Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia returns in June 2026 to drive investment and deals

Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia returns in June 2026 to drive investment and deals

Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia returns this June

Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia returns in June 2026, driving investment, deal making and hospitality sector growth across the region.

Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia will return to Riyadh from 22 to 24 June 2026, at Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah.

The summit brings together investors, developers, operators and policymakers at a defining moment for the kingdom’s rapidly expanding hospitality sector. Positioned as the kingdom’s leading investment platform, FHS connects capital with opportunity, reinforcing its role as major deal making forum.

The 2025 edition welcomed more than 1,100 industry leaders, generating over 1.6 billion dollars in business opportunities across hospitality ecosystem. Additionally, 254 investors attended FHS Saudi Arabia last year, collectively managing 5.61 trillion dollars in global investment assets worldwide. Moreover, the opening day focuses on recovery, resilience, and recalibrating growth strategies amid regional uncertainty and shifting hospitality dynamics.

Moreover, sessions include “From Recovery to Reset Rethinking Hospitality Development Economics and Building Through Uncertainty”, addressing evolving investment and risk models. Developers and operators will examine adapting investment structures, managing risk exposure and sustaining momentum in changing geopolitical environments globally. Under the theme “Where Opportunity Meets Capital”, the program spans real estate, technology, wellness, branded residences and FHS Start up Den. Furthermore, curated investor sessions and networking opportunities convert dialogue into transactions, strengthening partnerships between global and regional hospitality stakeholders. The Investor Lounge facilitates project presentations, capital matching, and strategic partnerships, serving as gateway for international capital entering Saudi Arabia.

Jonathan Worsley, chairman of The Bench, said, “Moments of uncertainty often define next phase of growth for our industry. What we are witnessing across the region is recalibration, underpinned by resilience, adaptability, and long-term vision clarity. FHS Saudi Arabia will bring hospitality community together in Riyadh to align, recalibrate, and move forward confidently.”

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Rita Ghantous

Rita Ghantous is a hospitality aficionado and a passionate writer with over 9 years’ experience in journalism and 5 years experience in the hospitality sector. Her passion for the performance arts and writing, started early. At 10 years old she was praised for her solo performance of the Beatles song “All My Love” accompanied by a guitarist, and was approached by a French talent scout during her school play. However, her love for writing was stronger. Fresh out of school, she became a freelance journalist for Noun Magazine and was awarded the Silver Award Cup for Outstanding Poetry, by The International Library of Poetry (Washington DC). She studied Business Management and earned a Masters degree from Saint Joseph University (USJ), her thesis was published in the Proche-Orient, Études en Management book. She then pursued a career in the hospitality industry but didn’t give up writing, that is why she launched the Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun Newsletter. Her love for the industry and journalism led her to Hospitality Services - the organizers of the HORECA trade show in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, as well as Salon Du Chocolat, Beirut Cooking Festival, Whisky Live and other regional shows. She is currently the Publications Executive of Hospitality News Middle East, Taste & Flavors and Lebanon Traveler. It is with ultimate devotion for her magazines that she demonstrates her hospitality savoir-faire.

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