SME-Coverage/Mohamed Al-Shami
Under the patronage of Major General Khaled Fouda, Governor of South Sinai, and the African-Asian Federation for Tourism, Development and Technology “AFASU”, the international celebration begins in Sharm El-Sheikh. The celebration is held in the presence of Major General Khaled Fouda and Dr. Hossam Darwish, President of the African-Asian Federation for Tourism and Development, to hand Hossam Al-Shaer the “Best” award. “Leader” in tourism development. The poet’s winning of the award comes at the level of 102 Asian and African countries. The ceremony includes members of the African-Asian Union and a large number of officials and businessmen.
The global celebration includes honoring Mr. Hossam Al-Shaer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Sunrise Resorts and Hotels Company (SkyMax Holidays), on the occasion of his winning one of the most prestigious awards of the African Asian Union for Tourism, Development and Technology (AFASU), which is the AFASU Gold Award.”
Best Leader Award.
The Union explained in a statement that Hossam Al-Shaer’s nomination for the award comes after the remarkable and tangible achievements he has made in the field of tourism development, sustainable community development, and excellence in leadership and development.
The poet’s winning of the award came after a final qualification and competition with Salim Al-Zaghal from sisterly Tunisia, one of the most important investors in Tunisia, Belgium and France in the specialized hotel sector, in what is called thalathotherapy, meaning treatment with sea water.
Hossam Al-Shaer won the award with 89% of the total votes from Afro-Asian tourism figures.
Dr. Hossam Darwish, President of the African-Asian Union AFASU, stressed in his speech that the Tourism Development Leader Award comes in honor of every leadership figure who has contributed significantly to tourism development, whether locally or globally.
Darwish explained that the Development Leader is awarded to those who have a significant impact on the development of their country and a positive, sustainable impact on the tourism sector.
The President of the Afro-Asian Federation drew attention to the personality of Mr. Hossam Al-Shaer and how he contributed positively and influentially to the development of Egyptian tourism, which led to an increase in tourists’ interest in Egypt, praising the contributions of the giant Sunrise Tourism Group, which is distinguished by its renewed thinking in specialized tourism management.
Major General Hossam Badr El-Din, Secretary-General of the Federation, added: “Today we celebrate a leading figure in the tourism development sector in the world after a marathon of competition with several figures from friendly countries, and in the end everyone becomes winners because the goal is sustainable development in the tourism sector, which remains a goal for all of us.” The decisions of COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh and COP 28 in Dubai also came.
For his part, Hossam Al-Shaer expressed in his speech to the audience his great happiness with the honor, especially since it comes from an international African-Asian Federation that emerged from a long-established international organization founded by the heads of African and Asian countries, which is the African-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization, which was founded in 1958.
The poet said: “I really feel very happy, without a doubt, for several reasons. I do not apply for awards, and I do not like to put myself through tests. My selection for this award was completely without my knowledge and because of the great enthusiasm of the international jury, and there is another reason.”
He continued: “It is a respectable award that does not compliment anyone at all. The biggest reason for happiness is that it came after the best leader in the world chose a tourist city and governorate, His Excellency Major General Dr. Khaled Fouda. This is a great honor.”
He added: “This wonderful award appreciates the efforts of all the distinguished men and women in the country and urges them to work continuously to advance our beloved country, Egypt, under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.”
He noted: “Allow me to extend a special thank you to His Excellency Major General Dr. Khaled Fouda, Governor of South Sinai, for his support and dedication to serving the Governorate of South Sinai first, then the tourism sector and tourists. Also, this award comes two and a half months after the distinguished leader, His Excellency Major General Dr. Khaled Fouda, Governor of South Sinai, received the award.” The best government leader for a tourist city in the world, and the city of Sharm El Sheikh received the award for the best tourist city in the world, which is the highest level and the highest award from the African Asian Union AFASU Gold Awards.”
Al-Shaer added: “I assure you that our companies took the lead in supporting this Egyptian tourism, especially beach tourism, which we consider to be one of the most important types of tourism capable of supporting the Egyptian economy because it generates a large income in hard currencies, especially since Egypt has all the capabilities to be a leader in this sector.” “.
He explained: “From the standpoint that whoever does not thank people does not thank God, I would like to thank the Sunrise work team in all its branches for their tireless support and continuing the hard work to raise the name of our country high in the field of tourism and hotels, and from here I thank you. Today’s honor is a tribute to the entire work team. Thank you, thank you. “For your support, thank you for the high professionalism that brought us to this level of honor.”
He said that Sunrise Resorts and its subsidiaries are harnessing all their programmes, plans and capabilities, in order to improve the professional tourism work system so that it becomes a platform and starting point for preparing generations, according to the highest standards. Just as we care about the tourist, we care about the employee and his qualification and training in order to meet the requirements of our national tourism institutions with an elite group of qualified cadres. , capable of embodying the vision of our leadership, and realizing its plans to build a promising tourism future, through which we will be at the forefront of the most developed and advanced countries in the world.
He stressed that honoring the AFASU is a source of pride for everyone and encourages me to continue the upcoming successes and make more efforts in serving my country and repaying its debt.
He added: “I take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to His Excellency the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Issa, and to his generous work team for their tireless efforts to support Egyptian tourism and support those working in this sector. I also thank Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism, for her tireless efforts to support tourism in our beloved country, and I cannot fail to thank Mr. Omar.”
