Warsaw, June 14th 2011

Horwath HTL Poland announced today that they are organising a panel session at the upcoming hotel real estate investment conference in Poland. The conference, which is being held at the Marriott Warsaw, is organised by Eurobuild Conferences, a divison of Eurobuild CEE one of the leading real estate publications in Poland. Horwath HTL are involved in the conference as content partners, helping to shape the content and direction of the one day event.

The session hosted by Janusz Mitulski, Partner at Horwath HTL Poland, is entitled “Business Economy Hotels – New Trends”. Janusz has assembled a team of industry experts to discuss the future of this vital industry segment and will be joined by:

• Rune Askevold, President of the Management Board, Puro Hotels
• Jim Murphy, CEO, PREM Group
• Ulrich Widmer, Vice President Development Central & Eastern Europe, Hilton
• David HEIJLIGERS, Development Manager, Louvre Hotels Group in Poland
• Krzysztof Potocki, President of the Board, B&B Hotels

Janusz Mitulski said, “We are delighted to be involved in the conference and are looking forward to a day of stimulating discussion. The economy hotel sector has a bright future in Poland. Existing hotels cannot satisfy the current demand and their standard is low. Experts are convinced that hotel chains that offer decent standards at an affordable price should replace them. Our session will focus on new trends in standards in that hotel segment and how this will influent on existing hotels in Poland.”
About Horwath HTL
Horwath HTL (Hotels Tourism and Leisure) is one of the world’s pre-eminent consulting specialists in the hotel, tourism and leisure industries, providing unequalled experience and expertise for client projects around the world through a combination of detailed local knowledge and international understanding. Horwath HTL is currently the world’s largest consulting organisation specialised in hospitality, with 50 offices in 39 countries.
Horwath HTL is a member of Crowe Horwath International, a professional association of accounting and management consulting firms founded in New York in 1915. Crowe Horwath International is currently ranked among the top ten international professional service groups with offices in close to 586 cities in 108 countries.
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About the 3rd Annual Hotel Investment Conference
Eurobuild Conferences" is part of "Eurobuild CEE"(www.eurobuildcee.com) , a media company based in Warsaw with offices around Central & Eastern Europe. It was set up in 1998 and publishes Eurobuild CEE magazine, a monthly publication covering the CEE region’s real estate and construction industry, as well as a daily newsletter. With a print run of 70,000, the magazine is the region’s leading industry publication. In over 10 years Eurobuild Conferences has organized about 170 conferences in Poland and abroad, attracting leading business figures as speakers and participants.