Call for Projects

As at June 2019, ITIC has received proposals for live and bankable tourism projects worth of USD 3 billion.

Tourism project promoters are invited to send their Expression of Interest for those projects that are in need of investment.

Contact Details
Ibrahim Ayoub
Group CEO

ITIC Ltd
The Global Tourism Conference 5 – 7 Cranwood Street, EC1V9EE London, UK
The Global Tourism Conference +44 (0) 797 418 7571
The Global Tourism Conference [email protected]

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    Speakers

    ITIC Speaker
    Hon. Edmund Bartlett, CD, MP
    Minister of Tourism
    Jamaica more…
    ITIC Speaker
    H.E. Mr. Nayef Hmeidi Al-Fayez
    Minister of Tourism and Antiquities
    Jordan more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Hon. Najib Balala, EGH
    Cabinet Secretary
    Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Kenya more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Hon. Memunatu B. Pratt
    Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
    Sierra Leone more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Hon. Phildah Kereng
    Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism
    Botswana more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Ian Liddell-Grainger
    MP UK & Chair
    Commonwealth Parliamentary Association – UK more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Elena Kountoura
    Member
    Group of the European United
    Left – Nordic Green Left
    more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Julia Simpson
    CEO
    WTTC more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Dr. Taleb Rifai
    Chairman ITIC & Former Secretary General
    United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Christopher Rodrigues, CBE
    Chairman
    Port of London Authority more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Gerald Lawless
    Director ITIC &
    WTTC Ambassador more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Mark Beer
    Britsh Laywer &
    Chairman of The Metis Institute more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Ian Goldin
    Professor of Globalisation and Development
    University of Oxford more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis
    Director of the eTourism Lab
    Deputy Director of the International Centre
    for Tourism And Hospitality Research
    more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Dr. Marcus Lee
    Chairman of Association of
    SME Business owners in China more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Ibrahim Ayoub
    Group CEO & MD
    ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Paul Hoskins
    Director
    ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Rajan Datar
    Broadcaster and Journalist
    BBC more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Nikolina Angelkova
    Former Minister of Tourism
    Bulgaria more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Rafiq Mobin
    Founder & President
    Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Cuthbert Ncube
    Executive Chairman
    Africa Tourism Board more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Mark Abraham
    Founder & CEO
    Shackle more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Simon Press
    Exhibition Director
    World Travel Market London (WTM London)
    & Travel Forward (TF)
    more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Andrew Agius Muscat
    CEO of MHRA, Malta Hotels & Restaurants Association
    Secretary-General Mediterranean Tourism Foundation more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Dinky Puri
    Founding Partner
    Eaglewing Estates & Hotels more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Denis Francis Kinane
    Founder and Chief Medical Officer
    Cign Post Diagnostics, UK more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Manuel González Buiza
    COO
    TOP (TOURISM OPTIMIZER PLATFORM) more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Thoyyib Mohamed
    Managing Director
    Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation(MMPRC) more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Joseph D. GRAH
    Director of the Humanitarian Affairs Department
    AFRIJAPAN-AFRICASIA INTERNATONAL COOPERATION more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Amr El-Kady
    CEO
    Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board more…
    ITIC Speaker
    Ghaith Al Ghaith
    CEO
    flydubai more…

    Programme

    The Global Tourism Investment Summit


    Invest, Finance & Restart

     

    The Virtual Summit Replay

    The Event Day

    Wednesday, 19 May 2021

    ITIC ATM Middle East 2021   

    Closing

    Eddie Taylor

    ITIC Speaker
    Eddie Taylor
    Editorial Director
    Arabian Business

    Eddie Taylor is Editorial Director of Arabian Business and is a journalist and editor with more than 25 years’ experience.

    He has deployed his skills in a number of tourism-related fields, from editing the inflight magazine for Royal Jordanian Airlines for almost a decade to, helping to articulate a new strategy for the Jordan Tourism Board and overseeing a major content project for Emirates.

    Doris Greif

    ITIC Speaker
    Doris Greif
    Managing Director & RVP Operations
    Europe & Middle East Langham Hospitality Group

    Education, Qualifications, Memberships:

    • Graduate (1981)
      Wirtschaftsaufbau Schule Friedrich List Munich – A – Level

    • Graduate (1982)
      Hotel School Kermess in Munich

    • Apprenticeship at Munich Hilton with graduation at Chamber of Commerce and Industry Munich (1982 – 1985)
      Hotel Administration and Management
      German Hotelkauffrau

    • Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
      Various leadership and technical trainings during 1992 – 1995 With Hilton International

    • CDI – Hilton Career Development Institute (1996)

    • Asset Management and High Perfomance Financial Course(2006) Cornell University

    • Owners Relationship and Asset Management Programme January 2017 – Presented & Conducted by Cornell University

    • The Enabling Leader Program by Myles Downey, Executive Coach – July 2017

    work experience

    • August 2020 – Present   THE LANGHAM, LONDON
      Managing Director & Regional Vice President – Operations Europe and Middle East

    • April 2018 – August 2020   Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan Private Office
      Abu Dhabi, UAE
      Hotel Asset Manager for 7 Hotels in his portfolio 5 Rotana properties in UAE, Jordan and 2 Hotels Managed by Jumeirah Group UAE.

      Responsible for 1.4 Billion AED annual Revenue And various refurbishment Projects in a value of 120 Million AED

    • Since February 2018   Dussmann Co&KGaA
      Berlin
      Member of the Board of Trustees

    • September 2016 – February 2018   JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      Senior Vice President Operations – MEASA

    • October 2014 – September 2016  JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      Regional Vice President – Europe
      General Manager, Jumeirah Frankfurt

    • February 2010 – September 2014  JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      General Manager
      Jumeirah at Etihad Towers – Abu Dhabi

    • August 2008 – January 2010   DIFC Investments LLC
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      Chief Operating Officer – City Operations

    • September 2007 – April 2008  JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Shanghai, PRC
      General Manager
      Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi

    • April 2004 – August 2007   JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      General Manager
      Jumeirah Emirates Towers

    • August 2003 – March 2004   JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      General Manager Operations

    • August 2000 – August 2003   JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      General Manager
      Jumeirah Beach Club Resort and Spa

    • January 1999 – August 2000   JUMEIRAH GROUP
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      Executive Assistant Manager in charge of Rooms
      Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

    • 1996 – 1999   HILTON INTERNATIONAL
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      Area Director, Front Office
      Operations Middle East & Africa
      Dubai, UAE

    • 1990 – 1996   HILTON INTERNATIONAL
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      Director of Front Office & Sales Operations
      Dubai Hilton and Hilton Beach Club

    • 1982 – 1989   HILTON INTERNATIONAL
      Munich, Germany
      Various Front Office roles

    Benjamin Clifford

    ITIC Speaker
    Benjamin Clifford
    Founder & CTO of
    Nevaya

    A digital leader with 20+ year experience in designing technology systems for hospitality at scale. Founder, and currently Chief Technology Officer at Nevaya—leading the architecture of the company’s hospitality cloud platform; and defining its technology and innovation strategy. Nevaya is the hospitality SaaS platform for Casting, TV, WiFi & Mobile; and Cloud based technology for hotels & hospitality.

    Built and created the case for cloud technology in hospitality, and continues to build solutions that require minimal capital expenditure. Pioneered, designed, developed and launched the first cloud native IPTV system for hospitality in 2009.

    Responsible for a number of white label hospitality projects for large industry household names in America, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Australia — from International & Regional luxury Hotels and Hotel Chains to exclusive Boutique.

    A few highlights include the first ever (and currently only) cloud native Google Chromecast platform for hospitality, an entirely cloud based IPTV system for hospitality, hospitality gateways to enable previously silent systems to communicate, an HSIA product for Amazon’s kindle.

    Previously, responsible for Nevaya’s own custom Linux distribution for hospitality. Enjoy solving complex problems and am happy to engage at board level all the way through to bits and bytes.

    About the Summit

    INVEST – REBUILD – RESTART THE MIDDLE EAST TRAVEL & TOURISM SECTOR

    VIRTUAL SUMMIT 27 MAY 2021

    After the resounding success of our first face-to-face Tourism Investment Summit last Wednesday 19 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, we are now organising our virtual summit in partnership with ATM on Thursday 27 May, targeting a global audience and for those who could not attend the in-person summit due to travel restrictions. The focus will once again be on ‘Invest-Rebuild-Restart the tourism industry in the Middle East to drive this week’s Virtual Summit.

    Tourism decision-makers, professionals and investors will discuss the challenges, issues and opportunities, and above all, the way forward as the tourism landscape of the Middle East is being reshaped positively in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    This summit will explore in depth how to rebuild the industry and focuses on the following critical issues:

    • 1. Economic Outlook: An overview of the Middle East changing economic landscape
    • 2. One-to-one Interview with Issam Kazim, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Tourism
    • 3. What hotels of the future will look like?
    • 4. Presentation of a successful sustainable tourism development by the RED SEA DEVELOPMENT
    • 5. Promoting gender equality in the Middle East tourism industry
    • 6. Public-Private Investment initiatives in Sustainable Tourism Projects in the Middle East
    • 7. China-Middle East cooperation in the Travel and Tourism
    • 8. Analysing the impact and challenges of digital transformation in the Travel and Tourism industry
    • Putting sustainability at the heart of the future development of the tourism industry of the Middle East will be crucial to respond to the growing expectations of both local and international travellers.


      The Opportunity
      It provides an excellent opportunity to increase the visibility of your brand and to connect with investors and heads of multinationals in the Travel and Tourism and Financial Services industries, procurement teams and industry specialists from across the globe. The Summit is the vital meeting place for the Travel & Tourism industry and investors to expand their professional network and develop new concepts, partnerships and ideas that will transform the growth and commercial development of their business.

      Who will attend?
      With over 3000+ (100++ for the In-person Summit with social distancing measures) international decision-makers, tourism leaders and investors in attendance, the Summit will propel your brand into top of the mind for those who count especially when procuring the services and products which you offer. Our audience represents billions of USDs in investment and expenditures, making this event a great opportunity to establish and nurture relationships and business opportunities that you can only achieve by being an active partner of this exclusive and unique ITIC event in partnership with WTM. ITIC will give visibility to leading industry entities and emerging destinations in their policy orientation by pairing specific tourism strategies with investment solutions, thus acting as a catalyst and an engine for inclusive growth and sustainable economic development.

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