Morning coffee and pastries

Welcome back and prizes

The city forum - finding the right destination for your investment

Finding the Right Destination for Your Investment - Government representatives share their tourism infrastructure and investment plans. Where are the opportunities? What legal frameworks are in place and what are the issues regarding Visas.

Moderator:

  Dmitry Tetiouchev, Partner, Ernst & Young

Panellists:

  Marina Dunaeva, First Deputy Chairman Committee for Investments and Strategic Projects, St Petersburg Government

  Dmytro Zaruba, Deputy Head, Ukrainian State Tourism and Resorts Department

2014 Winter Olympics - Profiting long term from large scale events

What is being done in Sochi and what are the long term prospects?

Moderator:

  Marius Gomola, Managing Director, Horwath HTL Hungary & Russia

Panellists:

  Evgeny Kaplun, Deputy General Manager, NBB Development

  Konstantin Kuzin, Vice President, Olympstroy

Hard talk with new owners - what worked, what didn’t?

Moderator:

  Andrew Sangster, Editor and Publisher, Hotel Analyst

An Interview With:

Owner of the recently opened W Hotel, St Petersburg

  Dmitry Vorobyev, General Director, Real Estate Development Ltd

and

Owner of Mandarin and InterContinental hotels in Moscow both currently under development

  Vladimir Poddubko, Director Hotel Development, UNICOR

Coffee break and sponsors’ exhibition

RHIC 2010 Leadership Award

The RHIC Leadership Award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of the hospitality industry within the region. We are delighted to present the RHIC 2010 Leadership Award to:

  Arild Hovland, Senior Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Hosted by:

  Nickolay Moroz, Director of Development & Construction, RESO Hotel Investments LLC

Hard talk with operators looking to launch luxury hotels in Russia and the CIS

What are the issues & challenges facing brands trying to launch new hotels?

Moderator:

  Marina Usenko, Executive Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Russia & CIS

An interview with:

  Nicholas Clayton, President, Viceroy Hotel Group

and

  Guy Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group

The RHIC Investment Den

Developers pitch their projects to a group of judges who are willing to invest in their development. Find out what investors are looking for and get the inside track on developments from Russia and the CIS.

Host:

  Michael Cooper, Vice President Strategic Development Russia & CIS, IHG

Investors:

  James Corrigan, Executive Director, Head of Real Estate, VTB Capital

  David Geovanis, Managing Director, London & Regional Properties LLC

  Saydam Salaheddin, Managing Director, Head of CEE Real Estate and Hotels, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

Buffet lunch

Sightseeing trips