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HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FORUM

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FORUM

The main theme of the forum: “Hotel Business in Ukraine: How to Attract International Chains?”

 

March 28, 2008

International Exhibition Center, conference hall No. 13

15 Brovarskiy Ave., Kyiv

 

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FORUM – annual significant event in the hotel industry, which will unite the leaders of the hotel industry and become the ground for establishment of effective and mutually beneficial contacts

 

Where the forum is taking place:

Exhibition Hotel & Restaurant Expo Ukraine 2008 (organizer – Premier Expo, which is a company within the International Trade & Exhibitions (ITE) Group Pls, London). www.pe.com.ua The international exhibition provides an opportunity to establish mutually beneficial contacts for consumers and suppliers of equipment, technologies, goods and services for enterprises operating in hotel and restaurant business.

 

Target audience:

Representatives of the government, developers, international chains, directorate of EURO-2012, hotel owners, investment funds, consulting companies, construction companies, owners of land plots, senior managers of management companies and other visitors of the exhibition

 

Program of the forum*:

 

9.30 – 10.00

Registration, coffee

 

10.00 – 11.45

Section 1

Hotel Business Market. Ways and possibilities of its development in the view of preparations for the EURO-2012

 

Ø      Attractiveness of hotel real estate of Ukraine for international investors and chain operators

Ø      State programs of facilitation of hotel construction in Ukraine Preparation of tourist infrastructure of Kyiv for Euro-2012

Ø      UEFA requirements to Ukrainian hotels

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olga Arkhangelskaya

Partner, Deputy consulting real estate department CIS, Ernst&Young (Russia)

 

Lyudmila Meshcherskikh, Chief of Department of State Tourism and Resorts Agency

 

Yevgeniy Samartsev, advisor to Minister for Culture and Tourism, chairman of the Ukrainian Association of NGOs, Tourism and Resorts Council.

11.45 – 12.00

Coffee break

 

 

12.00 – 14.00

 

Section 2

MASTER CLASS

Conditions and plans of entry of international hotel chains to the Ukrainian market

 

Ø      Basic principles of development of international chains and plans of opening of hotels in Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ø      Features of international hotel chains development. Analysis mistakes of owners, investors, developers

 

 

        

           

 

 

 

 

Darren Blanchard, Business Development Director of The Rezidor Hotel Group Representative Office Russia (Russia)

Ryan McRae, Development Director in CIS of Hilton Hotels Corporation

 

            Alexis Delaroff, Operations Director of Accor

 

 

Vladimir Horashchenko, President of “Double W”

 

 

14.00 – 15.00

Lunch

 

15.00 – 16.30

 

Section 3 CASE STUDY

Experience of implementation of chain hotels projects

Analysis and examples of problem solution by market specialists

 

Ø      Experience of investing in chain hotels in Poland. How does presence of brand influence success of hotel and price of business.

Experience of creation and implementation of the project of own hotel chain. How to use advantages and avoid risks?

 

 

           

             

 

 

 

Tomash Rataychak, Head of the board of directors, Lorien Foodservice (Poland)

Yevgeniy Karkachev, Development Director of Heliopark Group, General Director of Heliopark Development, Moscow

16.30 – 17.30

Cocktails and buffet

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