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2013 Speakers

Alexey Korobkin

Associate Director, HVS Consulting & Valuation

Ben Martin

Principal, Head of Economics, AECOM

Nikolay Buturlakin

Vice-Governor, Krasnodar Region administration

Marius Gomola

Managing Director, Horwath HTL Hungary & Russia

Petr Chitipakhovyan

President, CH-Group

Alexander Radkov

Head, Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation

Anita Mendiratta

Managing Director, CACHET Consulting

Elizabeth Randall Winkle

Managing Director, STR Global

Vladimir Poddubko

Head of Hotel Business, A.N.D. Corporation

Christoph Härle

CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group

Andrew Sangster

Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst

Alexey Shchipitsin

Deputy General Director, Center "Omega"

Michael O'Hare

Managing Director, Horwath HTL Hungary & Russia

Abbas Aliev

President, JSC "Hotel Development"

Alexis Delaroff

Chief Operating Officer Russia - CIS, ACCOR

Tatiana Veller

President EMEA - HVS Executive Search, Managing Director Russia & CIS - HVS Global Hospitality Services

Wolfgang M. Neumann

President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Sergei Gutnik

Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global

David Jenkins

Executive Vice President, Russia & CIS, Jones Lang LaSalle

Anatoly Kondratenko

Senior Director, Acquisitions & Development, Russia, CIS & Baltics, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Alexander Skoblo

Partner, Head of CIS Hotel & Hospitality Practice, Dentons

Natalia Stolyarova

Executive Director, RUSMICE

Alistair Gosling

CEO and Founder of The Extreme Sports Company, Extreme Hotels and Extreme TV

Angela Brav

Chief Executive, Europe, IHG

Arild Hovland

Senior Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Aron Libinson

Vice President, Development Russia & CIS, IHG

Mateo Asensio

International Promotion Manager - Eastern, Central Europe & South America, Barcelona Tourist Board

Anatoly Pakhomov

Mayor of Sochi

Paul Simmons

Director, UK Market, easyJet

Chris Weafer

Economist

Scott Antel

Partner, DLA Piper

Ken McLaren

Executive Vice President International, Interstate Hotels and Resorts

Alex Slesar

Director for Acquisitions and Development, Europe Russia & CIS, AZIMUT Hotels

Dmitry Tetiouchev

Partner, Hospitality Industry Leader in the CIS, Ernst & Young

Alexander Klyachin

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Azimut Hotels

Yann Caillere

Chief Executive Officer, Accor

Ariane Gorin

Vice President of Market Management EMEA, Expedia

Evgeny Bezel

Managing Partner, URBANE Group LLC

Welcome to RHIC

The Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference (RHIC) is the region's premier event for the hotel & tourism investment industry. RHIC brings together international hotel leaders and key regional experts over two days, providing an invaluable opportunity for you to increase your market knowledge, make new contacts and network with the who’s who of the industry.

The theme of the conference is Building the Bigger Picture and we look forward to welcoming high level government officials, tourism executives and investors to the conference to hear about their future plans for Sochi and the rest of the region, and how they plan to create a lasting legacy.

We already have a great speaker line-up, click here to see the latest list!

Now in its 9th year, RHIC is a ‘must attend event’ for those serious about doing business in Russia & the CIS.

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Krasnodar Region Administration are strategic partners of RHIC

We are delighted to announce that the Krasnodar Region Administration have become a strategic partner this year as we host RHIC in Sochi, on the eve of the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. With the Administration’s support, we look forward to welcoming high level government officials, tourism executives and investors to the conference to hear about the Sochi legacy and infrastructure developments throughout the region.

 

Investment Den

Do you have a project (or an idea of a project which you are looking to finance? The Investment Den is an opportunity for developers to present their project to a panel of investors who are willing to "invest" in their development. 

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Sightseeing Tours of the Olympic Facilities

Prior to the start of the conference the Krasnodar Region Administration will organise sightseeing trips for delegates. On Monday there will be a trip to Krasnaya Polyana, taking in the sights of the Olympic facilities. On Tuesday there will be a tour of coastal cluster, taking in the Olympic park and a visit to the new Adler Arena, where the speed skating will take place during the Winter Olympics. After the Games, it will serve as an ultra-modern, world-class exhibition centre.

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