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 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.