Hotel conference, including 6 top talks

Expo Real 2008: Financial issues in the focus

Munich (October 3, 2008). The credit crisis and its effects are also a focus in the conference programme of Expo Real Munich, opening on 6 October 2008. Kicking off the programme is a discussion on 'Subprime, Credit Crunch, Non Performing Loans - Crisis-Management Strategies', on Monday, 6 October, starting at 10:30 in the Expo Real Forum. Here renowned banking experts will be discussing whether we have yet reached the bottom of the downturn, or whether there is worse yet still to come, what shape finance for future projects will take, and what lessons can be learned for the future. At 10 o'clock, the hotel conference "Hospitality Industry Dialogue" (HID) starts and the financial crisis will be an issue in the panel discussions, too.

The panel of the kick off discussion consists of Dr. Michael Kemmer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BayernLB, Bernd Knobloch of Eurohypo, Dr Karl Petrikovics of Immofinanz and Bernhard Visker, Board Member of HSH Nordbank.

With six panel discussions about the hotel industry and hotel investments, hospitalityInside.com also debuts in terms of content at this year's Expo Real. Maria Puetz-Willems, Editor in Chief, is responsible for the organisation of the HID's topics from this year on. The discussions about hotel operators and investors, international flows of capital in Germany and private equity will of course touch on the financial crisis. In addition, the discussion participants will talk about the inflation of hotel brands, the (questionable) comeback of middle-class hotels as well as holistic ecological resorts. The detailed programme is available at www.exporeal.net/de/Konferenzprogramm/SPECIALREALESTATEFORUM .

In total over 500 property experts from all over the world will be taking part in the three-day conference programme. The focus will be not only be on investment and finance strategies, but also on sustainability that goes beyond purely ecological aspects: for example, there will be a look at sustainable utilisation concepts for hotel, office and retail property. And an analysis of the aspects that investors and operators have to take into account in achieving financial sustainability. Another theme is the life cycle of buildings, and how this can be influenced by sustainable planning and development.

In addition, in the Real Estate Investors Guide in the Investment Locations Forum there will be up-to-date market data and first-hand reviews on growth markets such as Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and the Russian Federation, where there are numerous investment opportunities in the up-and-coming urban centres with populations of over one million.

Expo Real 2008 is taking up significantly more space - 11,000 square metres more - than last year. Despite the tougher economic situation in the sector the 11th International Commercial Property Exposition is setting a new space record this year, at 74,000 square metres. That´s 17 percent more than in 2007. Taking part in this event, between 6 and 8 October 2008, will be around 1,850 exhibitors from 46 countries in seven exhibition halls. / kn

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