“We plan to double the number of hotels in Saudi Arabia in the next four years,” says Paul Stevens, COO, Middle East, Africa & Türkiye for the Premium, Midscale & Economy division at Accor, in this episode of the Saudi Tourism Authority Podcast.

Stevens shares Accor’s plans for Saudi Arabia, from expansion into second- and third-tier cities, to the rollout of a Saudization programme, as the group looks to hire 5-6,000 people in Saudi over the next five years.

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“With 41 hotels in the pipeline, we are almost doubling our Saudi portfolio – it’s a great market to be in,” says Maher Abou Nasr, Vice President, Operations – KSA, IHG Hotels & Resorts, in this episode of the Saudi Tourism Authority Podcast. The first company to manage a branded hotel in the kingdom back in 1975, IHG's Abou Nasr shares the vision and strategy for the next five years as the portfolio doubles and diversifies.

For more on Saudi Arabia, visit https://www.sta.gov.sa. For more about IHG, visit https://www.ihg.com

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“I suspect we are probably driving more people to Saudi Arabia than any other online travel partner,” Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder of Wego, tells Sarah Hedley Hymers in this episode of The Saudi Tourism Authority Podcast. Among the most popular travel apps in the Middle East, Wego partners with the Saudi Tourism Authority to help drive tourism numbers and is seeing the most success from event-led travel campaigns. Veitch outlines the country’s tourism offering and shares inbound travel trends.

For more information, visit https://company.wego.com and https://www.sta.gov.sa

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