Overview
The GBB Investment Summit MENA - Hospitality Edition is a gathering of decision-makers bringing together investors, developers, owners, operators and consultants focusing on the rapidly growing hospitality industry. This summit will explore and capitalize on the vast opportunities within the realms of luxury hospitality projects in the region
Bahrain
• Hotel Pipeline: 16 hotels adding 3,000 rooms (2024–2026)
• Tourism Target: Tourism receipts forecast to reach US$3.6 Billion by 2028
• Bahrain's hospitality sector grew 10.3% in Q1 2025
Egypt
• Hotel Pipeline: 127 projects with 28,172 rooms (Q2 2025)
• Tourism Target: 30 million international visitors by 2028
• Total Market Size: US$21.54 Billion (2026 Estimate) a growth from USD 20.11 billion (in 2025)
Jordan
• Hotel Pipeline: Niche/Boutique focus; 105-room Golden Tulip Amman opened Q1 2025
• Tourism Target: Tourism revenue hit US$2.4 Billion in Q1 2025 alone
• Market Growth: Q1 2025 revenue grew 15.3% year-on-year
• Total Market Size: ~US$9-10 Billion (Annualized based on Q1 2025)
• Total Investment in Hospitality: Part of US$1.6 Billion total FDI in 2024
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Hotel Pipeline: 349 projects with 94,287 rooms (Q3 2025) – The highest in the region
• Tourism Target: 150 million visitors annually by 2030
• Market Growth: Saudi hospitality market estimated ~US$29.0B (2026), rising toward ~US$40.6B by 2031
• Total FDI inflows -US$31.7 Billion (2024), with construction/hospitality capturing ~15%
Kuwait
• Hotel Pipeline: 12 projects with 2,427 rooms
• Tourism Target: Travel & Tourism revenue to reach US$973.9 Million in 2025
• Hotel revenue projected to hit $372.7M in 2025, with a 6.12% CAGR through 2030
• FDI Investment: US$614 Million (2024)
• Total Investment in Hospitality: US$1.5 Billion (2024)
Morocco
• Hotel Pipeline: 58 projects with 8,579 rooms (Q1 2025)
• Tourism Target: Targeting 26 million tourists by 2030
• Forecast $1.84 billion increase between 2024-2029, driven by new hotel openings
• Rixos & Alliances Group announced a $320 million investment in luxury hotels across Morocco
Oman
• Hotel Pipeline: 27 projects with 4,709 rooms (Q2 2025)
• Tourism Target: Sector to contribute US$14 Billion (OMR 5.4B) to GDP by 2034
• Hotel revenues reached USD 505 million in the first nine months (2025)
• Adding 1,000 rooms by late 2025, with 3,000 more planned, reaching ~40,300 rooms by 2027
• Hospitality sector forecasted to grow at 6.84% annually, reaching ~$296.59 million by 2030
• Total FDI inflow in the country US$8.68 Billion (2024)
Qatar
• Hotel Pipeline: 16 projects with 3,473 rooms (Q2 2025)
• Tourism Target: 7 million annual visitors by 2030
• Market Growth Expectation: 7.15% CAGR (2026–2034)
• Total Market Size: Reached USD 3,794.08 Million in 2025
• FDI Investment: US$2.7 Billion total FDI in 2024
Tunisia
• Hotel Pipeline: 4,336 rooms
• Tourism Target: Surpassed 11 million visitors in 2025
• Total Investment in Hospitality: Foreign investment in tourism/industry ~US$847 Million in first 9 months 2025
• Total FDI US$940 Million in 2024
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Hotel Pipeline: 100 projects with 25,470 rooms (Q2 2025)
• UAE forecast to have 235,674 rooms in 1,184 hotels by 2030
• Market Growth: RevPAR grew 11.9% year-on-year in 2025
• Total Market Size: Hospitality revenue reached US$7.1 Billion in H1 2025 alone
Attendees
Features
Strategic Investment
Meetings
A key highlight of the Summit is the one-on-one investment meetings designed to drive high-value partnerships. These meetings connect pre-qualified developers seeking strategic capital with global investors ensuring every interaction is relevant, insightful, and results driven.
Participants are selected based on investment scale, project scope, and decision-making authority, ensuring meaningful, goal-driven meetings. Attendees outline their investment priorities, which are strategically matched with developers and financial partners.
These high-impact face-to-face meetings pave way for long-term collaborations, making the GBB Investment Summit an unparalleled platform for hospitality investment success across MENA.
Our Past
Attendees
Investors
Delegates
Advisory
Board Members
Elias Abou Samra
Elias Abou Samra
CEO
RAFAL Real Estate Development Company
Harmen De Jong
Harmen De Jong
Regional Partner and Head Of Consulting
KNIGHT FRANK MENA
Khalid Hassan Al Gahtani
Khalid Hassan Al Gahtani
Chairman
Haka Group
John Fekete
John Fekete
General Manager
CBRE Saudi Arabia
Najee Syriani
Najee Syriani
Hospitality Development Director
Diriyah Company
Saeed Albially
Saeed Albially
Executive Director
Rua Al Madinah Holding
Julio Corredor
Julio Corredor
CEO
Shaden Hospitality Company
Jana Bader
Jana Bader
Founder
Supreme Hospitality
Fredrik Jonsson
Fredrik Jonsson
Founder and Managing Partner
Mereha Group
Ashraf Qasem
Ashraf Qasem
Chief Hospitality Officer
Al Othaim Investment Company
Abdulwahhab Abed
Abdulwahhab Abed
CEO
SEDCO Capital
Turab Saleem
Turab Saleem
CEO
Perfetti Hospitality
Maximilian Quack
Maximilian Quack
Senior Vice President
JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group
Our Past
Speakers
Abdullah Kamel
CEO
Al Woroud Real Estate Investment Company
Ahmed Said Al-Angari
Owner
Anas AlDowayan
CEO
ALDOWAYAN HOLDING COMPANY
Arch. Mohammad Alderaibi
Managing Director
OUD REAL ESTATE COMPANY
Charles Habak
Senior Partner Dubai
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
Dalia El Kordy
CCO
A CAPITAL HOLDING
Elena Boheme
Director Of Advisory Services
COLDWELL BANKER
Harmen De Jong
Regional Partner - Head Of Consulting
KNIGHT FRANK
Testimonials
From the engaging sessions to the networking opportunities, I found the conference to be very beneficial.
Group Director of Hospitality, Baan Holding Group
The event gave us longer time to meet more groups and more people and identifying specific needs and requirements more clearly.
CEO, Evarei Management LLC
The team from GBB was helpful and assisted us to make good connections. Overall, the event was great!
Projects Director, Roya International Hospitality & Leisure Consultants LLC
We had the opportunity to meet new partners willing to expand, in Saudi Arabia or have additional challenges that my company can help solving.
Development Director, Metrix Projects
There was a great variety of investors, developers, and also operators and other fellow consultants. So, I think it just made it a holistic round.
Director, PKF Hospitality Group
I 100% met the right kind of people and I would recommend other people to come next year.
Head of Development - Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Met a lot of people and great networking where I can potentially do some business.
Managing Director, Dadabai Holding
There were those short introductions which then enabled us very quickly to connect with who we needed to speak to.
Partner - Head of Investments and Asset Management, HVS
The overall experience was very good, very well organized, and the scale of the summit is quite good to gain a lot of contacts, to gain a lot of coordination and networking.
Managing Director | UAE, Colliers Project Leaders
This was really spot on and if we can put 20% of the discussions from today into action, I believe that it will be a success for us.
VP of Development, Story Hospitality
Excellent and amazing event and would like to be part of this and many to come
Chief Hospitality Officer, Al Othaim Investments
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