The Hospitality Gross sales and Advertising and marketing Affiliation Worldwide (HSMAI) Center East and Africa (MEA) has efficiently concluded its 7th annual Industrial Technique Convention in Dubai with document numbers in attendance, audio system and classes.
The occasion introduced collectively the area’s hospitality gross sales, advertising and marketing, income administration and distribution neighborhood for 2 action-packed days of business insights, networking, and awards. This 12 months noticed a 15 % improve in attendees from final 12 months with a document 25 % of delegates coming from exterior the UAE.
Over 90 audio system took the stage in all kinds of classes starting from keynote displays and fireplace chats to masterclasses, panel discussions and interactive roundtables. A key spotlight was the Lightening Rounds the place business leaders unleashed a whirlwind of knowledge in lightning-fast, adrenaline-pumping classes in beneath seven minutes. This 12 months’s audio system included Kinda Ibrahim, Regional GM Operations – METAP, Central and South Asia, Tik Tok; Jeff Strachan, AVP at Dubai Division of Financial system and Tourism (DET); Mari-Louise Ek, VP Human Assets – Center East & Africa at Hilton; Jaime Simpson, Common Supervisor Jumeirah Mina Al Salam; Ashish Narang, CHBA, Regional Director of Income Administration, MEA at Kempinski Accommodations, and CS Ramachandran, CRME, VP Lodge Income Optimization, Most well-liked Accommodations & Resorts.
The annual ROCKSTAR Awards 2024 have been additionally held, celebrating the disruptors, pioneers, daring and visionary business professionals who’ve pushed boundaries and set new requirements of excellence. From a document 40 entries this 12 months, the HSMAI MEA Advisory Board chosen a shortlist of eight finalists who all pitched their thought on stage, after which the viewers voted for the highest three winners. The HSMAI MEA ROCKSTARS for 2024 are Shrikant Trivedi, Advertising and marketing & Communications Supervisor, Millenium Place Barsha Heights Lodge & Lodge Residences in Dubai (who introduced on behalf of his colleague Prasanth Janarthanan, Director of Gross sales & Advertising and marketing); Ahmed Nader, Director of Gross sales & Advertising and marketing, Millennium Central Kuwait Metropolis, and Elena Mukhanova, Cluster Director of Income, Minor Accommodations.
Mona Faraj, President, HSMAI MEA stated: “We are able to look again at one other implausible occasion for our business because of our extremely supportive companions, the tireless efforts of our volunteers, the superb vitality of our audio system and each one among our 300+ delegates that attended the convention this 12 months. Our neighborhood retains rising and we’re already planning some thrilling new options for subsequent 12 months’s occasion to proceed to evolve and innovate.”
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