NAIROBI, Kenya – A new hospitality group, with several hotel brands and more than 2,200 rooms and suites under construction, spread between 15 properties in 13 African countries, will reveal itself for the very first time at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) on Tuesday 24th September, at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi.
The business was founded in 2011 with the business strategy of investing €315m. The top executive team’s experience includes Accor, Jumeirah, Ritz-Carlton, Mandarin Oriental and AC Hotels by Marriot.
AHIF has been selected as the venue for the launch because it is the premier hotel investment conference in Africa, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers.
The speaker line up features government ministers from four countries and dozens of CEOs and board-level executives from the most important companies building and running hotels across the continent, including:
Phyllis Kandie, Cabinet Secretary for East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, Kenya
Carvalho Muária, Minister of Tourism, Mozambique
Dr. Maria Mutagamba Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Uganda – Government
Jean Max Rakotomamonjy, Ministre du Tourisme Madagascar
Simon Vincent, President EMEA, Hilton Worldwide
Alex Kyriakidis, President & Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Marriott International, Inc.
Hervé Louis, Chief Finance Officer, ACCOR
Ulrich T. Eckhardt, President India, Middle East & Africa, Kempinski Hotels
Jean-Gabriel Pérès, President & CEO, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
Ewan Cameron, Chief Executive Officer, Lonrho Hotels
David Scowsill, President & CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council
Patrick Fitzgibbon, Senior Vice President Development – Europe & Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Samer Abu Ayash, Senior Vice President – Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Rui Barros, Senior Vice President & Managing Director EMEA, Wyndham Hotel Group
Neil George, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development Middle East & Africa, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Peter Norman, Senior Vice President Acquisitions & Development, Hyatt International (Europe Africa Middle East) LLC
Taras Ettl, Vice President Development – Middle East & Africa, InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG)
Bani Haddad, Regional Vice President – Middle East and Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group
Marianne Ndegwa, Jordan, Managing Director, Kenya Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC)
Rohan Patel, Director, Sankara Hotel Group Kenya Ltd
Olaf Schmidt, Global Sector Head – Hotel, Retail & Real Estate Investments, IFC (International Finance Corporation – World Bank Group)
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- A new hospitality group, with several hotel brands and more than 2,200 rooms and suites under construction, spread between 15 properties in 13 African countries, will reveal itself for the very first time at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) on Tuesday 24th September, at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi.
- AHIF has been selected as the venue for the launch because it is the premier hotel investment conference in Africa, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers.
- Rohan Patel, Director, Sankara Hotel Group Kenya Ltd .
