Roger Allen, CEO of RLA Global, spoke at the African Hotel Expansion Summit on opportunities and challenges for achieving spa financial viability. His presentation, "Do Hotel Spas ‘Really’ Make Money?" provided a compelling overview of diverse internal and external factors that impact underperforming or high-performance spa operation results.

Noppen's Africa Hotel Expansion Summit gathered developers, investors, regulators, construction companies, architects, solution providers, financial institutes and associations in a focused two-day program designed to enhance business. Panel discussions and presentations elaborated on future investment strategies and funding, operations efficiency and updated technologies required for guaranteeing customer satisfaction and success.

For additional information visit the Annual Africa Hotel Expansion Summit Website.

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