Day
1: Friday, November 28th, 2003 |
08:00
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Coffee & Registration at the
Glyfada Golf Course
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Welcome to the 1st
European Golf Investment & Real Estate Conference and Programme
Overview |
09:10 - 13:00 |
SHOTGUN
To be held at the
Glyfada Golf Course, the Shotgun will be organised under the auspices of the Hellenic Golf
Federation in cooperation with the Glyfada Golf Club of Athens |
13:15 - 14:45 |
Lunch and prize-giving
ceremony with a Special Guest |
15:00 - 15:30 |
Transportation to the
Athenaeum
InterContinental Athens (by coach) |
15:45 - 17:30 |
Keynote Addresses and
Presentations / Special Country Focus: Greece
INVESTING IN GOLF &
RECREATIONAL REAL ESTATE IN GREECE: HOW TO KICK-START THE EMBRYONIC GREEK MARKET
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Confirmed
speakers include:
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The Role of
Golf in Tourism Development for Greece
Mr. Nikos V. Skoulas, Founder and Managing Director, NSA
SA - Management Consultants, and former Minister of Tourism, Greece
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Investment
Opportunities in Golf Resorts
Mr. Stratos Papadimitriou, Chairman, ELKE
- Hellenic Centre for Investment, Greece
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Critical
Success Factors for the Development of Golf in Greece
Mr. Aris Ikkos, Director, JBR
Hellas SA, Greece
Topics to be
discussed include:
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Does Greece need a golf strategy?
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Developing 45 golf
courses until the year 2010: what are the critical success
factors?
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Tourism and golf
development in
Greece
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The role of golf in
tourism development for Greece
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The future of golf
investment and resort development in Greece
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The role of international market players,
specialists and investors in developing golf, recreational real estate
and golf-oriented hotels in Greece
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Greece represents
one of the greatest real estate opportunities relative to the
rest of developed countries in Europe: what are the
opportunities, challenges and prospects ahead?
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The role of the
Church of Greece in kick-starting Greece's embryonic Greek market
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The role of
Hellenic Tourist Properties SA (ETA) and local authorities in
developing golf courses and resorts in Greece
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Greece's new
emerging role as a major economic force in South-East Europe
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17:30 - 18:00 |
Questions &
Answers
session with the speakers
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18:30 |
Special Closed-Door
Dinner
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Day
2: Saturday, November 29th, 2003
Venue: Athenaeum InterContinental Athens |
07:00
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Grand Opening of the
1st European Golf Investment & Real Estate Exhibit |
07:15 - 08:30
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Update Breakfast
An opportunity to speak to renowned experts and industry leaders
on the current state of the golf, resort, leisure and real estate
industries in Europe. |
08:30 - 08:40
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Welcome Back
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08:45 - 11:00
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Keynote Addresses and
Presentations
INVESTING IN,
MANAGING AND DEVELOPING GOLF COURSES AND LEISURE REAL ESTATE IN EUROPE
Confirmed keynote speakers
include:
- Mr. Ewout Hoogendoorn, director of
Horwath Consulting
Netherlands, a specialised consultancy on strategically and economically oriented assignments in the hospitality industry.
The company has conducted Golf Course Statistics (similar to the Horwath Hotel Statistics) with mostly economic analyses on running a golf course. Horwath Consulting is involved in further developing the Uniform System of Accounts for Golf Courses as this is used in the US, based on the Uniform System of Accounts for Hotels, which was -- in the very distant past -- developed by Horwath International
- Making Money from Resort
Real Estate
- New innovations in resort products internationally
Ms. Muriel Muirden, Managing Director, Europe, Africa and the
Middle East, Economics
Research Associates (ERA London), United Kingdom
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