International Capital for Local Hospitality Industry

In one and a half months (September 18-19) Baku is to host the first international conference of the hotel business. As stated in the announcement, the event is primarily intended for investment in specific projects of the CIS and Georgia.

According to the information portal of the international hotel consulting firm HVS (links to pages of the organization and http://www.hvs.com/Events and http://www.iconhvs.com), Azerbaijan will be represented by Randolph Decker (General Manager of Pasha Group) and Frank Bauer (Director General of the hotel and business center Chirag Plaza).

The conference will be also attended by the Director of Investment and Development Group of Hotels Azimuth, located in Europe and the CIS, Alex Fitter, a personal adviser to the CEO Kempinski Hotels & Resorts Gianni van Dalen, the head of the department of Cushman & Wakefield David Jenkins, the Director of HVS Global Hospitality Services Moscow Tatiana Veller, the Managing Director of the Kazakhstan Tourist Association and the President of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Kazakhstan, Rashid Shaikenov and others. The main objective of the conference is the strengthening and development of the investment climate in the CIS countries, particularly in Azerbaijan.

International company HVS is the best consulting company in the hospitality industry, restaurants, timeshare, casino and entertainment industries. The organization was founded in 1980. Every year, on account of its more than two thousand projects carried out by order of the main participants of the market.

Through an international network of more than 30 offices, employing over 400 skilled professionals in their field, HVS provides an unprecedented range of services for tourism and entertainment.

Hospitality of Azerbaijan is in its infancy. The country has about 34 thousand hotel rooms, mostly concentrated in Baku. - 17D-