GEORGIAN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY FORUM WITHIN WELCOME TO GEORGIA! NATIONAL TOURISM AWARDS 2016

The Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards is the Annual Awards Ceremony, which is held in Georgia in the field of tourism and hospitality. This Award is a good challenge for companies working in this field and should motivate them to increase their creativity and experience in providing the best service. It is a kind of Oscars for Georgian tourism and travel industries and a celebration of Georgian heritage, culture, traditions and modern achievements.

On 24 May of 2016, the Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards is holding the Georgian Tourism and Hospitality Forum within the Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards 2016, co-organized with Georgian National Tourism Administration at the exhibition center Expo Georgia, in Conference Hall of Pavilion ІІІ, address №118 Tsereteli Ave. Registration will start at 10:00 am.

The participants of this Forum will be the key players of the tourism and hospitality spheres, the winners of the Welcome to Georgia! Awards 2015, the potential candidates of the Welcome to Georgia! Awards! 2016, partners of the Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards, representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Georgian National Tourism Administration, Tbilisi City Hall, Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and also special guests from Ukraine: Ms. Maryna Rymarenko -Partner at Deol Partners, who will share her experience of marketing development in hospitality sector and Mr. Anton Taranenko – Head of Tourism Department Kiev City State Administration, who will talk about the directions of development of partnership with the Ukraine Tourism Market.

At the beginning organizers and the government representatives, Ms. Maryna Chayka – Managing Partner Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards, Mr. George Chogovadze – Head of Georgian National Tourism Administration, Mr. Dimitry Kumsishvili – Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Ketevan Bochorishvili – Vice Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Mr. Davit Narmania – Mayer of Tbilisi, Mr. Irakli Lekvinadze – Deputy Mayor at Tbilisi Municipality City Hall, Mr. Kakha Kandelaki – First Deputy Minister’s Position at the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia will open the Forum with a press-conference and announce improvement of the Award’s Categories 2016 and Award’s organization information for nominees 2016.

During the second part of the Forum participants will have opportunity to listen to presentations of the best services providers for the tourism and hospitality sector and to share their own experience.

This Forum will be the great chance for participants to communicate to each other, to the Awards organizers, to the project’s partners, to introduce their products to the audience and speak about their news and future plans.