University of Hotel Management and Hospitality to be established in “Smart City Kazan”

On May 24 at a meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with Director General of a Singapore company Radiance Hospitality Group Yew Poh Leong company’s plans on opening the University of Hotel Management and Hospitality on the territory of “Smart City Kazan” were discussed.

The investment intention about participation of Radiance Hospitality Group in “Smart City Kazan” project was signed in March 2013 during the visit of Tatarstan delegation to Malaysia. Radiance Hospitality Group, the first resident of “Smart City Kazan”, will invest in construction of a transit hotel for 140 places, an apartment hotel and the University of Hotel Management and Hospitality.

Company’s Director General Yew Poh Leong has already held some meetings and negotiations concerning project implementation. He noted that company’s specialists saw that training of professionals in hotel business is necessary for Tatarstan. Therefore, they decided to open the university.

To the point, teaching at the university will be conducted in English in accordance with British, Australian, and Swiss programmes. London school of economy will be involved as a partner in the sphere of hotel management.

Yew Poh Leong asked Rustam Minnikhanov to help in solving problems connected with licensing of the university in Russia and provide necessary infrastructure.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, underlined importance of “Smart City Kazan” project for the republic. He continued that modernization of the airport and launching of intermodal transportations open new opportunities for “Smart City Kazan” development.

Rustam Minnikhanov asked Tatarstan Agency of Investment Development and Ministry of Construction to decide on first start-up package of infrastructure objects.