Hotel experts at Adria Hotel Forum on February 20-21 in Belgrade

“Is the Future Bright?” is the main theme of the 7th Adria Hotel Forum, the only international hotel-investment conference in the region, held for the first time in Belgrade, on February 20-21 at Hotel Crowne Plaza.

Three renowned international companies – Trip Advisor, STR and Colliers International, will open the conference. They will explain the relation between market changes and hotel prices and the amount of investments in a single destination. There will also be discussion about what kind of projects are in investors' focus, but also about the financial crisis announced for 2020.

Over the course of two work days, other current topics will be discussed as well, such as who finances development projects in the region and under what terms; how to secure an investment; what to do with the constantly growing problem of employment, which poses a challenge to investors; what lifestyle hotels are and how hotel design influences the guests' experience.

Each year, Adria Hotel Forum, which has been hosted by Croatia so far, brings together world investors, but also global experts. Confirmed participants include Sergei Guriev, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Pavle Radulović, Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism – Montenegro, Charlie Ballard, Global Director, Customer Insights at TripAdvisor, Jules van Gaalen, Director of Hotels / Transactions, Colliers International Hotels, David Jenkins, Vice President Business Development, Radisson Hotel Group, Nicolas Horky, Transactions Manager, Principal Real Estate Europe, Dirk Bakker, Head of Hotels EMEA, Colliers International, Takuya Aoyama, Vice President Acquisitions & Development, Hyatt International, Živorad Vasić, Area General Manager, IHG, Thomas Emanuel, Director, STR, Andrew Sangster, Owner, Hotel Analyst, Bojan Jelenić, Development Architect, IHG, Ivana Budin Arhanić, Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Affairs, Valamar Riviera, Jonathon Dominic Spada, Founder, SAYHELLO Creative, Reli Slonim, President of the Board, Arena Hospitality Group, Nikola Nedeljkovic, General Manager, Belgrade Waterfront, Nicolas Stachowiak, Development Director LifeStyle Brands, AccorHotels Europe, Slaven Bošnjak, Member of the Board of Management, Allianz ZB, David Poet, Head of International Hospitality and Leisure Practice, Gallagher, and many others.

In addition to the education part, AHF will feature, for the first time, a dinner party with a surprise band and a party at the end of the second day of the conference.

TripAdvisor LLC Newton

Colliers international d.o.o Beograd

Colliers International Seattle

Radisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade

Hyatt Regency Chicago

AccorHotels Paris France

Beograd na vodi d.o.o. Beograd

Hotel Crowne plaza Beograd

Ministarstvo ekologije, prostornog planiranja i urbanizma Crne Gore

EBRD London

EBRD Evropska banka za obnovu i razvoj

Hyatt Regency Belgrade Hotel a.d. Beograd

Principal Real Estate Europe

IHG

STR

Hotel Analyst

Valamar Riviera

SAYHELLO Creative

Arena Hospitality Group

Belgrade Waterfront

Allianz ZB

Gallagher

Sergei Guriev

Pavle Radulović

Charlie Ballard

Jules van Gaalen

David Jenkins

Nicolas Horky

Dirk Bakker

Takuya Aoyama

Živorad Vasić

Thomas Emanuel

Andrew Sangster

Bojan Jelenić

Ivana Budin Arhanić

Jonathon Dominic Spada

Reli Slonim

Nikola Nedeljković

Nicolas Stachowiak

Slaven Bošnjak

David Poet

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