Hodema participated in Saudi Horeca the Saudi International food beverage and hospitality exhibition which took place in October 2015 at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center.

Hodema’s managing partner Nagi Morkos was invited by ALBA University on July 9th 2015 to be part of the jury and grade the students specializing in Product design on their project which topic was: “Do | Eat: le produit autour de la préparation présentation et consommation de la nourriture”.

Hodema attended the Beirut International Franchise Forum and Exhibition (BIFEX) in May 2015 at Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut Lebanon.

In the scope of its continuous growth Hodema organized an internal workshop on May 7th 2015 at Al Bustan hotel in Beit Mery. The aim of the gathering was to evaluate the company’s evolution and discuss future expansion and improvement. A dinner was held the night before at Mayrig restaurant in Gemmayzeh.

Hodema participated in Horeca the annual hospitality and food exhibition which took place at Biel in April 2015 gathering over 250 companies in the Food and Beverage sectors among which catering equipment packaging hygiene pastry and bakery food beverage and consultancy as well as international pavilions.

Hodema’s managing partner Nagi Morkos was interviewed on Al Arabiya News Channel on February 17th 2015 during the Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF) in Dubai. Morkos tackled the franchise business and discussed the opportunities of buying a franchise versus developing new Food and Beverage concepts as well as the challenges faced by the franchisees among other topics.

Hodema participated as Gold sponsor speaker and moderator in the Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF) which took place in February 2015 at Conrad Dubai. The programme includes over 50 industry leaders expert speakers and moderators who lead debates and share business knowledge on topics such as Food and Beverage openings trends worldwide macro-economics latest global concepts and brands to look out for in the future.

Hodema team attended the “Rural Tourism Strategy for Lebanon” a new initiative launched by the Ministry of Tourism on February 11th 2015 at the Grand Serail under the patronage of his Excellency former Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam.

Hodema participated for the second consecutive year in Gulfood which took place at the Dubai World Trade Center in February 2015.

Hodema team visited Horeca show in Kuwait which took place in January 2015 in Kuwait City. This event covered the hospitality catering and food industry sectors in the country and the region.

Managing partner Nagi Morkos represented the former Minister of Tourism His Excellency Mr. Michel Pharaon during the launching of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) strategy in Lebanon which took place on December 16th 2014 at the Grand Serail in Beirut.

Hodema consulting services a leader in Lebanon in terms of hospitality retail and real estate consultancy with its headquarters in Beirut and covering the Middle East and Africa regions organized a dinner at La Table d’Alfred on December 10th 2014 to celebrate the company’s 10th year anniversary.

A welcome drink was held during the event to greet the guests among which His Excellency Mr. Michel Pharaon Minister of Tourism Mr. Tony Ramy President of the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants Cafés Night-clubs and Pastries in Lebanon Mr. Walid Raphael CEO of the Banque Libano-Française as well as Hodema’s numerous collaborators and team.

During the dinner Managing partner Nagi Morkos thanked the guests for sharing this special occasion with Hodema and for their continuous support throughout these ten years.

“Hodema’s 10th anniversary is a tremendous milestone for the company. We were far from imagining that our small structure would go all that way. But it did: within a decade Hodema team grew from two to twenty multilingual consultants with a strong background in hospitality leisure tourism retail and real estate along with high-profile academic degrees. Thanks to the varied experiences of Hodema managers consultants and analysts our company has become a reference in the regional market: in a 10-year timeframe we have created implemented or franchised over 300 projects many of which valued over US $100 million. Today Hodema is active in up to 16 countries; it advises large scale corporations in Lebanon and the Middle East and has established solid partnerships with its customers. We set the bar only by what we believe defines greatness. I am enormously proud to be leading a team of people who strive for perfection every day and persistently work to deliver an incredible service to our customers to best suit their needs.”