Advisory Board 2012

The Advisory Board met at the Emirates Academy on 10th October to discuss the current industry opportunities and challenges which will help mould the theme for the conference.

Key topics to come out of the advisory board meeting include:

• How can you profit from Saudi Arabia’s growing hotel development pipeline?  Case study from the Holy Cities’ largest projects to date.
• The Investment climate in the new Arab World - looking at the next wave of destinations with potential for hotel investment.  The time may not be right now but how can you ready your business to seize the chance to enter the emerging markets of the future?
• Generating optimum debt levels vs sustainable returns – securing it at an affordable level that makes development feasible.  What are lenders looking for from a hotel project? What the risk appetite to fund hotel assets?  Talking to the banks to find out their criteria.
• Entering a hotel project with a plan from feasibility to valuation to exit – what is in it for you in getting the experts involved?  Why can it make a difference to the long term profit, finished quality of your investment and the brands you attract? Looking at it step by step.

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Advisory Board Members