Riyadh, Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khateeb received Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hyatt International Tom Pritzker today at his office in the ministry headquarters.

During the meeting, the minister welcomed the company’s announcement to expand in the Kingdom by building new hotels and increasing its hotel capacity from 1,700 rooms to 5,000 rooms over the next five years, referring to the contribution of this plan to enhancing the Kingdom’s tourism infrastructure.

Talks during the meeting also reviewed the opportunities for Hyatt Hotels to contribute to training and employing Saudi personnel in light of the ministry’s continuous efforts to empower Saudis in the tourism sector.

Al-Khateeb noted that the ministry’s endeavours to attract distinguished international hotels, such as Hyatt Hotels, come within the Kingdom’s commitment to developing the tourism sector to provide world-class services. The ministry aims to increase the number of hotel rooms to more than 550,000 by 2030 to achieve
the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 that seeks to attract 150 million tourists by 2030 and increase tourism’s contribution to the GDP by 10%, amidst the prosperity and development witnessed by the tourism sector in the Kingdom.

Pritzker praised the Kingdom’s infrastructure development in the tourism sector, noting that the excellent facilities provided by Saudi Arabia to investors encouraged the company to expand in various tourist destinations in the country.

Source: Saudi Press Agency