Brief talks by the hour

Expo Real: 1st hospitality joint stand complete with 8 partners

Munich (September 16, 2011). The registration period is over and eight partners will come together at the 1st "World of Hospitality" at EXPO REAL in Munich. Between October 4 and 6, the hotel groups, consultancies and representatives of business development and architecture will benefit from maximum attention. Moreover, visitors can make a note of "5 Minuten Klartext" ("5 minutes of plain-talking"): every hour on the hour there will be a brief talk providing interesting information and hot statements at the hospitality joint stand in Hall C2/booth 233.

As reported, among the exhibitors at the premier stand are Accor Hospitality (Paris/Munich), InterContinental Hotels Group (London/Frankfurt), Grand City Hotels & Resorts (Berlin), Lindner Hotels & Resorts (Duesseldorf), the consultancies Christie+Co (London/Berlin) and Hotour Hotel Consulting (Frankfurt). In addition, the WTSH - Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein will use the "World of Hospitality" for communication of its hotel projects, despite it already being present with its own stand. The 8th partner of the premier stand is the young Vienna-based company hotelknowhow. This joint venture was brought to life by the architect Oliver Massabni and his Austrian a2 hotelconcept with branches in Munich and Beirut, and Rudolf Bachhuber, the counterpart from Germany, a well-experienced general contractor in the hotel industry. His company, Bachhuber Contract, is headquartered in Bad Birnbach.

"5 Minuten Klartext" ("5 minutes of plain-talking") will take place on the second day of Expo Real every hour on the hour. Visitors should make a note. Between 10am and 5pm, the partners at the stand will answer questions on their topic.

10 am: Michael Muecke, Managing Director Accor Germany: Budget in a bundle – Accor`s new strategy round about ibis

11 am: Martina Fidlschuster, Managing Director Hotour: Hotels, the nursing home for the rich and wealthy?

12 noon: Martin Bowen, Asc. Vice President Development Continental Europe, InterContinental Hotels Group: Sexy (Re-)Branding: Indigo, Extended Stay & Crowne Plaza

1 pm: Otto Lindner, Chairman Lindner Hotels: The bane of VAT

2 pm: Christian Windfuhr, Managing Director Grand City Hotels: Hotels as assets – Increase in value for both operators and investors

3 pm: Silke Trost, Hotel Investment Manager WTSH - Business development and technology transfer: Why invest in Schleswig-Holstein?

4 pm: Lukas Hochedlinger, Manager Business Development Austria & CEE Christie+Co: Hot Spot CCE: Transactions, financing, markets

5 pm: Oliver Massabni, Managing Director hotelknowhow: Budget Design & Cocooning.

The "World of Hospitality" will increase the synergies of all hospitalityInside projects at EXPO REAL and will strengthen the hotel conference "Hospitality Industry Dialogue" (HID) which an be found in the direct vicinity of the "Special Real Estate Forum" in Hall C2 on Monday. There, hotel operators, developers and financiers will discuss current trends. / kn

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