Tatarstan President meets with executives of Radiance Hospitality Group
6 March 2014, Thursday
On March 6 at their meeting during the forum “Invest in Tatarstan” Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and executives of Radiance Hospitality Group discussed issues related to the implementation of the project on the construction of hotel and office center at Smart City Kazan as well as other projects.
The Singapore Radiance Hospitality Group will be the investor of the construction and operator of the hotel and office complex as well as the University of tourism and hospitality at Smart City Kazan.
To the point, yesterday RHG and Sberbank signed a preliminary agreement on financing the hotel construction within the framework of the forum “Invest in Tatarstan”.
Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov reported on the progress of the project implementation. The hotel complex will consist of two 20-storey buildings with an area of 20,000 m² each.
In addition, issues related to establishing the University of management and tourism were discussed at the meeting. The executives of the Singapore company told about their intention to open the University before building the facilities in Smart City Kazan. Rustam Minnikhanov asked to find appropriate facilities in this regard.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.