Why attend CATHIC? Find out latest news of hotel investment industry, trends and best applications with conference s powerful content. Seize the opportunity to meet with leading hotel investors. Take advice from best economist about the sector. Cathic is an international conference serial supported by Turkish Tourism Investors Assocaiton for 3 years in Turkey. Hotel Investment Conferences organized by Bench Events are held in Berlin, Dubai, London, Nairobi, Moscow, Casablanca, Mumbai, China, Bangkok, Ecuador each year.
International Hotel Investment Forum 3-5 March 2014 - InterContinental, Berlin Global Restaurant Investment Forum 11-12 March Conrad, Dubai Arabian Hotel Investment Conference 4-5 May - Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. The British Hospitality & Tourism Summit 5 June 2014 - Novotel London West Turkey & Neighbours Hotel Investment Conference 9-10 June 2014 - Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel Africa Hotel Investment Forum 23-25 September 2014 - InterContinental, Nairobi. Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference 20-22 October 2014 - Radisson Royal Congress Park, Moscow Morocco Tourism Investment Forum Kasım 2014 - Casablanca
Why attend CATHIC? Get in touch with international and regional high profile professionals and close the deals. Meet with key players of hotel industry. Benefit from networking and training programme accompanied by over 60 significant speakers for 2 days.
CATHIC Networking Xpress Meet with other attendees and trade your business cards in Networking Xpress for an hour. Networking Xpress will be held before CATHIC Opening Reception.
CATHIC Attendee Profile CATHIC brings together decision makers of the industry in order to discuss regional and international hotel developing and finance. Investors Hotel Owners Financial Providers Developers Operators Consultants Architects High Profile Local Authorities
Remarks About CATHIC CATHIC provides a great insight in the Turkish and regional market, with all the key players attending. KAREN CALLAHAN, DOLCE HOTELS & RESORTS CATHIC provided excellent opportunities for international operators to meet a new breed of Turkish investors and developers who are increasingly looking at hotel investments as a way of diversifying their real-estate porfolio. CHRIS NADER, SHAZA HOTELS A great opportunity to connect, re-connect, and get to know some of the key players in the hotel industry, not only in Turkey, but the regions surrounding Turkey. KARL DE LACY, BEST WESTERN INTERNATIONAL A fantastic forum for highlighting the investment potential of this dynamic regionand great networking opportunities with the big names from Turkey and beyond. JOHANNA DEVINE, WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION (UNWTO)
CATHIC 2013 Delegate Demographics Turkey - % 58 United Kingdom - % 15 Germany - % 3 Switzerland - %3 United Arab Emirates - %3 France - %3 Austria - %3 Belgium - %3 Others - % 10
CATHIC 2013 Job Level C - Level / Chairman / President - % 34 Director - %28 Senior Manager / Manager - %17 Other - %21
2013 PLATINUM SPONSORS 2013 GOLD SPONSORS
2013 MEDIA SPONSORS 2013 SUPPORTERS
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2014 PLATINUM SPONSORS 2014 GOLD SPONSORS
2014 MEDIA SPONSORS 2014 SUPPORTERS
CATHIC PRESS CONFERENCE CATHIC press conference was held with the attandence of Mr. Murat Ersoy, president of Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD) on Tuesday, 22th April at Dedeman Hotel. Press was informed about CATHIC 2014.
CATHIC PRESS CONFERENCE
NEWS ABOUT CATHIC PRESS CONFERENCE Türkiye 24.04.2014 Milliyet 23.04.2014 Sabah 23.04.2014
NEWS ABOUT CATHIC PRESS CONFERENCE Takvim 23.04.2014 Habertürk 23.04.2014
9 June 2014 - Monday Conference Programme 10:30 11:00 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE 11:00 12:00 NETWORKING XPRESS 12:00 13:00 WELCOME LUNCH 13:00 13:30 WELCOMING REMARKS Jonathan Worsley Chairman & CEO, Bench Events; Board Director, STR Global Murat Ersoy - Chairman, Turkish Tourisme Investors Association (TYD); CEO, AtlasJet Ömer Çelik Minister of Culture and Tourisme, Turkey 13:30 14:30 GLOBAL AND GEO-POLITICAL OUTLOOK Global Investment: Dr Daniel Thorniley President, DT-Global Business Consulting GmbH Regional Investment: Cenk Sidar - CEO & President, Sidar Global Advisors (SGA) 14:30 15:20 TURKEY: A YEAR ON Dr Daniel Thorniley President, DT-Global Business Consulting GmbH Frank RoccoGrande Senior Managing Director nad Partner, BLG Capital Bart Carnahan Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Development, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Arda Ermut Vice President, ISPAT Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey 15:20 15:40 COFFEE BREAK IN SPONSORS EXHIBITON
Conference Programme 15:40 16:00 SPOTLIGHT ON NOTHERN CYPRUS Serdar Denktaş Deputy PM & Minister of Economy, Toursim, Culture & Sports, Northern Cyprus 16:00 16:15 HARD TALK WITH STR GLOBAL Elizabeth Winkle Managing Director, STR Global 16:15 17:00 MARKET ANALYSIS: ISTANBUL, TURKISH RIVIERA, SECONDARY CITIES Presentation by: Mehmet Önkal Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting Followed by a conversation with: Istanbul: Emre Narin Vice President, Marti Hotels & Marinas Istanbul: Murat Yilmaz Senior Director, Acquisition & Development Central & Eastern Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Secondary Cities: Mike Collini Vice President Development Turkey, Russia and Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide Türk Rivierası: Secondary Cities: Ece Tonbul Executive Board Member, Paloma Hotels 17:00 17:45 THE FUTURE OF TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE IN TURKEY Mehmet Önkal Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting Murat Ersoy - President, Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD); CEO, AtlasJet T. Serdar Bacaksız Member of the Board of Directors, Limak Construction Temel Kotil President & CEO, Turkish Airlines 18:30 20:30 NETWORKING RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE HILTONISTANBUL BOMONTI HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER
10 June 2014 - Tuesday 08:00 08:45 MORNING COFFEE 08:45 09:00 WELCOME BACK AND PRIZES 09:00 09:45 Conference Programme Marilyn McHugh, Vice President, Global Events, Questex Hospitality + Travel LEADERS PANEL Ömer Isvan President, Servotel Rui Barros Managing Director and SVP EMEA, Wyndham Hotel Group Simon Vincent President Europe, Middle East & Africa, Hilton Worldwide Angela Brav Regional CEO, IHG Wolfgang M. Neumann President & CEO, Rezidor Hotel Group Jean-Jacques Dessors CEO, Mediterranean, Middle-East and Africa, ACCOR 09:45 10:15 THE GOUVERNMENT S ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT Ömer Isvan President, Servotel Aykut Eken Board Member, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK) Gülgün Korkusuz General Manager, Uğurlu Consultancy Mehmet Kocadon Mayor of Bodrum 10:15 11:00 FINANCE FORUM Tavit Köletavitoğlu President, Atlas Project & Land Development Şenay Azak-Matt General Manager Turkey, Aareal Bank Group Kerim Başar Managing Partner, CEO, N+1 Daruma Corporate Finance Real Estate Hakan Ateş President & CEO, Denizbank Burak Akgüç Executive Vice President Corporate Banking and Project Finance, TSKB 11:00 11:20 COFFEE BREAK IN SPONSORS EXHIBITION
Conference Programme 11:20 12:10 AGREEMENTS THAT WORK Ayhan Yeginsu President, LDC- Leisure Development Consultants The Owners Perspective Ibrahim Birkan General Manager, Turser Tourism Service & Trade Inc. Selen Ersü Chairman & CEO, Ever Group The Operators Perspective Alexis de La Palme SVP Head of Development Europe, Accor Christian Michel VP Development, Central & Eastern Europe, Wyndham Hotel Group Tarik Nasser Vice President Internationa Lodging Development, Marriott International, Inc. Yalin Yaltirakli Development Director, IHG 12:10 12:45 CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN Metin Erdoğdu President, Horwath HTL Huseyin Koç General Manager, Metropol Urban Planning LLC Göktuğ Özdemir President, Tourism Group, MAKYOL Construction, Industry, Tourism Erdem Şatiroğlu Managing Partner, GEMDSE Project Management LLC Brian Watson Vice President, Architecture, Design and Construction, EMEA,Wyndham Hotel Group 12:45 13:00 THE CATHIC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 13:00 14:00 LUNCH Mehmet Önkal Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting
Conference Programme 14:00 14:30 THE CHANGING NATURE O TOURISM DISTRIBUTION Andrew Sangster Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst Ariane Gorin Vice President of Market Management, EMEA, Expedia Lodging Partner Services Sinan Onbulak ebusiness Director, Titanic Hotels Ertuğrul Karaoğlu CEO, Intra Tourism Group 14:30 15:10 INVESTING SUCCEFULLY IN THE MID-RANGE MARKET David Jenkins Executive Vice President, Russia & CIS, JLL, Hotels & Hospitality Group Bilge Turcan Chief Business Development Officer, Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International Romain Avril Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group Temel Aras CEO, Kosifler Group David Vely Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International 15:10 15:30 COFFEE BREAK IN SPONSORS EXHIBITION
Conference Programme BREAKOUT SESSIONS 15:30 17:00 MAKING THE SUN SHINE YEAR ROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOURISM: Emin Çakmak Chairman, Global Healthcare Travel Council Kamil Berk Toursim Coordinator, NG Hotels MICE AND CONVENTIONS: Elif Balci Fisunoğlu General Manager, Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau Sinan Inan General Manager, Antalya Convention Bureau Kaan Kavaloğlu General Coordinator, Limak International Hotels & Resorts GOLF TOURISM Nida Çandarlı-Sözügeçer Golf Consultant, BDO Hospitality Consulting Yavuz Ungor Owner, Matrix Travel Mehmet Ersoy CEO, Etstur; Owner, Voyage Hotels and Maxx Royal Golf & Spa
Conference Programme 15:30 16:00 SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE PLANET AND YOUR POCKET François Victor Associate Director, Horwath HTL Hakan Özkaşıkçı - Development Achitect, Turkey & South Eastern Europe, IHG Alaeddin Babaoglu President & CEO, Amplio Real Estate Investments Hüseyin Gürel Manager, Financial Analysis & Sector Analyst, TSKB Naile Göçen Çukurova Chairwoman, TÜSİAD Tourism Working Group 16:00 16:30 THE DO S AND DON T S OF REFURBISHMENT Sevgi Kurt Gürbüz Consultant, FFE & OSE Procurement, BDO Hospitality Consulting Oya Narin Chairwoman of the Board, Marti Hotels & Marinas Alper Aksoy Corporate Team Leader, Aksoy Construction & Trade 16:30 17:00 INSIGHTS FOR OUTBOUND TOURISM INVESTORS Defne Gezen Vice President, Hotels & Hospitality Group, JLL Hande Tibuk Member of the Board, Net Holding Inc Nilsun Tümer Country Coordinator Turkey, PKF hotelexperts 18:30 20:30 CLOSING RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE ISTANBUL MARRIOTT HOTEL ŞİŞLİ
CATHIC Floor Plan Conference Main Hall Coffee area Coffee area Entrance EXHIBITION AREA Exhibiting Companies Stands Wyndham Hotel Group Dedeman Argentina Ever Hotel Group Starwood Hotels and Resort Horwath HTL Hilton Worldwide Accor Servotel Argentina Hilton Bomonti İstanbul Marriot Premier Inn STR Global Preciosa Ihg Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
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