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“Despite thechallenges in recent
years,Marriott International never
wavered for amoment in its support
for Egypt and in fact, during this
challenging time,wemaintained
our employee levels andvowed
to stay thecourse, launching the
#Activ8Egypt initiative late last
year,” saidAlexKyriakidis, President,
MiddleEast&AfricaofMarriott
International.
#Activ8Egypt campaignwas
launchedat theArabianTravel
Market (ATM), a travel and tourism
event unlockingbusinesspotential
within theMiddleEast for inbound
andoutbound tourismprofessionals;
showingclear support to the
industryandEgyptian tourismat
suchahighprofileevent. Theevent
was attendedbyArneSorenson,
Marriott International President
&Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Alex
Kyriakidis,Marriott International
President&ManagingDirector
MiddleEast&Africa, PhilipBryson,
Marriott International SeniorVice
PresidentMiddleEast&North
Africa. Showing support to the
initiativewasH.EKhaledRamy
Minister of Tourism, tourism
partners, andMarriottGlobal Sales
Office representatives at theATM.
Among theMarriott International
properties inEgypt are the
JWMarriottHotel Cairo, the
RenaissanceCairoMirageCityHotel,
theRenaissanceSharmEl Sheikh
GoldenViewBeachResort, theCairo
MarriottHotel &OmarKhayyam
Casino, theSharmEl SheikhMarriott
BeachResort and theHurghada
MarriottBeachResort. Thenew
additionof theNileRitz-Carlton,
Cairoand the legendaryMenaHouse
will further increase the roomcount
toover 3,700andemployeeswhich
arecurrently5,000people.
