25 years of transforming connections
We have moved on from Bench Events We have returned, after many years, to our former brand, our old friend, The Bench
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Our Values
- We delight our customers by going the extra mile
- We innovate and facilitate connections
- We care about our communities and the environment
- We create valuable experiences
- We nurture relationships
- We are curious about life and opportunities
- We are family
Our Guarantee
- The intellectual ability to enable and facilitate connections
- To collaborate with the right partners to disrupt the industry
- To create and deliver strategies as transformative solutions that empower our clients; and
- To embrace inclusion and diversity to encourage deeper trust and commitment
OUR LEGACY OF GLOBAL EVENT BRANDS
The Bench has been a leading organiser of hospitality investment and aviation development business events. For over 25 years, our events have been known as the premium industry forums for sector development across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
OUR LEAP INTO VIRTUAL SPACE
In 2020 alone, we hosted 10 virtual events and over 25,000 attendees. The Bench ran Hospitality Tomorrow, our first virtual conference in April 2020 which attracted more than 6000 registrations from across the world. The success of this has allowed us to create a full series of online forums including 3 more Hospitality Tomorrow events, Real Estate Tomorrow and Africa Tomorrow.
CLIENTS & PARTNERS
Latest News
A Mega Week for Tourism Investment in Nairobi
The Africa Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF), the premier tourism and hospitality investment conference in Africa, will return to Nairobi on 12-14 June 2023. Overlapping it, AviaDev Africa, the leading aviation...
Hospitality’s highest flyers honoured at FHS Awards in Dubai
The top players in the Middle East and Africa’s hospitality sector were honoured at the Future Hospitality Summit Awards today in the presence of the Founding Patron of the Arabian...
ELAF group shares its vision for travel and tourism sector during Saudi Future Hospitality Summit in Riyadh
CEO, Dr Adel Ezzat “The hospitality sector is a national priority and a major contributor to achieving Vision 2030” Group CEO praised Kingdom's achievements in Travel and Tourism Development Index...
Charities
At The Bench we are proud to demonstrate our social responsibility through our commitment to corporate-led charity fundraising.
IDEEA Hospitality Investment Forum 2022: Supporting Ukrainian refugees in Greece.
At The Bench, one of our core values is caring about our communities and environment. This has encouraged us to continuously, through our events and gatherings, develop opportunities where we...
HOSPITALITYHELPS has facilitated over 120.000 guest nights for displaced Ukrainian residents since the start of the war
(08 April 2022) Created by a group of hospitality industry veterans, #HospitalityHelps is an online booking platform for short-term hotel stays for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Through the...
AviaDev Africa 2022: Supporting local charities and the next generation
AviaDev Africa, one of The Bench’s growing portfolio of industry conferences was successfully delivered on 29 June – 1 July 2022 in Cape Town, after a three year hiatus. At...