During UREC Hospitality Forum will be discussed the investment attractiveness of the hotel segment

On September 14th at the President Hotel will be an annual event of Ukrainian Real Estate Club - UREC Hospitality Forum. The main topic for discussion will be the effectiveness of the hotel business in Ukraine, as well as the investment attractiveness of the hotel segment. At one place will be gathered representatives of investment, real estate, legal and consulting companies.

The event will highlight reliable information on developments in the segment of the hotel property, provides practical examples of fund raising in the domestic hotel projects, as well as discuss the specifics of the contractual relationship between the operator and owner.

During the forum, Alex Slesar, Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels will have a speech about «Investment attractiveness of Ukrainian hotel market in terms of foreign investors», in which will be disclosed such questions as investment attractiveness of hotel segment, the vision of the market in terms of foreign companies, the main problems hindering foreign investment in the hospitality segment.

Among speakers of event will be leading experts in hotel real estate market: Vladimir Goraschenko, Double W, Irina Pshenna, Vertex Hotel Group, Dejan Djordjevic, ESTA Holding, Sebastian Kraemer, Reikartz Hotel Management, Aleksei Evchenko, ArtBuild Hotel Group, Andrei Brynzylo, UniCredit Bank, Vladislav Bayraka, Bank of Cyprus, Daniel Bilak, CMS Cameron McKenna, Yuriy Kryvosheya, Toronto-Kiev, Anton Andrianov, ISTIL Real Estate, Alexander Abramovich, Hanroc Developments, Daron S. Rose, ArtBuild Hotel Group, Andrey Pivovarsky, Dragon Capital, etc.

Among the topics for discussion are:
• Effectiveness of the hotel business, compared with other segments of real estate.
• The main «threat» for the hotel property market.
• The practice of fundraising during and after the crisis.
• Private Placement as a way to raise funds for the implementation of hotel projects.
• The impact of the hotel brand and the LOI to the success of the project.

General partner of the event - ArtBuild Hotel Group - one of the first companies in Ukraine, specializing in the hospitality fee-development and consulting. The company implements hotel real estate projects in the segments 2, 3, 4 star, including small hotels in different formats. Starting from June 2011 ArtBuild Hotel Group is also the official representative in Ukraine of Best Western International - the world's largest hotel chain representing more than 4000 hotels in 90 countries.

Among the participants - members and guests of Ukrainian Real Estate Club.