Igniting innovation and growth

29-30 May 2013
The Marmara Taksim
Istanbul, Turkey

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2013 Speakers

John Goldwyn

Vice President Director of Planning + Landscape, WATG

Trevor Ward

Director, BDO Hospitality Consulting, Istanbul

Goktug Özdemir

President, Tourism Group , MAKYOL Construction, Industry, Tourism Co Inc.

Mehmet Önkal

Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting

Elif Balci Fisunoglu

General Manager , Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau - ICVB

Eric Danziger

President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group

Robert Gaymer-Jones

Chief Executive Officer Sofitel WW , Sofitel Luxury Hotels

Fatih Tosun

Deputy General Manager, TSKB Real Estate Appraisal Company

Aykut Eken

Board Member, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK)

Bilal Aydoğan

Partner, Maksem Yapi İnṣaat

Christoph Härle

CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group

Thomas Willms

Senior Vice President, Regional Director East and Central Europe , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Bilge Turcan

Chief Business Development Officer , Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International

Yusuf Vadi Karatoprakli

Chief Executive Officer, Aktay Turizm Yatırımları ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.

Dr Tunç Gökçe

Managing Director, Artiproje, Turkey

Tandogan Ozmen

Chairman, Misha Shipping Agency and Trading Ltd. 

Phillipe Baretaud

Senior Vice President Head of Development Europe Middle East Africa, Accor

Serra Arıkök

Coordinator of Tourism Investments , Demsa Group

Ömer Isvan

President, Servotel

Yunis Salayev

Managing Partner, BDO Azerbaijan LLC

David Vely

Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International

Haluk Kaya

Bekay Property Partners, Chairman

Christian Karaoglanian

Chief Development Officer, ACCOR

Zafer Tangil

Vice President, Isr Holding

Angela Brav

Regional Chief Executive Officer, Europe, IHG

Elif Egeli Nisanci

Director of Project Development , BLG Capital

Serkan Gocmen

Chief Executive Officer , Nef Bebekoy

Mehmet Sükrü Nenem

Country Head - Switzerland, Turkish Airlines

Murat Yilmaz

Senior Director, Acquisition & Development Central & Eastern Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Ömer Bayraksan

Managing Partner, PROMKON Construction Project Management

Carlos Khneisser

Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide

Wolfgang M. Neumann

President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Mete Basol

Board Member, Dedeman Holding A.S.

Hadi Nezir

Chairman, UB Holding

Cüneyt Ertürk

General Manager , Ertürk Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik ve Bağımsız Denetim A.Ş.

Ketevan Bochorishvili

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy & Sustainable Development, Georgia

Defne Gezen

Vice President - Hotels & Hospitality Group , Jones Lang LaSalle

Hande Tibuk

Member of Board, Net Holding Inc.

Johanna Devine

Project Manager - The Silk Road Project, UNWTO

Alexis Delaroff

Chief Operating Officer Russia - CIS, ACCOR

Elizabeth Randall Winkle

Managing Director, STR Global

Christian Michel

Vice President Development Central & Eastern Europe, Wyndham Hotel Group

Ozlem Gokce

Vice Chairperson of GYODER (The Association of Real Estate Investment Companies) , General Manager of Extensa Istanbul

Metin Erdogdu

President, PFD Hotel and Real Estate Solutions

Yalin Yaltirakli

Development Director, Turkey, IHG

Acun Uyar

Managing Partner, Makro Insaat TIC. A.S.

Robert Shepherd

Chief Development Officer, Europe, IHG

Emre Narin

Vice President, Marti Hotels and Marinas & Mart? Real-Estate Investment Trust

Romain Avril

Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Dr Turgut Gür

Chairman of High Advisory Council , Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD)

Selen Ersü

Chairman & CEO, EVER Group

Timur Bayındır

President, TUROB (Touristic Hotels & Investors Association)

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global

Andrew Sangster

Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst

Michael Collini

Vice President Development – Turkey, Russia and Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide

Geoffrey Breeze

Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Willemijn Geels

Regional Director Development & Acquisitions, Louvre Hotels Group

Attila Silahtaroglu

Chairman of the Board, Silkar Turizm Yatırım ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.

Heinz Wehrle

Managing Partner, Horwath HTL GmbH Switzerland

Ferzan Çelikkanat

General Manager , Er Investment and Development

Martin Kandrac

Managing Director , Blackstone

Şenay Azak-Matt

General Manager - Turkey, Aareal Bank AG

Daniel Thorniley

President, DT-Global Business Consulting

Ulf Pettersson

Director, Development & Construction , Amstar Global

Jeremy Slessor

Managing Director, European Golf Design

Kerry Gumas

President & Chief Executive Officer, Questex Media Group LLC

Ahmet Cuneyt Selçuk

Chief Project Director, ISPAT - Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey

Tavit Köletavitoğlu

President, Atlas Project & Land Development

Ben Martin

Principal, Head of Economics, AECOM

Kamil Berk

Tourism Coordinator, NG Hotels & Resorts

Sponsorship Information

Today, more than ever before, there must seem endless ways of spending your marketing budget to help support your company objectives.  With so many options on offer we do appreciate that it is hard to break through all the white noise.  And, with businesses demanding more from less in today’s market, assessing such opportunities must feel like a minefield. Brand awareness and networking opportunities were voted as the primary reason for sponsoring CATHIC 2012.
Having navigated to this page on our website then we're sure you’re trying to understand whether this even could help you achieve your current goals or go someway in solving a current business challenge that you are facing with the hospitality sector. Everyone’s situation and needs are going to be different and, for that reason, so will the solution that we can look to offer you.  So, if you’re in the hotel investment sector and are thinking that you’d like to find out more about how this event could help you then please contact us we’d be delighted to see if we can.

Who attends?

The Speakers are key influencers in Central Asia & Turkey, leaders chosen for their industry knowledge, experience and insight that they are happy to share.

The Attendees are senior figures and decision-makers, namely: Investors, Hotel Owners, Lenders, CEOs, Hotel Chain Executives, Financial Advisors, Real Estate Agents, Lawyers, Designers, Architects, Consultants, Tourism Officials, Timeshare Developers and Government Officials from all areas of the hotel industry and from all across the World.

The Sponsors are companies that are leaders in the hotel investment industry. They are there to network with delegates, showcase their products and provide business solutions.
 

Why Sponsor?

We understand that during such tough economic times your companies’ budgets have to be very carefully spent and we are confident that investing in CATHIC will help your company to attract business. If you make the most of the sponsorship, you will see an incredible return on investment.
 

By sponsoring CATHIC 2013 you will:

Be part of this growing market

Position your company in front of as many key industry professionals as possible

Promote your company as an industry leader

Associate your company with the leading industry event for the region

We will offer you a fantastic range of opportunities to promote your company to the industry.  You will be able to use the attendee list to contact delegates to arrange meetings, have an exhibition stand, place an advertisement in the delegate materials... to name just a few of the benefits a sponsorship will bring you.  
 

Contact Us

For further details on sponsorship please contact Matthew Weihs:

Matthew Weihs
Managing Director
Tel:       + 44 (0)1372 466209
Mob:     + 44 (0)7858 511012
Email:  Matthew Weihs 

Or click here and we will contact you.

 

CATHIC 2013’e Neden Sponsor Olmalısınız?


CATHIC’e destek vererek şirketinizin iş geliştirmesine yardımcı olacağımızdan eminiz. 

CATHIC 2013’e sponsor olarak:

• Büyüyen turizm piyasasının bir parçası olabilir
• Şirketinizi turizm sektöründeki önemli profesyonel isimlerle buluşturabilir
• Şirketinizi turizm sektöründeki liderlerinden biri olarak tanıtabilir
• Şirketinizi bölgenin önde gelen sektörel etkinliği içerisinde yer almasını sağlayabilirsiniz 

Sizlere şirketinizi turizm endüstrisinde tanıtabilmeniz için çok çeşitli fırsatlar sunuyoruz. Katılımcı listesine ulaşarak diğer işletmelerle toplantı düzenlemek, sergi alanında stant açmak, katılımcı broşürlerinde şirketinizin reklamını vermek sunduğumuz olanaklardan sadece birkaçı…

Sponsorluk başvurusu hakkında daha detaylı bilgi için lütfen Bench Events Direktörü Matthew Weihs ile iletişime geçin:
Tel: + 44 (0)1372 466209
Mobil: + 44 (0)7858 511012
Email: matthew.weihs@benchevents.com

 

What previous Sponsors have said about our conferences

Over 100 companies sponsored our events in 2012. Here is what some of our sponsors had to say…

CBRE Hotels “The year after year record attendance is testimony to the ongoing success of the event.” (IHIF)

Hilton Worldwide “The foundation of so many great deals are laid in Berlin.” (IHIF)

Horwath HTL “Opportunity to meet seriously business minded people in a conducive environment.” (RHIC)

WATG “Networking is the greatest value in attending this conference. The meetings allowed us to connect with clients and influencers in a meaningful way.” (AHIC)

IHG “AHIC brings together all the Middle East’s most significant players in one place.”

Interstate Management Services “RHIC is one of the most significant events in the hotel investment sector.”

The Rezidor Hotel Group “For me, IHIF is the best opportunity to meet my key contacts as well as new and interesting people at the same time at the same place.“

Wyndham Worldwide “Without a question or a doubt it is the most relevant and meaningful conference to learn, to network, to be engaged, to enhance and to move a company forward in this part of

the world.” (AHIC)