Info minister to open HORECA 2016 expo With participation of over 60 companies
KUWAIT: Following the remarkable success achieved by Horeca 2015 which was held last January, Nabila AlAnjeri, General Manager of Leaders Group Company for Consultancy and Development, said that Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah AlSalem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah has agreed to patronize and open the Horeca 2016 exhibition. The event is due to be held jointly with the Hospitality Services Company at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa in the period of January 18-20, 2016.
Anjeri said that over 60 major companies specialized in hospitality, hotels and food services had so far announced their participation in the exhibition due to be held under direct patronage of the information ministry’s tourism sector. She added that this poses real partnership between the private and public sector sin supporting strategic tourism projects’ plans with the ultimate goal of turning Kuwait into a touristic destination providing various types of tourism for recreation, commercial exchange, investment and holding international conferences and sports championships.
Furthermore, Anjeri stressed that developing the touristic sector has become an ‘urgent necessity’ in order to diversify sources of national income, especially in view of the constant falloffs in international oil prices. She added that developing the touristic sector would provide around 30,000 job opportunities within 10 years and attract what is worth over KD 700 million of national investments.
Anjeri added that tourism services 35 different sectors including transportation, real estate, construction, furniture, hotels, restaurants, health and sports. It also helps develop small and medium businesses that form over 90 percent of world economies, she said.
“In view of the constant expansion in restaurants and hospitality sector in Kuwait and the fact that country now has over 5,000 restaurants, with an average of one restaurant per 760 persons, the hospitality sector must be scientifically developed by experts who find this is possible through Horeca,” Anjeri added, noting that the huge number of participating companies enriches the exhibition. Anjeri also stressed that expectations that hotel rooms in Kuwait were to reach over 10,000 within the coming three years add to the significance of Horeca Kuwait and call for more cooperation. On that regard.