Global networking at HICA 2009

30 Oct 2009

The third annual Hospitality Investment Conference Africa (HICA) is due to take place from 4 - 6 November 2009 at the Sandton Sun hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is modeled on various other international hospitality investment conferences.

The Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) has been a catalyst and important networking platform, stimulating economic growth in this region. AHIC has an advisory board where some of the top 40 global leaders in hospitality investment, guide and shape the content for the conference. This year AHIC was attended by around 750 delegates. Delegates and speakers, who have previously presented at AHIC, are due to be at HICA.

From 25 - 27 October, Russia hosted the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference (RHIC) 2009 and the theme for this year was around driving profits in challenging times in a similar vein to HICA whose theme is that of “Increasing opportunities for growth”. One of the main highlights for RHIC was presenting various opportunities around key airports to the Russian investment community and its advisory board lined up an impressive speaker list for this emerging tourism destination. This was also RHIC's third annual conference which has shown increased interest and growth despite the global financial challenges.

The International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) has concluded its 12th annual conference in Berlin this year and provides a more global networking forum for investors to meet and for investment opportunities to be showcased. This year more than 1500 people converged at the venue and post conference reporting showed that it was not only the quantity of people, but more importantly the quality of delegates and speakers that was rated highly. Like IHIF, the Hospitality Investment Conference Africa will gather top executives and decision makers in one room to broker deals and explore available investment options in Africa at the highest level.

In addition there are other regions looking for increased investment who also host similar conferences - the Hotel Investment Conference Asia-Pacific (HICAP); the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference (CHIC); the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) for example.

To register for the conference, go to www.hica.co.za or contact Zelda Coetzee on tel: +27 (0) 21 762 1442.