi bacabange kabusha amasu abo okutshala ezokuvakasha kanye nezivakashi njengoba izindawo ezazishisa kakhulu ziqala ukuwohloka,” kusho uWorsley. "Esikubonayo eSaudi Arabia wukutshalwa kwezimali okuqhubekayo engqalasizinda edingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe futhi kugcinwe umkhakha wezokwamukela izihambi onempilo, kusukela ezinhlanganweni zezindiza ezintsha, kunethiwekhi yezitimela, kanye nenqwaba yezinketho zokulala."
Isikhulumi esiqavile seseshini yokuvula okubalulekile eNgqungqutheleni ye-AHIC eSaudi Arabia, kuzoba ngumongameli kanye nosihlalo webhodi leSaudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities, HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud othe imali ye-SCTA wukuqeqesha. futhi adale amathuba emisebenzi futhi aqondise umkhakha wezohwebo lwamahhotela nezokuhamba, kanye nokwakhela phezu kwefa lombuso. Uthe kunohlelo lweminyaka emihlanu oluyinkombandlela le ntuthuko.
“Inhloso yethu wukuvuselela amasiko ethu, hhayi ukuthi sivule amasango ezokuvakasha ezingenamingcele,” usho kanje. “Umsebenzi wethu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zinezela ukubaluleka kwesiko lethu, umphakathi wethu, umnotho wethu kanye nesivakashi.”
Ngokuncishiswa kwemikhawulo kuma-visa ezokuvakasha, kanye nezibonelelo zikahulumeni kanye namathuba okutshalwa kwezimali, u-HRH Prince Sultan uthe imizamo nezinhlelo ze-SCTA kuhloswe ngazo ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha zendawo. Uthe kwakhiwa umkhakha wezinsiza kusukela phansi ukuze ungagcini nje ngokubhekelela i-Umrah, Pilgrim, nezivakashi zaphesheya kwezilwandle, kodwa nokuhambela ekhaya, imihlangano nemicimbi.
U-Worsley ukhombe umqulu we-Vision 2020 ochaza amasu okuthuthukiswa kukazwelonke obikezela ukuthi izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-43 zizohamba kulo mbuso ngalowo nyaka. Njengamanje, izibalo ze-STR Global zango-2008 zibonisa ukuthi amadolobha aseSaudi, nakuba engafinyeleli ezindaweni eziphakeme zezinye iminyango yesifunda, agcina ukukhuphuka okunempilo kwemali engenayo.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-Jeddah - enamaphesenti angu-71.5 okuhlala abantu - ibone ukukhula kwe-revPAR ngamaphesenti angu-27.7 kuya ku-US$114 ngesilinganiso samakamelo esiphakathi kwama-US$159, kuyilapho i-Riyadh yayinesibalo esifanayo sokuhlala ngesilinganiso esimaphakathi sama-US$244 kanye ne-revPAR ye-US$175. ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-25.3.
Ukuze kusekelwe imakethe entsha yezokungcebeleka, uMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe WaseSaudi ugunyaze izinhlelo zenani lemisebenzi emikhulu yezokuvakasha ogwini loLwandle Olubomvu nakwezinye izindawo, kuyilapho amaqembu amaningi amahhotela omhlaba ememezele izinhlelo zokunwetshwa eSaudi Arabia.
Ihlonza isidingo sawo womabili amagumbi e-deluxe engeziwe kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zebhajethi ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nokukhula okulindelekile kwemakethe yezokuvakasha yebanga eliphakathi, i-Hilton Hotels isanda kumemezela isivumelwano sokuthuthukisa izakhiwo eziyi-13 zaseHilton Garden Inn ezinamakamelo angu-2,500, kusukela kulo nyaka e-Riyadh, kanye futhi ibheke ukuletha uhlobo lwayo oluphezulu lweConrad.
NgokukaJean-Paul Herzog, umongameli wase-Hilton, eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Afrika, leli qembu linaka ngokukhethekile izidingo zeSaudi Arabia ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amaphrojekthi entuthuko ayahambisana nezifiso zombuso zezokuvakasha. “Izinhlelo zethu zokwandisa ngokushesha eMbusweni zizogqugquzela ukuba khona komkhiqizo wethu owumgogodla wakwa-Hilton nemikhiqizo ewubukhazikhazi, i-Waldorf Astoria ne-Conrad, kodwa futhi sihlonza amathuba e-Doubletree by Hilton, kanye ne-Hilton Garden Inn,” esho. "Sikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi imakethe inkulu futhi ihlukahlukene njengoba iSaudi Arabia inesikhala sazo zonke izindawo zesevisi."
U-Worsley ugcizelele ukuthi nakuba ipayipi lentuthuko eliqhubekayo linempilo, maningi amathuba amaningi, ikakhulukazi ahlobene namaphrojekthi amakhulu kahulumeni. "Silindele izinga elikhulu lentshisekelo engqungqutheleni yokuqala yaseSaudi e-AHIC," esho. "Kwabaningi, iSaudi Arabia akwaziwa kakhulu, futhi iNgqungquthela izobeka inkundla yokuthi abangaba abatshalizimali kanye nabathuthukisi bafunde kabanzi ngale makethe enkulukazi."
Ingqungquthela yango-2009 ihlanganisa ukwamukela amanethiwekhi, kanye nekhono lokukhuluma elisezingeni lomhlaba elihlanganisa u-HE Abdullah M. Ruhaimy, umongameli, I-General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) Saudi Arabia; 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; USami Alhokair, usihlalo nomsunguli, iFawaz 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.
Ukuthuthukiswa Kwepayipi eSaudi Arabia kufaka phakathi:
· I-Accor yokuphinda kabili i-inventory yayo kumahhotela angu-20 anamagumbi angu-5,500 ngo-2010
· UMarriott uzonweba ukusuka kwezingu-3 kuye kweziyi-13 ngo-2013 iletha i-Ritz-Carlton, i-Marriott Executive Apartments, kanye ne-Courtyards ka-Marriott.
I-Starwood imemezele ukuthi uhlobo lwayo lwe-Aloft luzoqala ukubonakala e-Riyadh ngo-2011
· Amaphuzu Amane azokwethulwa eJeddah naseDhahran
· I-InterContinental Group ukuze ithuthukise ubukhona bayo ngezakhiwo ezingu-12 Holiday Inn Express
· Iqoqo le-Kempinski ne-Rocco Forte e-Jeddah
· Izakhiwo zaseFairmont eMakkah
· Hyatt Ihhotela e Jeddah
· I-Rezidor's Park Inn e-Riyadh nase-Al Khobar
