Future Hospitality Summit Unveils Comprehensive 3-pillar Programme For Hybrid Virtual Conference On 26—27 October

The wait is finally over! Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) – the hybrid virtual conference developed to explore big ideas and tackle the challenges facing the hospitality industry – has unveiled its comprehensive 2-day programme of live stage sessions, networking areas, roundtable discussions, special guest speakers, and more. The jampacked programme is set to unfold on the 26th and 27th of October. 

Organised by the Ministry of Tourism Saudi Arabia and G20 Saudi Secretariat, as part of The International Conferences Programme, honouring the G20 Saudi presidency year 2020, and powered by Bench Digital – FHS’s carefully curated 3-pillar programme will focus on understanding the new landscape, collaborating and assessing opportunities, and innovating to recreate the industry’ future. An esteemed line-up of more than 100 global industry captains, government leaders, media powerhouses, and innovators has been assembled from across the world, including: 

The wide-ranging programme of events is geared towards fostering connection and collaboration within the industry and building trust. It aims to dig deep to establish the most effective ways to build a hospitality sector that is relevant for a post-pandemic world, attractive to tomorrow’s international traveller and consumer, and supportive of entrepreneurs and innovation, in addition to being sustainable for the global economy and the environment, and attractive to tomorrow’s workforce. Important topics to be discussed include: 

Bench Digital will deliver the hybrid virtual conference on a cutting-edge digital event platform – providing a truly immersive and world-class live experience, with the following interactive features:

Reception

• All registered attendees will receive a magic link by email shortly before the event goes live. Upon clicking the link, they will land in the Reception area.
• The Reception area provides some key guidelines and information for the attendees and also lets them know what sessions are ‘live now’.

Stage

• The Main Stage is where the full day’s live stream can be accessed and attendees can watch the sessions, comment, ask questions, and be part of the discussion through the chat function. This area also has live polls, which will be running throughout each day.

Sessions

• The Sessions area is where attendees will be able to see which Breakout Sessions are coming up next and which one is live. Attendees can simply click on a Breakout Session and attend. Just like the Main Stage, Breakout Sessions have their own live chat discussions as well. Participation is limited to 500 attendees in each of the Breakout Sessions.

Networking

• The ‘Networking’ button launches an area where attendees will be connected for 3-minute networking sessions with others in that area, which is known as speed networking. The networking tool enables attendees to exchange contact information as well.
• Another way that attendees can network is by clicking on the ‘People’ tab next to the main chat tab. This allows them to search people by name or by company and send private messages – or even invite other attendees for a live video call within the platform.