Hilton Worldwide (HLT.N) aims to increase the number of hotel rooms it manages in Egypt by 40 percent by the end of 2022, the company\u2019s vice president for the North Africa region said.
\nThe US company, which runs thousands of hotels around the world and manages 17 hotels in Egypt, aims to add 2,500 rooms and take on seven more projects in the North African country by 2022, Hilton\u2019s Mohab Ghali said.<\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s tourism industry, one of the country\u2019s main sources of foreign currency and employer of millions of Egyptians, has suffered since a 2011 uprising but has picked up in recent months amid government efforts to restore stability and revive the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe average occupancy rate at hotels in Egypt has increased by 20-25 percent this year,\u201d Ghali said on the sidelines of an event to promote investment in Port Said.<\/p>\n
Ghali added that the number of visitors to the North African country is expected to continue to climb next year.<\/p>\n
A government official said last month that Egypt\u2019s tourism revenue had jumped by more than 210 percent year on year to $5.3 billion in the first nine months of 2017.<\/p>\n
A flotation of the country\u2019s currency last year, which cut the Egyptian pound\u2019s value by half, has helped to lift the tourism market after political turmoil and two plane crashes left its resorts nearly empty.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as there is economic and political stability, you\u2019ll see the numbers of tourists improving,\u201d Ghali said, adding that 40 percent of hotel reservations are currently made by local visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would we sign new contracts and expand here if we weren\u2019t optimistic about Egypt?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hilton Worldwide (HLT.N) aims to increase the number of hotel rooms it manages in Egypt by 40 percent by the end of 2022, the company\u2019s vice president for the North Africa region said. The US company, which runs thousands of hotels around the world and manages 17 hotels in Egypt, aims to add 2,500 rooms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":53012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[2484,26705,26706,26707],"class_list":["post-53011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-egypt","tag-hilton-worldwide","tag-hlt-n","tag-north-africa"],"yoast_head":"\n