Event Hosts

Horwath HTL ("HHTL")

HHTL is Asia Pacific's largest and most experienced firm of hospitality consultants. Operating from 12 offices in the region, the fi rm is entirely focused on providing specialist advice in the hotel, tourism and leisure industries and has worked on over 2,000 projects throughout the region. Globally, Horwath HTL is the world's largest consulting organisation specialising in hospitality with 50 offices in 39 countries. HHTL is a member of Crowe Horwath International, one of the world's largest accounting and management consulting firms.

HHTL's Australian operations are headquartered in Sydney. The firm's highly experienced directors and consultants have worked in almost every aspect of the industry, including:

HHTL Australia annually publishes the leading publication, Survey of Operations which tracks top to bottom line hotel operating performance for over 200 leading hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand.

Further information can be obtained from the HHTL website at www.horwathHTL.com

Blake Dawson

Blake Dawson is one of Australia's leading law firms with over 180 partners and 500 lawyers.

Blake Dawson has offices across Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide. Our regional offices are in Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Port Moresby, with an associated office in Jakarta. Our services are integrated across all offices and areas of law.

For almost 20 years, Blake Dawson's fully integrated Hotels & Tourism team has been supporting clients in this sector, giving us a specialist understanding of their unique needs. For the last 10 years we have been supporting clients across Asia and the Middle East on hotel related transactions. Our office in Singapore - opened in January 2009 - with its niche hotels practice, supports our clients on the ground and across the region.

We regularly advise some of the sector's largest investors, developers, hotel owners, hotel operators, financiers, and venue and casino owners, adding value in transactions by drawing on our deep experience in this niche area. We are adept at negotiating across different cultural, legal and economic systems and have been involved in major hotel projects across Asia and the Middle East.

Your needs are diverse and specialised, and so are we. We provide a full suite of relevant legal services to the hospitality sector, including the sale and acquisition of hotels, major financing and development projects, management and operating agreements, joint ventures and gaming advice.

Our focus is on getting to the heart of our clients' legal needs and delivering commercially astute and practical solutions. We offer strategic advice, strengthened by our lawyers' direct industry experience.

"A firm of high standards, sensitive to client needs. Commercial and client-focused lawyers." Chambers Global, 2010