The Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference

2011 was a huge success with over 450 hotel investors, operators and developers meeting to explore new opportunities in the region. On behalf of Bench Events & Questex Hospitality + Travel, we would like to extend a huge thank you to all who attended, especially to our speakers and sponsors for creating another highly successful event!

About the organisers:

Bench Events - A Portal for the Hotel Industry | As organisers of top conferences for the hotel and investment industry, Bench Events is a growing entity which currently hosts hotel investment conferences in Berlin, Dubai and Moscow in partnership with other leading providers. Jonathan Worsley, Chairman of Bench Events is one of the organisers and founders of the International Hotel Investment Forum held each year in Berlin. In 2005, he was responsible for launching the successful Arabian Hotel Investment Conference in Dubai and in 2008, is hosting the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference in Moscow. Worsley sits as an advisor to the World Travel & Tourism Council which represents many of the leading companies operating worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. He is also a shareholder and board director of STR Global which is the new entity for global benchmarking outside North America following the merger of The Bench, Smith Travel Research and Deloitte’s Hotel Benchmark. | www.benchevents.com

Questex Media Group, Inc. is a global, diversified business-to-business media organization serving multiple industries including hotel and hospitality, travel, technology, beauty, spa and other specialty industries. Strategically, Questex places a strong emphasis on serving the hospitality market and has created the HotelWorld Network, which provides access within all facets of the lodging industry. Questex's HotelWorld Network includes publications such as Hotel & Motel Management, Hotel Design, Luxury Hotelier and The Hotel Times. Also, the HotelWorld Network presents events including the International Hotel Investment Forum, HotelWorld Expo & Conference as part of International Hospitality Week, HOTEC events and the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference. | www.questex.com