Organisers of the Turkey & Neighbours Hotel Investment Conference (CATHIC), Bench Events, have confirmed it’ll return to Turkey for the third year running in May. The now-annual conference is scheduled in Istanbul from May 29th-30th 2013. The event, the leading hospitality investment conference in central Asia, is predicted to draw greater than 350 industry movers and shakers to talk about opportunities and challenges facing investors and operators within the region’s burgeoning tourism and hospitality sector. According to Mehmet Önkal, managing partner of BDO Hospitality Consulting and the co-organiser of CATHIC, tourism and hospitality is about to play a key role within the country’s economic growth. He noted that towns, cities and resorts nationwide are already experiencing a gentle increase in domestic tourism, in addition an increasing stream of inbound visitors....
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