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DAY ONE: TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2006
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| 08.00 | Registration
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| ASIA – THE HOTTEST LEISURE MARKET IN THE WORLD: WHAT IS DRIVING LEISURE INVESTMENT HERE? |
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| 09.00 | Opening remarks by Chairperson
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| 09.15 | Welcome address
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| | Ken Low, Assistant Chief Executive (Brand), Singapore Tourism Board
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| 09.45 | Keynote address:
Entertainment and its importance on competing in Asia leisure
- Entertainment as an increasing demand among Asians - what will quench their quest for more leisure activities?
- How can developers take advantage of this increasing trend?
- What can Asia learn from successful international entertainment entities?
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| LEISURE VS COMMERCIAL VS RESIDENTIAL VS INDUSTRIAL – INSIGHT INTO ASIA’S FAST GROWING LEISURE INVESTMENT SECTOR |
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| 10.15 | Case study:
China - Entertainment-based real estate market conditions
- Branding: China’s demand and the US experience
- Localizing foreign concepts to suit the Chinese market, allowing investors to capture premium yields
- What are the opportunities?
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| 10.45 | Morning refreshments
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| 11.15 | Panel discussion:
Sector evaluation - Investments into the leisure sector vs the commercial, residential and industrial sectors
- Is there a tightening of investments in the commercial, residential and industrial sectors?
- Balancing the investment portfolio - how much should investors allocate into leisure developments and the other sectors?
- Minimising risks, maximizing potential - creating and implementing a winning investment strategy
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| | Tony South, Senior Vice President, Development and Asset Management, InterContinental Hotels Group Li-Hao Zhuang, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, NorthCourse Advisory Services
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| CLOSE LOOK AT ASIA’S GROWING LEISURE MARKET |
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| 11.45 | Urban Tourism – Can this be Indonesia's leisure industry future?
- Outlook of Indonesia’s leisure developments - what is happening?
- What are the opportunities and risks involved?
- Ideas to reduce the carbon footprint of our new cities for healthier, more tourist-attractive Metropolitan areas
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| 12.15 | Networking lunch
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| THE HIGH INVESTMENT RETURNS OF HOSPITALITY AND MIXED LEISURE DEVELOPMENTS |
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| 14.00 | Mixed used development in Asia
Case study: The Cotai Project
- Challenges of constructing a mixed used project
- Financing structures for the development of casino mega projects with integrated retail, commercial, casino, hotel complexes
- The expected ROI from mixed used developments
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| 14.30 | Case study:
Langham Hotel: The creation of a new destination in Hong Kong
- A brief history and conceptualisation of the mix use development
- The site pre-construction and construction of the facility
- A progress update of the development
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| | Helmut Knipp, Senior Vice President, Development Asia Pacific, Langham Hotels International
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| 15.00 | Speed networking
An exciting, quick and relaxed way to meet all felllow conference delegates and industry peers in one 30-minute session. These brief meetings are the starting point for conversation and networking throughout the conference. This is where long-lasting and profitable business relationships begin.
- Meet...move on... meet... move on... meet!
- Exchange business cards with fellow conference delegates and industry peers
- The best 30-minute networking session you'll ever experience
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| 15.45 | Afternoon refreshments
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| 16.15 | An insight and update into the service apartment hotel sector
- Why service apartments are an attractive but overlooked part of the leisure sector?
- An outlook on the growth of service apartments in Asia Pacific
- What are the favorable factors that lead to high returns?
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| | PG Mathew, Managing Director, Oakwood Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
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| 16.45 | Hotel Investments – Key drivers for hotel investments in Asia
- Close look at the hotel investment outlook
- What are the expected yields and risks?
- Are economy hotels as attractive to an investor as compared to a five-star hotel?
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| | Tony South, Senior Vice President, Development and Asset Management, InterContinental Hotels Group
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| 17.15 | End of Conference Day One
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DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2006
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| 09.00 | Opening remarks by Chairperson
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| RAISING CAPITAL FOR LEISURE PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS |
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| 09.15 | Keynote case study:
Financing Sports Hub in Singapore – The world’s biggest public – private partnership project
- Evaluating the investment potential in the Singapore sports hub in Kallang
- Developing a lifestyle hub with sports as a theme - financially viable and popularly used on event and non-event days alike
- Re-developing the former Singapore National Stadium into a world class sports and leisure hub
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| | Jin Teik Oon, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Sports Council
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| 09.45 | Panel discussion:
Assessing the leisure capital markets – What are the options for Asian property players?
- Diversifying the investment portfolio - potential alternatives
- Debt capital markets, equity capital markets
- PPP - a source of secure cash flow streams?
- Opportunity funds vs. closed end funds
- Understanding markets, regulatory and legal framework surrounding leisure investments
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| | Keith Martin, Development Director, Singapore Sports Council Moderator: Rob Koepp, Vice President, Chief Economist, Rising Star Holdings
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| MAXIMIZING YIELD FROM LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTS |
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| 10.30 | Morning refreshments
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| 11.00 | Panel discussion:
The hunt for strategic locations to achieve maximum ROI from future leisure projects
- Where should future investment in leisure developments best be placed in the next five years for future maximum yields
- Should investors compete for the same or look for different investments from those recently announced major projects in Asia
- What and where are the other opportunities?
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| | Helmut Knipp, Senior Vice President, Development Asia Pacific, Langham Hotels International Moderator: Kevin B Murphy, Managing Partner, Asiawide Hospitality Solutions
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| HIGH YIELDING SECTORS OF LEISURE REAL ESTATE – WHERE ARE THE STRONG GROWTH PROSPECTS? |
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| 11.45 | Case study:
Themed retail investments - Taubman’s investment into Asia
- Identifying dynamic growing economies where there is significant opportunity for profitable retail real estate investment
- Update on the New Songdo City project in Incheon, South Korea
- China: the booming place for mall investments
- Funding Taubman’s Asian ventures - debt, local partners and international investors
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| 12.15 | Networking lunch
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| 14.15 | Case study:
Ocean Park: HKD 5.5 billion Master Redevelopment Plan
- Ocean Park’s plans to create a World Class, “Must See” attraction
- Increasing the size of Ocean park to accommodate to the growing tourism market
- Putting more “ocean” in Ocean Park
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| 14.45 | Case study:
Spaceport Singapore: exploring the enormous commercial possibilities of space tourism
- Why was Singapore chosen to be the hub of a new, revolutionary form of travel - in space
- The high yielding market potential for suborbital spaceflights
- Factors that support the development of a spaceport
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| | Nick Marrett, Founder, Octtance and Director, Spaceport Pte Ltd
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| 15.15 | Afternoon refreshments
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| 15.45 | Leisure-based residential investments: The Trident Grand Residence in Dubai Marina
- Residential and leisure: do they contrast or complement each other?
- How does surrounding attractions such as the Jumeirah Palm Island and the Yacht dotted marina help generate more investments into the The Trident Grand Residence?
- The quest for waterfront real estate - what is available and under what terms?
- The outlook for waterfront developments over the next 5 years
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| 16.15 | Key investment risks and challenges for boutique properties
- Significant factors that drive the development of niche hotels
- The impact of mega hotels on the boutique front
- Looking at the ROI for boutique hotels
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| | Lynne Ireland, Vice President, Marketing, Small luxury hotels of the World
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| 16.45 | Identifying the potential Asian markets for spa development and investments
- An overview of the spa market in Asia Pacific
- What are the challenges facing the spa industry
- The Asian strategy for owners and operators
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| 17.15 | End of Conference
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