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List of sponsors 
Event sponsor
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Istithmar Hotels is a wholly owned subsidiary of Istithmar, a Dubai based alternative investment house focusing on private equity, real estate and strategic investments. The company strategy is to focus on acquiring a portfolio of luxury and budget hotels in key target markets focusing on gateway cities. easyHotel. com is a key strategic master franchise agreement that allows Istithmar Hotels to develop, own and manage 38 budget hotels in the Middle East, India, Pakistan and North Africa. Istithmar Hotels is currently developing a revolutionary budget hotel concept that will be utilised in all easyHotel.com properties within the agreed territories.
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Event partner
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The Barclays National Hotels Team embodies 30 banking professionals who are steeped in the Hospitality Industry and based in offices across the UK and Ireland. Our aim is simple, to be the most knowledgeable banking team in the sector, understanding the day-to-day challenges while invariably being responsive to the needs of our clients and the wider industry. We are totally committed to long-term relationship banking, enjoying the good times together and supporting each other when times are tough. Our expertise covers acquiring, construction, development, refurbishing, repositioning and securing roll-out finance.
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Associate sponsor
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Dexter Moren Architects is one of London’s busiest hotel designers with over 30 hotel projects and over 3,000 bedrooms currently in the planning and construction stages. These include a 200 bed Ramada at Heathrow, a 600 bed Ibis at Trocadero, the UK’s largest Travelodge (396 bed), and London’s first Staybridge aparthotel. The practice has also been awarded planning consent for three projects this month - a new Marriott at Gatwick, Etap in Sutton and Holiday Inn Express at London Colney.
The company provides expertise in architecture, urban design and interior design and offers a fully integrated service from feasibility studies through to project completion. Driven by their core principles of quality and integrity, they have grown by gaining and retaining team members and clients in equal measure, creating a design experience grounded on creativity and collaboration.
Based in London, Dexter Moren Architects are also able to provide global services to their clients through associated offices in Europe, South Africa and the USA.
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Lunch sponsors
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Accor, European leader in hotels and tourism, global leader in corporate services, operates in nearly 100 countries with 160,000 employees. It offers to its individual and corporate clients nearly 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:
- Hotels, with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, Red Roof Inn, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands: over 4,000 hotels and 475,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenôtre;
- Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 21 million people in 35 countries benefit from Accor Services’ products – food vouchers, people care and services, incentive and loyalty programs.
www.accor.com
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From the largest branded hotels to the smallest of unique and independent hotels, VingCard Elsafe have products to suit all budgets. With the top hospitality brands available from one company, VingCard Elsafe are well placed to provide the best total locking solution for your needs. All three locking products comprise high quality, stand-alone battery operated locks for use with flexible electronic systems and are complimented by an extensive range of accessories including in-room safes.
With more than a thousand installation in ten countries, Ariane Systems, the European leader in self check-in solutions, offers a unique expertise in self check-in / check-out kiosks solutions. The available range of products available fit to any hotels, branded or independent, from budget to business.
The joint expertise of VingCard Elsafe and Ariane Systems can provide a complete turnkey solution to automated check-in / check-out for your guests convenience.
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Refreshment sponsor
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Addleshaw Goddard is the law firm that invests more to get to know you, your business and what it is striving for. Through this investment we find dynamic ways to support your business objectives, improve your results and create more value from the projects we undertake.
Our Estate Group is a formidable powerhouse in the UK. We have 41 partners and over 200 client service personnel and a dedicated team of senior lawyers across three disciplines who drive our hotel sector focus from the rapidly expanding hotel market.
Our commitment to the hotel sector is reflected by our ability to win high quality work from major hotel brands and investors. This is demonstrated by the fact that we have acted on transactions involving hotels totalling over £1billion in value in 2006.
The variety and volume of work that we deal with ranges from Sale and Leaseback deals to management agreements, from single acquisitions to portfolio disposals and complex refinancing deals.
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Exhibitors
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Corus Living Solutions, the North Wales based off-site modular manufacturing site of Corus, offers to design, supply and erect fully factory fitted-out steel-framed accommodation modules.
Corus has a long and distinguished reputation for delivering innovative products and solutions, which address the needs of the economy and budget hotel market.
With an annual capacity up to 3,000 units, the business provides a significant change to the volume of modular accommodation available in the UK hotel market.
Corus Living Solutions modules with ensuite facilities offer choice and flexibility which can accommodate individual corporate styles, capturing this in both the desired aesthetics.
Designing and building with finished rooms provides a reduced construction programme which in turn leads to earlier occupation and revenue.
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RMS has been involved with the development of Reservations Management Systems since 1985. RMS has grown to a position of industry leadership, with over 1500 sites world wide and coverage across a wide variety of markets, Hotels, Caravan Parks, Leisure Centre and Facilities Management to name a few of the applications.
Today, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and with offices on the Gold Coast, London and India, RMS develops, markets and implements world leading Reservations Management Software. Interfaces with point of sales systems, access control systems, broadband billing, pabx and accounting systems make RMS the complete management solution for your property.
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With its market leading products, the E-760 and 710-11 electronic hotel door locks along with its innovative Express Check-In / Check Out kiosks, Kaba has become one of the worlds leading manufacturers of hotel access control products and one of the most trusted installers of security solutions for the hospitality industry.
Kaba’s success has come from its products’ features and reliability, and the high standard of service available to all customers. These factors mean that Kaba is proud to work with clients such as Accor, Hilton and Best Western amongst many others.
The Kaba Group recently announced the acquisition of Saflok, (formerly a division of USA-based Computerized Security Systems), a highly successful supplier of Hotel & Hospitality products and systems.
Kaba and Saflok complement each other to a high degree and are able to provide a complete range of state-of-the-art security solutions for all sizes of hotels and many other businesses in the hospitality, education and commercial sectors.
With over 150 years experience in the security market and with over 10,000 employees worldwide the Kaba Group is active in Europe, the Far East and the Americas and is a leading supplier of products and services in the fields of locking technology, access control, time and attendance and system integration.
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iBAHN - Delivering increased profit and guest satisfaction to economy and budget hotels through secure high speed internet services. Every month iBAHN connects more than 1.5 million business travellers across 2100 hotels in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. iBAHN offers hotels customised solutions including free to guest models to deliver guest satisfaction, loyalty and increased revenue. Our support and experience drive return on investment and are the reasons behind why iBAHN has become the worldwide leader. iBAHN would be delighted to welcome you to our stand to discuss any possible opportunities. For further information visit www.ibahneurope.com
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