Hotel conference of Expo Real 2009 with 6 top talks - Included in the ticket
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Munich (August 7, 2009). The current economic crisis is changing the face of investment partnerships in the hotel industry. Sensitivity is required from all parties. The Hospitality Industry Dialogue (HID), the international hotel conference to be held on Monday, 5 October 2009 in Munich, at Europe´s largest commercial property exhibition, EXPO REAL, will be looking in-depth at the changing framework and relationships in the industry. These trade talks between the hotel sector and investors have been a firm component of EXPO REAL for eight years and, as with all the other conferences held at the fair, it is included in the price of the ticket. Responsible for designing the content of HID: Maria, Puetz-Willems, editor in chief of hospitalityInside.com
Which hotel investment projects are managing to get a hearing from the banks at present? And how close must the partnership between investors and operators be in the current economic situation? Also: What are the new rules of play prompted by the crisis in terms of contracts, conditions and returns? These and more questions will be explored by global experts in the hotel industry at the 8th Hospitality Industry Dialogue at EXPO REAL in the Forum in Hall C2.
Bankers, developers and a representative of small and medium-sized hotels will be taking part in a discussion entitled 'Yes, no, perhaps? - Project development dependent on the favour of the banks'. Contributing their views here will be Kurt Mahnert, Chairman of Kaerntner Holding Beteiligungs-AG, a Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG group company, Rolf Seelige-Steinhoff of the Seetel Group operating 15 hotels in Germany and Spain, the independent developer Wilma Kellermann-Baans and Olaf Steinhage, Managing Director of HCB hospitality concepts in Berlin.
In the triangle of developers, investors and operators
Wellknown hotel operators and representatives of international owners' organisations will be talking about the sensitive relationship between capital investors and operators. The question to them all will be 'Investors: How close should their relationship with the operators be?' The following have confirmed their participation in this debate: Gianni van Daalen, Regional President Europe for Kempinski Hotels & Resorts; Giuliano Guerra, Managing Director of the Travel Charme Hotels & Resorts AG; Jochen Schaefer-Suren, Head of Hotel and Leisure Fund Management from Investco Real Estate in London; and Christoph Haerle, Managing Director of Global Hotel Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.
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| Expo Real conference attendees 2008. photo: Expo Real |
The talks on health and patient hotels will have an international touch. The question being debated here is: 'A healthy investment - yes or no?' Here, EXPO REAL expects the investor of a planned health resort and the manager of an existing health resort: Dr Karl Kronsteiner, Managing Director of the planned Austrian Heart Center, and Peter P. Tschirky, CEO of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AG in Switzerland. Dagmar Rizzato, Managing Director of Rizzato Spa Consulting, and Dr Manfred Kohl of Kohl & Partner, Villach will analyse the topics from their international consulting perspective.
Two further talk sessions will also touch upon current issues. Their titles are: 'The burgeoning ambitions of local councils - Or: why do secondary and tertiary locations need luxurious hotels?' and 'Investment & technology: Why is it so difficult to add value?'. City planners from Bonn and Ludwigshafen, Victoria Appelbe, and Klaus Dillinger, will discuss the the sensitive subject with two hotel consultants, Martina Fidlschuster from Hotour Frankfurt and Ulrike Schuleer from PKF hotelexperts Munich.
New rules in the crisis
The other discussion in particular will highlight ways in which investors can save money by planning hotel projects on an integrative basis. Michael Hartmann from the Siemens AG will present its new "matrix for decision makers". Uwe Klaus, CEO Octavian Hotel Holding in Munich and an experienced Asset Manager, will join the discussion as well as Eugenia Friederichs, architect and project manager with Obermeyer Planen + Beraten, and Yves Becker as the Key Account Manager Hotel of the energy service provider Techem Energy Contracting.
The last talk of the day will focus on contracts, conditions and yield: What new rules of play are emerging as a result of the crisis? The panel will consist of Thomas Edelkamp, Franchise Director of Accor Hotellerie Deutschland; Wolfgang Neumann, the new CEO of the Arabella Hospitality Group, and Antje Zumsande of Consilium Hotellerie Consulting.
For the detailled conference programme see the link
www.exporeal.net/en/Conferenceprogramme/SPECIALREALESTATEFORUM.
For the first time, EXPO REAL and hospitalityInside will invite hotel operators and investors to the premiere of the network event "Bricks & Brains". The event will start on Monday, October 5th, at 7 p.m. and is accessible by invitation only. / kn
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