Annab opens tourism ‘Horeca Jordan 2017’ forum

AMMAN — Tourism Minister Lina Annab on Tuesday opened the 4th International Forum for Hospitality, Food Industries and Hotel Equipment “Horeca Jordan 2017” at the Zara Expo Exhibition Centre, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Annab stressed the importance of international conferences being held in Jordan to promote the Kingdom as a tourist hub. Conference participants spend five times more than the average tourist, the minister said noting that 70 per cent of the spending during conferences is within the host country.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Modern Company for Conference and Exhibition Services Thuraya Husseini said that the exhibition is accompanied by many events, such as an international cooking competition in which 150 cooks compete in 18 categories. More than 100 Jordanian and international companies and agencies in the hospitality, food and catering industry are participating in the event, Husseini said.