Tourism Minister meets with Marriott to discuss increasing investments

Tourism Minister Rania El Mashat held a meeting with Marriott’s Middle East and Africa director Alex Kyriakidis and other company representatives to discuss increasing investments in Egypt, Al Shorouk reports. Marriott, which owns 18 hotels in Egypt, recently signed two contracts with the Housing Ministry to build hotels in Alamein. The new projects come as part of plans to expand into Africa, which sees over 200 hotels in the continent by 2022.